Known for Sound
A.W. Watkins was born on December 1, 1895 in Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK. He is known for 2001: A Space Odyssey (1968), Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and The Haunting (1963). He died in February 1970 in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire, England, UK.
Born
December 1, 1895
Died
January 1, 1970 (age 74)
Birthplace
Kidderminster, Worcestershire, England, UK
Filmography
76 films


Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1969 · 2h 35m · UK
Academy Award-honoree Peter O'Toole stars in this musical classic about a prim English schoolmaster who learns to show his compassion through the help of an outgoing showgirl. O'Toole, who received his fourth Oscar-nomination for this performance, is joined by '60s pop star Petula Clark and fellow Oscar-nominee Michael Redgrave.


Hot Millions
1968 · 1h 46m · UK
A con artist gains employment at an insurance company in order to embezzle money by re-programming their "new" wonder computer.


Dark of the Sun
1968 · 1h 41m · UK
A band of mercenaries led by Captain Curry travel through war-torn Congo across deadly terrain, battling rival armies, to steal $50 million in uncut diamonds. But infighting, sadistic rebels and a time lock jeopardize everything.


Battle Beneath the Earth
1967 · 1h 31m · UK
Government officials discover a horrible plot: the Chinese are tunneling their way to the United States.


Eye of the Devil
1966 · 1h 36m · UK
A French nobleman deserts his wife because of an ancient family secret.


The Alphabet Murders
1965 · 1h 30m · UK
The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.


The Hill
1965 · 2h 3m · UK
North Africa, World War II. British soldiers on the brink of collapse push beyond endurance to struggle up a brutal incline. It's not a military objective. It's The Hill, a manmade instrument of torture, a tower of sand seared by a white-hot sun. And the troops' tormentors are not the enemy, but their own comrades-at-arms.


Operation Crossbow
1965 · 1h 55m · UK
Allied agents infiltrate the Nazi rocket complex at Peenemunde in order to obtain their secrets and sabotage the plant. The film alternates between German developments of the V-1 missile and V-2 rocket (with a German cast speaking their own language) and discovery by British Intelligence of the weapon.


The Yellow Rolls-Royce
1964 · 2h 2m · UK
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The next owner is Paolo Maltese, a mafioso who purchases the car during a trip to Italy and leaves it with his girlfriend while he returns to Chicago. Finally, the car is owned by American widow Gerda, who joins the Yugoslavian resistance against the invading Nazis.


Murder Ahoy
1964 · 1h 33m · UK
During an annual board of trustees meeting, one of the trustees dies. Miss Marple thinks he’s been poisoned after finding a chemical on him. She sets off to investigate at the ship where he had just come from. The fourth and final film from the Miss Marple series starring Margaret Rutherford as the quirky amateur detective.


Murder Most Foul
1964 · 1h 30m · UK
A murderer is brought to court and only Miss Marple is unconvinced of his guilt. Once again she begins her own investigation.


Murder at the Gallop
1963 · 1h 21m · UK
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened. The police don't believe them, thus leading Miss Marple to yet again investigate by herself.


Follow the Boys
1963 · 1h 35m · UK
Four women create mayhem as they follow their Navy partners around the Riviera.


A Matter of WHO
1961 · 1h 30m · UK
Health officials from the World Health Organization link a smallpox outbreak in Europe to oil drilling in the Middle East.


The Angry Hills
1959 · 1h 45m · UK
In 1941 Greece, on the eve of German occupation, cynical American foreign correspondent Michael Morrison arrives in Athens, intending to depart for London the following day. While there he is tricked into smuggling a list of resistance leaders out of the country and is pursued by the Germans.


Tom Thumb
1958 · 1h 38m · UK
A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.


I Accuse!
1958 · 1h 39m · UK
Alfred Dreyfus, a German-Jewish captain serving in the French Army, is falsely accused of treason and made a scapegoat for military espionage in an act of institutional anti-Semitism. Sent to prison, he becomes a cause célèbre for the novelist Émile Zola, who dubs it the "Dreyfus Affair." Eventually, Dreyfus is pardoned when the military cover-up is made public, and he returns to France. But his name is forever tarnished by the accusations of treason.


The Little Hut
1957 · 1h 30m · UK
Sir Philip Ashlow (Stewart Granger), his neglected wife, Lady Ashlow (Ava Gardner) and his best friend Henry Brittingham-Brett (David Niven) are shipwrecked on a desert island. This potential ménage à trois where the two men compete for the lady's attention is interrupted by the unexpected arrival of a fourth inhabitant of the island.


Ivanhoe
1952 · 1h 46m · UK
Sir Walter Scott's classic story of the chivalrous Ivanhoe who joins with Robin of Locksley in the fight against Prince John and for the return of King Richard the Lionheart.


Calling Bulldog Drummond
1951 · 1h 20m · UK
Bulldog Drummond leaves retirement to help a Scotland Yard Sergeant catch thieves armed with radar.


Conspirator
1949 · 1h 27m · UK
A newlywed suspects her husband of being a Communist spy.


Edward, My Son
1949 · 1h 52m · UK
Following the death of his only son, a ruthless businessman reflects on his life, his unhappy marriage and his questionable parenting skills.


"Pimpernel" Smith
1941 · 2h · UK
Eccentric Cambridge archaeologist Horatio Smith takes a group of British and American archaeology students to pre-war Nazi Germany to help in his excavations. His research is supported by the Nazis, since he professes to be looking for evidence of the Aryan origins of German civilisation. However, he has a secret agenda: to free inmates of the concentration camps.


A Window in London
1940 · 1h 17m · UK
A man witnesses a murder that isn't a murder, only to get involved with the magician and his wife who created the illusion. The insanely jealous magician husband eventually kills his wife, making for complications in life of unhappily married man who is now involved more than he ever thought he would be.


Ten Days in Paris
1940 · 1h 22m · UK
Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true because he insists that he crashed his plane and has no recollection of being anywhere for ten days. Bob decides to follow a note found in his jacket, to the woman who wrote it, "Miss D", and get to the bottom of the whole strange situation.


The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939 · 1h 24m · UK
During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death before the motive is discovered and the killer revealed.


Men Are Not Gods
1936 · 1h 23m · UK
Actor Edmund Davey becomes a star overnight when his wife and co-star teams up with the secretary of a noted stage critic to produce a glowing review of his 'Othello'.


Rembrandt
1936 · 1h 25m · UK
A character study depicting the life of Rembrandt Van Rijn at the height of his fame in the mid 1600s. Beginning with the death of his wife, Rembrandt's work takes a dark turn, which offends many of his patrons.


Things to Come
1936 · 1h 40m · UK
The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.


Do Not Forget About Me
1935 · 1h 35m · UK
This rare 1935 film (the title translated means "do not forget me") features Beniamino Gigli as, of course, an Italian singer who warbles his way through a touching love story. Features musical selections from "Il Trovatore" and "Rigoletto" as well as a lullaby and some Neapolitan songs, including the title tune. Distributed by New York's Bel Canto Society (an organization of hard-core opera buffs).