Personal Info
Birth date
1880-11-25 (144 Years)
Day of death
1963-10-25
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Ceres, South Africa
Also known as
Henry Francis Maltby
Henry F. Maltby
H. F. Maltby
H.F. Maltby
Biography
Henry Francis Maltby (25 November 1880 – 25 October 1963) was a prolific writer for the London stage and British cinema from after the First World War until the 1950s. He also appeared in many films. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Filmography
Pygmalion
6.993
Overview:
When linguistics professor Henry Higgins boasts that he can pass off Cockney flower girl Eliza Doolittle as a princess with only six months' training, Colonel George Pickering takes him up on the bet. Eliza moves into Higgins's home and begins her rigorous training after the professor comes to a financial agreement with her dustman father, Alfred. But the plucky young woman is not the only one undergoing a transformation.Caesar and Cleopatra
6.1
Overview:
The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.Young and Innocent
6.597
Overview:
Robert Tisdall finds on the beach the corpse of a woman he knew. Others wrongly conclude that he is the murderer. Fleeing, he desperately attempts to prove that he is not the killer. A young woman becomes embroiled in the effort.Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
5.531
Overview:
It is England in the 1830s. London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made their fortune in foreign lands. Sweeney Todd, a Fleet Street barber, awaits the arrival of men whose first port of call is for a good, close shave. For most it will be the last time they are seen alive. Using a specially designed barber's chair, Sweeney Todd despatches his victims to the cellar below, where he robs them of their new found fortunes and chops their remains into small pieces. Meanwhile, Mrs Lovett is enjoying a roaring trade for her popular penny meat pies.A Canterbury Tale
6.891
Overview:
Three modern day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town on the way to Canterbury.For the Love of Mike
NYR
Overview:
A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.It's Never Too Late to Mend
5.8
Overview:
An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.Those Were the Days
7.5
Overview:
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long all the characters are trying not to avoid each other... Mainly notable (a) because of its depiction of the music hall as seen by a generation which knew it intimately (b) because of its use of music hall acts of the time and (c) because it gave Will Hay his first film role.The Crimes of Stephen Hawke
4.95
Overview:
The film begins in a BBC studio with the 100th edition of "In Town Tonight". Flotsam and Jetsom open with a "topical number". Then there is an interview with a distinguished actor, which dissolves into a performance of one of his famous melodramas about a wicked moneylender etc.The Gang's All Here
5
Overview:
John Forrest is anticipating a quiet retirement spent penning detective fiction when he learns that a priceless collection of jewels belonging to a foreign potentate, Prince Homouska, has just vanished from the safekeeping of the Stamford Assurance Company. Aided by his butler, his Cockney assistant and his (initially) unwilling wife, Forrest sets out on the trail of the thieves.Where There's a Will
6.833
Overview:
Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later. Stubbins later takes a job from a group of Americans who claim they want him to track down some ancestors of theirs in Scotland. In reality however they want to use his office so they can rob a safe in the room immediately below his office. Stubbins takes the job (which is designed to keep him out of the office). In the end Stubbins realises his mistake and at a Christmas Eve fancy dress party he informs a group of carol singing policeman about the Americans nefarious activitiesCalling the Tune
NYR
Overview:
Calling the Tune offers a fascinating look at the fledgeling gramophone industry as it tries to solve the problems of reliable recording and production methods. 'I predict that the gramophone will be the democratic entertainment of the future' states unscrupulous record label boss Mr Gordon (Sam Livesey), who finally gets his comeuppance after one dirty trick too far against his rivals. If the film's love story is perfunctory, the real interest comes with watching performers of the day, from Henry Wood and his orchestra to George Robey and Charles 'the laughing policeman' Penrose laying down their recordings direct to record. And something very like a prototype laser disc makes a crucial appearance too.It's a Grand Life
6.5
Overview:
Classic British comedy following an accident-prone army Private, played by music hall legend Frank Randle in his final screen role, as he attempts to rescue a Corporal (played by icon Diana Dors) from the attentions of a predatory Sergeant-Major.Old Mother Riley Detective
7
Overview:
A night watchman is being bludgeoned, as a safe is cracked open in the offices of the District Food Controller. A list of wartime foods to be rationed is stolen, and the police fear gangsters are planning to sell the foods on the black market. As the office charwoman, Old Mother Riley's fingerprints are all over the safe, and she becomes the police's number one suspect. To prove her innocence, Mother Riley turns detective, adopting various methods and disguises to track down the villains.Return to Yesterday
6.2
Overview:
Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.Take My Tip
NYR
Overview:
Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their butler - and they devise a plan to scam the con man and get both revenge and their money back.Crimes at the Dark House
