Wylie Watson
Acting
Biography
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Born: February 4, 1889
Place of Birth: Lanarkshire, Scotland, UK
Known For
The 39 Steps
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
London Belongs to Me
Classic British drama about the residents of a large terrace house in London between Christmas 1938 and September 1939. Percy Boon lives with his mother in a shared rented house with an assortment of characters in central London. Although well intentioned, he becomes mixed up with gangsters and murder. The story focuses on the effects this has on Percy and the other residents.
No Room at the Inn
A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.
Brighton Rock
Centring on the activities of a gang of assorted criminals and, in particular, their leader – a vicious young hoodlum known as "Pinkie" – the film's main thematic concern is the criminal underbelly evident in inter-war Brighton.
Whisky Galore!
Based on a true story. The name of the real ship, that sunk Feb 5 1941 - during WWII - was S/S Politician. Having left Liverpool two days earlier, heading for Jamaica, it sank outside Eriskay, The Outer Hebrides, Scotland, in bad weather, containing 250,000 bottles of whisky. The locals gathered as many bottles as they could, before the proper authorities arrived, and even today, bottles are found in the sand or in the sea every other year.
Morning Departure
The crew of a submarine is trapped on the sea floor when it sinks. How can they be rescued before they run out of air?
The Sundowners
In the Australian Outback, the Carmody family--Paddy, Ida, and their teenage son Sean--are sheep drovers, always on the move. Ida and Sean want to settle down and buy a farm. Paddy wants to keep moving. A sheep-shearing contest, the birth of a child, drinking, gambling, and a racehorse will all have a part in the final decision.
My Brother Jonathan
Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
Murder in Reverse?
Tom Masterick, a dock worker, is wrongfully convicted of a murder charge. His death sentence is commuted to a long prison term. When released as an old man, he vows to find the real killer.
Fame Is the Spur
A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to displace.
Filmography
as Herb Johnson
as Stage Door Keeper
as Pickering
as caretaker
as Mr. Widgery
as Joseph Macroon
as Councilor Green
as Mr. Josser
as Watson
as Bagley
as Spicer
as Pendleton
as Fred
as Peabody
as Venning
as Tailor
as Josef
as David Dodd
as Band Conductor
as Bill Gurd
as Harry Bucket
as Crasker
as Diabetic Patient
as Farmer
as Horace (Templar's butler)
as Fiddlesticks
as Noah Bagshott
as Salvation
as Albert Peabody
as Rev. James Travers
as Clarence
as Joe Morrison
as Mr. Memory
as Rev. Potter
as Client
as Rev. James
as Bit Role