Personal Info
Birth date
1870-03-25 (155 Years)
Day of death
1955-10-02
Gender
Male
Known for
Acting
Place of birth
London, England
Also known as
O. B. Clarence
O.B. Clarence
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Filmography
Great Expectations
7.272
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In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a gentleman. Reunited with his childhood patron, Miss Havisham, and his first love, the beautiful but emotionally cold Estella, he discovers that the elderly spinster has gone mad from having been left at the altar as a young woman, and has made her charge into a warped, unfeeling heartbreaker.Jamaica Inn
6.097
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In coastal Cornwall, England, during the early 19th Century, a young woman who's come there to visit her aunt, discovers that she's married an innkeeper who's a member of a gang of criminals who arrange shipwrecking and murder for profit.Pygmalion
6.993
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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
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The aging Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen. Adapted by George Bernard Shaw from his own play.The Mill on the Floss
4
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Romeo and Juliet in 1930s England. The owner of the mill and the local lord are in conflict over water rights. The lord wins threatening the mill owner with financial ruin.The Scarlet Pimpernel
6.9
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18th century English aristocrat Sir Percy Blakeney leads a double life. He appears to be merely the effete aristocrat, but in reality is part of an underground effort to free French nobles from Robespierre's Reign of Terror.It's in the Air
5.6
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George Brown is rejected as an Air Raid Warden and in doing so sees his potential to join the Royal Air Force. His dreams could soon come true as he realises that in fact his friend has left behind some very important papers, he dons a his Royal Air Force uniform and delivers the papers when he is mistaken for a dispatch driver from HQ. He soon becomes the butt of jokes from his sergeant which ends him staying indefinitely at the air base. George soon falls in love with the Sergeant Major's daughter and when he discovers his real identity he threatens to report him. On the day of an annual inspection George attempts to escape the base and ends up in a plane, while the inspecting officer watches on, George's plane display is mesmerizing and the inspecting officer insists he should be commended, in order to save their skins George manages to land the plane and is accepted as a flyer by the RAF.The Human Monster
5.7
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Insurance agent-physician collects on policies of men murdered by a disfigured resident of the home for the blind where he acts as doctor-on-call.Dangerous Moonlight
6.4
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Stefan Radetzky, a Polish pilot and famous concert pianist, is hospitalised in England from injuries sustained while in combat, and having lost his memory. As Radetzky plays the piano in a trance-like state, the story moves back in time to war-torn Warsaw. During an air-raid, Radetzky meets American journalist Carole, and there is a mutual attraction. Following the fall of Poland, Radetzky and Irish pilot, Mike, escape to Rumania and then on to America. Radetzky continues his musical career in America and meets up again with Carole.Major Barbara
6.7
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Idealistic young Barbara is the daughter of rich weapons manufacturer Andrew Undershaft. She rebels against her estranged father by joining the Salvation Army. Wooed by professor-turned-preacher Adolphus Cusins, Barbara eventually grows disillusioned with her causes and begins to see things from her father's perspective.Nell Gwyn
6.6
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King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.Uncle Silas
5.8
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Following her father's death, a teenage heiress moves in with her guardian uncle who is broke and schemes to murder his niece for her vast inheritance.Saloon Bar
6.5
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A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.Penn of Pennsylvania
5.3
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Penn of Pennsylvania is a 1941 British historical drama film directed by Lance Comfort and starring Deborah Kerr, Clifford Evans, Dennis Arundell, Henry Oscar, Herbet Lomas and Edward Rigby. The film depicts the life of the Quaker founder of Pennsylvania, William Penn. It portrays his struggle to be granted a colonial charter in London and attracting settlers to his new colony as well as his adoption a radical new approach with regard to the treatment of the Native Americans. It is also known by the alternative title Courageous Mr. Penn.The Calendar
6
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The favourite for the big race is nobbled and suspicion falls on the owner. His secret admirer proves it wasn't him.The Cardinal
5.2
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Set in 15th-century Italy, The Cardinal stars Matheson Lang as one Cardinal de Medici. Bound by the rules of the confessional, the cardinal is unable to disclose the multitude of sins revealed to him by one of his most influential parishioners. De Medici's dilemma is compounded by the fact that the confessor has committed a murder for which the Cardinal's brother has been arrested. The basic plot gimmick was good for another go-round in the 1953 Hitchcock flick I Confess. This 7-reel British film was based on a play by Louis N. Parker.Lady in Danger
5.75
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Dexter becomes involved in a revolution and is asked to hide the Queen. This leads to misunderstanding with his firm and his fiancee.Turned Out Nice Again
6.5
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George Pearson, an employee at an underwear factory, is caught between his modern wife and his meddling mother. After buying a special yarn and getting his wife to promote it, he has an argument with his boss, Mr Dawson who insults Pearson's wife and refuses to apologise. Pearson then resigns. After finding out that the yarn is actually worth a fair amount, Mr Dawson tries to buy it from Pearson but he has some competition.Jack's the Boy
3
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With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star plays the son of a celebrated Scotland Yard detective, who joins the force in hopes of following his father's footsteps. Unfortunately, Jack is something of a screw-up, and before long he has become the laughing stock of the force.School for Secrets
