Known for Acting
Thomas Percy Helmore (4 January 1904 – 12 September 1995) was an English film actor. He appeared in over 50 films between 1927 and 1972, including three directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He was born in London and died in Longboat Key, Florida.
Born
January 4, 1904
Died
September 12, 1995 (age 91)
Birthplace
London, England
Filmography
34 films, 4 shows


Scarecrow
1972 · 1h 45m
country: United States
Just before the Salem Witch Trials, an embittered old woman, who has learned witchcraft, teams up with the Devil, and brings a scarecrow to life as part of her diabolical revenge on the judge who was once her lover.


Flipper's New Adventure
1964 · 1h 34m
country: United States
While widowed Porter Ricks is away at school learning to be a park ranger, his teen-aged son, Sandy, under adult supervision from a neighbor, remains at the family home in the Florida Keys with his pet dolphin, Flipper. While Po (as Porter is called by most) is away, Sandy learns that the family home, built on state land, is being torn down to make way for a highway. In turn, Sandy would be sent to live with relatives, while Flipper would be sent to the seaquarium permanently. Not wanting to be separated from Flipper, Sandy, using his skiff, runs away with Flipper. A distraught Po returns home to look for his son. Meanwhile, the Hopewell family from Britain are vacationing in the area. Their sailboat is hijacked by three escaped convicts, who take the father, Halsey, hostage, and set the three Hopewell women - mother Julia, and teen-aged daughters Gwen and Penny - adrift, they who eventually land on the island where Sandy is hiding... Written by Huggo


Advise & Consent
1962 · 2h 19m
country: United States
Proposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.


The Time Machine
1960 · 1h 43m
country: United States
A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.


The Man in the Net
1959 · 1h 38m
country: United States
An artist living in a quiet Connecticut town is the main suspect in the disappearance of his shrew wife. Things turn ugly when the townsfolk attempt to take the law into their own hands.


Count Your Blessings
1959 · 1h 42m
country: United States
Englishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual. Because Charles cheats on her and lives away from his family out of professional obligation to his government, Grace ends up raising the couple's son, Sigismond, on her own. Grace and Charles are finally reunited after nearly a decade apart, and, while they seem headed for a permanent split, there's still a spark between them.


Vertigo
1958 · 2h 8m
country: United States
A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.


Designing Woman
1957 · 1h 58m
country: United States
A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.


This Could Be the Night
1957 · 1h 43m
country: United States
To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.


The Tender Trap
1955 · 1h 51m
country: United States
A young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.


Lucy Gallant
1955 · 1h 44m
country: United States
A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s.


The Shadow
1954 · 25m
country: United States
Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case of the Cotton Kimono murder investigation. Lamont and his girlfriend Margot Lane are not satisfied with Detective Harris' analysis and call on the two prime suspects: the victim's voice instructor and her boyfriend. When Harris, convinced that the boyfriend is guilty, frames the young man for the crime, Lamont is forced to assume his secret identity as "The Shadow", and cloaked by his power of invisibility, seeks to force the true killer to reveal himself.


Let's Do It Again
1953 · 1h 35m
country: United States
Composer Gary Stuart and his wife, Connie, have an argument over her alleged affair. The Stuarts agree to get divorced, and each tries to move on to a new love: Gary with socialite Deborah Randolph and Connie with businessman Frank McGraw. However, they begin to realize that they still have strong feelings for each other, and the Stuarts must make a decision before their divorce is final.


Trouble Along the Way
1953 · 1h 50m
country: United States
Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.


Shadow on the Wall
1950 · 1h 24m
country: United States
Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.


Malaya
1949 · 1h 38m
country: United States
Soon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, cynical former newspaper correspondent John Royer devises a scheme with his old editor and government agents to return to the Far East and smuggle out a vast amount of rubber for the war effort. Demanding the freedom and company of his ex-friend, Carnahan, whom he betrayed in an exposé years earlier, Royer sails off into the hands of the Japanese with a motley crew, gold, and the promise of covert government aid.


Scene of the Crime
1949 · 1h 34m
country: United States
A cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.


Three Daring Daughters
1948 · 1h 55m
country: United States
Three young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.
Secret Journey
Secret Journey
1939 · 1h 12m
country: United Kingdom
A British secret service agent and his sister travel to Berlin to recover a top secret RAF invention which was stolen from the French government.
Easy Riches
Easy Riches
1938 · 1h 10m
country: United Kingdom
A quota quickie directed by Maclean Rogers in 1938, "Easy Riches" featured character players George Carney & Gus McNaughton as a couple of rival builders competing for the award of a big contract.


Secret Agent
1936 · 1h 26m
country: United Kingdom
During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
The Right Age to Marry
The Right Age to Marry
1935 · 1h 9m
country: United Kingdom
A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married.


The Riverside Murder
1935 · 1h 4m
country: United Kingdom
Investor Robert Norman murdered before meeting. Police investigate. Journalist Claire Haines pursues story to impress editor. Intertwining narratives of crime solving and reporting unfold.
The Feathered Serpent
The Feathered Serpent
1934 · 1h 12m
country: United Kingdom
A reporter faces a race against time to clear an actress accused of murder.
Up for the Derby
Up for the Derby
1933 · 1h 11m
country: United Kingdom
'Stableboy buys ruined employer's horse and wins Derby.' (British Film Catalogue)


The King's Cup
1933 · 1h 16m
country: United Kingdom
'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)
The Barton Mystery
The Barton Mystery
1932 · 1h 16m
country: United Kingdom
British crime film directed by Henry Edwards


Above Rubies
1932 · 43m
country: United Kingdom
In Monte Carlo, Lady Wellingford cannot redeem a necklace from a jeweler.
Two Way Street
Two Way Street
1931 · 44m
country: United Kingdom
'Bird fancier's daughter loves nobleman whom her cockney fiancé robs of necklace.' (British Film Catalogue)
My Wife's Family
My Wife's Family
1931 · 1h 20m
country: United Kingdom
Farcical confusions ensue when newlywed bride Peggy Gay overhears her husband Jack discussing the purchase of a piano, and somehow interprets what he has said to mean he is the father of an illegitimate child.


The House of Unrest
1931 · 58m
country: United Kingdom
A mystery film directed by Leslie Howard Gordon.
Leave It to Me
Leave It to Me
1930 · 40m
country: United Kingdom
A comedy film directed by George King.


White Cargo
1929 · 1h 28m
country: United Kingdom
The manager of a rubber plantation marries a native and she tries to poison him.


The Ring
1927 · 1h 56m
country: United Kingdom
Both Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.