5.8
Overview:
In this lurid melodrama, Tod Slaughter plays a villain who murders the wealthy Sir Percival Glyde in the gold fields of Australia and assumes his identity in order to inherit Glyde's estate in England. On arriving in England, "Sir Percival" schemes to marry an heiress for her money, and, with the connivance of the cunning Dr. Isidor Fosco, embarks on a killing spree of all who suspect him to be an imposter and would get in the way of his plans to stay Lord of the Manor.Department Store
6
Overview:
The heir to a London department store must learn the business by working his way through various menial jobs incognito first. However, a crooked manager has arranged for a cracksman, just out of prison, to join the staff. Each is mistaken for the other.The Ticket of Leave Man
5.5
Overview:
A man is accused of a series of murders that were actually committed by a crazed killer called "The Tiger." He must prove his innocence and catch the murderer.Blind Folly
NYR
Overview:
A man inherits a nightclub that belonged to his brother but soon discovers that it is the headquarters for a dangerous criminal gang.Owd Bob
5.4
Overview:
Adam McAdam is an old, dour sheepherder whose life is devoted to his faithful dog, the whiskey bottle and his daughter, Jeannie. And a conflict that arises when the other sheep-men of the district try every means within their power to have his dog, accused of being a sheep-killer, destroyed.Medal for the General
6.5
Overview:
A retired general helps out by sheltering some evacuees during WWII.Darts Are Trumps
NYR
Overview:
Steven Sims is a diamond merchant who bullies his kindly hard-working clerk and disappoints his expectations when he takes into partnership an aristocratic ne'er-do-well.Freedom of the Seas
NYR
Overview:
George Smith, a mild-mannered clerk with a crush on his boss's daughter, is led astray by an old friend of his father. A midday sojourn to a public bar results in him insulting his boss, getting sacked and enlisting in the Navy. Will he still remain a feeble second-best, or will active service make a man of him?A Little Bit of Bluff
NYR
Overview:
The boyfriend of an admiral's daughter poses as a detective in order to hunt missing emerald.Front Line Kids
5
Overview:
Two teenage gang members are forced to be page boys at a hotel where a criminal gang are operating.Twice Branded
6
Overview:
A young business man (James Mason) is being duped by business swindlers but his gaol bird father is determined to save him.The Luck of a Sailor
NYR
Overview:
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his country and marry an heiress. Fortunately, his first bride has fallen for an army officer and is happy to have her royal marriage annulled.Acting
1946The Trojan Brothers as Colonel Robbins
1946The Queen's Husband as Phipps
1945Caesar and Cleopatra as Councillor (uncredited)
1945Home Sweet Home as Unknown
1944Medal for the General as Mayor (uncredited)
1944A Canterbury Tale as Mr. Portal
1943Old Mother Riley Detective as H. G. Popplethwaite
1942The Great Mr Handel as Unknown
1942Bob's Your Uncle as Maj. Diehard
1941Facing the Music as Mr. Bulger
1940Garrison Follies as Maj. Hall-Vett, Major Hall-Vett
1940Under Your Hat as Colonel Sheepshanks
1940Return to Yesterday as Inspector
1939Old Mother Riley Joins Up as Gen. Hogsley
1939The Gang's All Here as Large Pompous Diner
1939Pygmalion as Second Bystander
1939His Lordship Goes to Press as General Tukes
1939The Good Old Days as Randolph Macaulay
1939What a Man! as Sergeant Bull
1938Everything Happens to Me as Arthur Gusty
1938The Live Wire as Hodgson
1938Darts Are Trumps as Stephen Sims
1938Owd Bob as Sgt. Walter Musgrave
1937Paradise for Two as Director
1937Captain's Orders as Director
1937Young and Innocent as Police Sergeant
1937Song of the Road as Mr. Bartholomew
1937Pearls Bring Tears as Mr. Duffield
1937O-Kay for Sound as John Rigby
1937Take My Tip as Patchett
1937The Sky’s the Limit as Lord Beckley
1936Jack of All Trades as Bank Director
1936Two's Company as Otto Stump
1936Busman's Holiday as Mr. Bulger
1936Everything in Life as Sir Algernon Spindle
1936Queen of Hearts as Solicitor
1936Everything Is Thunder as Burgomaster
1936Where There's a Will as Sir Roger Wimpleton
1936Calling the Tune as Stubbins
1936King of the Castle as Mr Crow
1936Reasonable Doubt as Unknown
1935The Right Age to Marry as Tetley
1935A Little Bit of Bluff as Admiral Leopold Simcox
1935The Morals of Marcus as Unknown
1934Girls Will Be Boys as Unknown
1934Falling in Love as Cummins
1934I Spy as Herr Doctor
1934Lost In The Legion as Kaid
1934A Political Party as Sir James Barrington-Oakes
1934Freedom of the Seas as Harcourt
1934The Luck of a Sailor as Admiral
1934Those Were the Days as Mr. Bullamy
Writing
1953It's a Grand Life ... Writer
1942Gert and Daisy Clean Up ... Writer
1942Front Line Kids ... Writer
1942Gert and Daisy's Weekend ... Writer
1940Garrison Follies ... Writer
1940Crimes at the Dark House ... Dialogue
1939Blind Folly ... Writer
1939His Lordship Goes to Press ... Writer
1938His Lordship Regrets ... Theatre Play, Dialogue
1938Darts Are Trumps ... Writer
1937The Ticket of Leave Man ... Writer
1937Wanted! ... Writer
1937It's Never Too Late to Mend ... Writer
1936Busman's Holiday ... Writer
1936Queen of Hearts ... Screenplay
1936Twice Branded ... Dialogue
1936The Crimes of Stephen Hawke ... Writer
1936Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street ... Dialogue
1935The Right Age to Marry ... Writer
1935Department Store ... Story
1933Just My Luck ... Screenplay
1933The Love Nest ... Writer
1932For the Love of Mike ... Theatre Play
1921The Rotters ... Theatre Play
1920A Temporary Gentleman ... Screenplay
1914Their Best Friend ... Scenario Writer
Crew
1938Boys Will Be Girls ... Script