7
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Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.Meet Me at Dawn
7
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A young man makes his living in Paris in 1900 by fighting duels on behalf of other parties. He is hired to injure a leading politician and starts to get involved with a girl he uses to provoke the challenge. One newspaper, hostile to the politician, headlines the story of the impending duel asking who this Madame X is. Problem is, she is in fact the daughter of the paper's proprietor if only he knew it.Dandy Dick
5.8
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The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, will cost nearly £1,000 to fix. When various money-raising schemes go awry, he is persuaded to waive his principles and bet what’s left of his savings on Dandy Dick, a 10-1 odds-on at the local races. A simple tonic to enhance the nag’s performance seems a good idea… but when the butler decides to intervene, the respectable clergyman finds himself in the middle of a doping scandal – and worse!Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
4.2
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Sir Percy is forced to return to France one last time, to rescue his wife from the clutches of the sinister Robespierre. It's clearly a trap, but nothing will keep the good Pimpernel from carrying out his mission.A Shot in the Dark
6
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The relatives of a millionaire - the victim of a mysterious murder - get together at his house to search for his will, which he recorded on a record. However, one of them is actually the person who killed him, and will let nothing - or no one - stand in the way of finding that record.Perfect Understanding
6.1
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A young couple decide to marry under the condition that they agree never to disagree. That agreement is soon put to the test when the husband finds himself attracted to a beautiful young woman.On Approval
6.9
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Two wealthy Victorian widows are courted tentatively by two impoverished British aristocrats. When one of the dowagers suggests that her beau go away with her for a month to see if they are compatible, the fireworks begin.Friday the Thirteenth
6
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It is pouring with rain at one minute to midnight on Friday the thirteenth, and the driver of a London bus is peering through his blurred windscreen as his vehicle sails down an empty road. Suddenly, lightning strikes, and a vast crane above topples into the path of the oncoming bus... Then Big Ben begins to wind backwards. Time recedes. And we discover the lives of all the passengers and the events that brought them to that late-night bus journey, from the con-man with a hundred-pound cheque to the businessman's distraught and elderly wife. Time flows on, inevitably, to the crash -- and past it, as some live and some die.Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
6.9
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Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being handed an important spy case, is assigned by Scotland Yard to an army barracks to investigate the mundane thefts of supplies from the stores. This accidentally leads Hornleigh and Sergeant Bingham (Alastair Sim) to a nest of fifth columnists when his dim-witted assistant carelessly talks to a girl in the cafeteria – and that night, news of Hornleigh and Bingham’s arrival is embarrassingly transmitted back to Germany.Victoria the Great
5.3
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The film biography of Queen Victoria focusing initially on the early years of her reign with her marriage to Prince Albert and her subsequent rule after Albert's death in 1861.The King of Paris
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Domineering actor-manager Max Till takes the impoverished Maika Tamara under his wing, turning her into an overnight sensation. But as her fame threatens to eclipse his own, he jealously strives to control every aspect of her life - including her romance with theatre electrician Paul Lebrun.Acting
1948The Calendar as Old Gentleman at Epsom
1948Emma as Mr. Woodhouse
1947Uncle Silas as Vicar
1947Meet Me at Dawn as Ambassador
1947While the Sun Shines as Old Gentleman
1946Great Expectations as The Aged Parent
1946School for Secrets as Old Retainer
1946The Magic Bow as Unknown
1945Caesar and Cleopatra as Egyptian (uncredited)
1945Great Day as Unknown
1945A Place of One's Own as Perkins
1944On Approval as Dr. Graham
1942Penn of Pennsylvania as Lord Cecil
1941Old Mother Riley's Circus as Lawyer
1941Turned Out Nice Again as Mr. Dawson
1941Dangerous Moonlight as Waiter with Tray of Wine
1941Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It as Professor Mackenzie
1941Major Barbara as Pettigrew (uncredited)
1941Quiet Wedding as Sir Robert McFarland, the First Magistrate
1941Old Mother Riley in Business as Unknown
1940Saloon Bar as Sir Archibald
1940Spy for a Day as Medical Officer
1940Return to Yesterday as Mr. Truscott
1939The Human Monster as Prof. John Dearborn (voice)
1939Young Man's Fancy as Guest at Reception (uncredited)
1939Jamaica Inn as Coach Passenger (uncredited)
1939Black Eyes as Waiter
1939Rope as Sir Johnstone Kentley
1939Pygmalion as Mr. Birchwood
1938It's in the Air as Sir Philip's Gardener
1937Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel as De Marre
1937Victoria the Great as Coachman-in-Chief
1937The Mill on the Floss as Mr. Gore
1936All In! as Hemingway
1936East Meets West as Osmin
1936Seven Sinners as Registrar
1936The Cardinal as Monterosa
1935Captain Bill as Sir Anthony Kipps
1935The Private Secretary as Thomas Marsland
1935D’Ye Ken John Peel? as Ogleby
1935Squibs as Sir John Barrett
1935Dandy Dick as Council Member
1935Father and Son as Tom Yates
1935Barnacle Bill as Uncle George
1934The Scarlet Pimpernel as Count de Tournay
1934The Feathered Serpent as George Beale
1934Lady in Danger as Nelson
1934The Great Defender as Mr. Hammond
1934The King of Paris as The Mayor
1934Nell Gwyn as Clockmaker
1934The Silver Spoon as Parker
1933A Shot in the Dark as Rev. John Makehan
1933I Adore You as Mr. Young
1933Friday the Thirteenth as Clerk
1933His Grace Gives Notice as Lord Rannock
1933The Only Girl as Etienne
1933Falling for You as Trubshawe
1933Excess Baggage as Lord Grebe
1933Perfect Understanding as Dr. Graham
1933Discord as Mr. Hemming
1932Where Is This Lady? as Dr. Peffer
1932The Barton Mystery as Sir Everard Marshall
1932The Flag Lieutenant as Gen. Gough-Bogle
1932Jack's the Boy as Timkins
1932Good Night, Vienna as Theater Manager
1931Keepers of Youth as Slade
1931The Bells as Watchman
1930The Man from Chicago as John Larwood