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Frank Williams
Actor 1931 - 2022

Frank Williams

Edgeware, Middlesex, England, UK

Frank Williams was an actor best known for playing the Reverend Timothy Farthing in the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army.

Filmography

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19 titles
Dad's Army

Dad's Army

Oliver Parker 2016 1h 40m 5.0

A cinema remake of the classic sitcom Dad's Army (1968). The Walmington-on-Sea Home Guard platoon deal with a visiting female journalist and a German spy as World War II draws to its conclusion.

Katherine of Alexandria

Katherine of Alexandria

Michael Redwood 2014 1h 48m 4.0

The life of Catherine of Alexandria due for release in 2014. Contains the last film role of Peter O'Toole, who died before the film was released.

Oh Heavenly Dog

Oh Heavenly Dog

Joe Camp 1980 1h 43m

Browning is a PI with a bad cold, who's sent to investigate a case by a mysterious client.

The Human Factor

The Human Factor

Otto Preminger 1979 1h 55m 6.0

When a leak of information in the African section of British Intelligence is discovered, security man Daintry is brought in to investigate.

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Revenge of the Pink Panther

Blake Edwards 1978 1h 39m 7.2

Chief Inspector Jacques Clouseau is dead. At least that is what the world (and Charles Dreyfus) believe when a dead body is discovered in Clouseau's car after being shot off the road. Naturally, Jacques Clouseau knows differently, and taking advantage of not being alive, sets out to discover why an attempt was made on his life.

Jabberwocky

Jabberwocky

Terry Gilliam 1977 1h 45m 6.9

A medieval tale with Pythonesque humour: After the death of his father the young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

Robert Stevenson 1975 1h 34m 6.0

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.

Le mur de l'Atlantique

Le mur de l'Atlantique

Marcel Camus 1970 1h 47m 5.7

1944. Léon Duchemin tient un restaurant avec sa sœur. Ses clients sont allemands, résistants et trafiquants. Le pauvre devient malgré lui résistant quand un pilote de la R.A.F. abattu trouve refuge chez lui et quand il dérobe aux services d'Hitler les plans de ses missiles V1.

Dad's Army

Dad's Army

1968 30m

A ragtag group of Home Guard volunteers prepare for an imminent German invasion during World War II.

Robbery

Robbery

Peter Yates 1967 1h 50m 7.0

In this fictionalised account of the Great Train Robbery, career criminal Paul Clifton plans an audacious crime: the robbery of a mail train carrying millions in cash.

The Deadly Affair

The Deadly Affair

Sidney Lumet 1966 1h 55m 7.0

Charles Dobbs is a British secret agent investigating the apparent suicide of Foreign Office official Samuel Fennan. Dobbs suspects that Fennan's wife, Elsa, a survivor of a Nazi Germany extermination camp, might have some clues, but other officials want Dobbs to drop the case.

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

The Yellow Rolls-Royce

Anthony Asquith 1964 2h 2m 7.0

A classic car changes the lives of three sets of owners.

Hide and Seek

Hide and Seek

Cy Endfield 1964 1h 30m 7.0

A professor of astronomy helping on a missile development program. An old friend of his is a Russian chess champion. The Russian is working with shady businessman Marek and they plan to kidnap the professor and make it look as though he has defected to the Soviet Union.

The V.I.P.s

The V.I.P.s

Anthony Asquith 1963 1h 59m 2.0

Wealthy passengers fogged in at London's Heathrow Airport fight to survive a variety of personal trials.

A Stitch in Time

A Stitch in Time

Robert Asher 1963 1h 29m 5.0

Mischievous Norman causes chaos at hospital after accident. Encounters traumatized mute girl Lindy who lost parents. Determined to help, he tries bringing joy back into her life.

The One That Got Away

The One That Got Away

Roy Ward Baker 1957 1h 51m 7.0

The true story about Oberleutnant Franz von Werra, the only german prisoner of war to escape from imprisonment in britain during the Second World War.

The Extra Day

The Extra Day

William Fairchild 1956 1h 23m 6.0

The final scene of a film has been lost and the extras have to be rounded up for it to be re-shot.

The Glass Cage

The Glass Cage

Montgomery Tully 1955 59m 5.0

Crowds flock to a carnival sideshow to see "The Starving Man", a heavyset man who claims he can go 70 days without eating. However, a couple of murders occur at the carnival, resulting in the police becoming involved.

Derby Day

Derby Day

Herbert Wilcox 1952 1h 24m 6.0

The stories of four sets of characters intersect via chance-encounters at Epsom Downs racecourse on the morning of Derby Day.

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