Known for Acting
Born
November 22, 1923
Died
January 30, 1996 (age 72)
Birthplace
Hamilton, New Zealand
Filmography
26 films, 11 shows


The Hell Raiders
1986 · 1h 34m
country: Philippines
The inhabitants of a small Pacific island present a formidable challenge to a sudden invasion of their territory.


Goodbye Paradise
1983 · 1h 59m
country: Australia
The plot centres on Queensland's Gold Coast in the early 1980s, when a disgraced former cop, Michael Stacey writes a book exposing police corruption, does an investigation resulting in 2 murders, exposes a religious cult and watches the army begin a military coup.


A Dangerous Summer
1982 · 1h 40m
country: Australia
Building is Howard's passion, and he is so absorbed in his plans to build an elaborate resort in the Blue Mountains of Australia that he ignores certain obvious signals that his business partner is not entirely on the up-and-up. After a brush fire destroys the resort, an insurance investigator comes nosing around, whom Howard's partner deals with in a drastic manner. By the time Lloyds of London's senior investigator George Engels (James Mason in one of his last roles) arrives on the scene, Howard (Tom Skerritt) is anxious to set things to rights.


Early Frost
1982 · 1h 32m
country: Australia
Private Detective Mike Hayes is working on a divorce case, when he stumbles upon a series of cover-ups that leads to a corpse. His investigation takes him into the lievs of two families living in the Sydney suburbs. Although they look like ordinary people, one of them is the killer. Hayes meets strange teen David Prentice, who keeps a violent crime scrapbook, and Val Meadows, the mistress who believes that someone is trying to kill her. The more the investigation deepens, the more twisted and complex it becomes. It appears the only people who hate Val enough to want her dead, are her own family. Could it be her two sons, alienated by her dominant nature, her lover, or even her best friend?


The Biggest Battle
1978 · 1h 42m
country: Germany
A story of how World War II affected the lives of a German family and an American family, both of whom had sons and fathers fighting in the war.


Enigma
1977 · 1h
country: United States
The exploits of secret agent Andrew Icarus who works for a world wide crime-fighting organization.
Chilling
Chilling
1974
country: United States
A man who was abused as a child by his community returns there to take revenge.


Medieval England: The Peasants' Revolt
1969 · 30m
country: Unknown
Dramatically portraying the Peasants' Revolt of 1381, the film reveals the conditions of virtual slavery which persisted throughout the Middle Ages, and the weaknesses of the feudal system; its oppressive tax structure, its cruelty and its social inequality


A Twist of Sand
1968 · 1h 30m
country: United Kingdom
A former British Naval Officer now makes his living by smuggling goods around the Mediterranean. After being forced to dump his cargo after nearly being caught by the authorities in Malta, he is eager to recoup his losses. When a former colleague appears and tells a wild story about smuggling diamonds out of South West Africa, he sees his chance to make a lot of money....


Billion Dollar Brain
1967 · 1h 51m
country: United Kingdom
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?


The Deadly Bees
1966 · 1h 23m
country: United Kingdom
Pop singer Vicki Robbins collapses from exhaustion while shooting ta music video; her physician prescribes a respite on Seagull Island with beekeeper Ralph Hargrove. Initially finding the Hargroves' bitter marital strife oddly relaxing, the arrival of specially-bred attack bees pushes Vicki to her survival instinct.


Funeral in Berlin
1966 · 1h 42m
country: United Kingdom
Colonel Stok, a Soviet intelligence officer responsible for security at the Berlin Wall, appears to want to defect but the evidence is contradictory. Stok wants the British to handle his defection and asks for one of their agents, Harry Palmer, to smuggle him out of East Germany.


The Idol
1966 · 1h 49m
country: United Kingdom
A rebellious student embarks on an affair with the mother of his best friend, leading to disastrous consequences.


Thunderball
1965 · 2h 10m
country: United Kingdom
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they will use the weapons. The secret service sends James Bond to the Bahamas to once again save the world.


The Ipcress File
1965 · 1h 49m
country: United Kingdom
Sly and dry intelligence agent Harry Palmer is tasked with investigating British Intelligence security, and is soon enmeshed in a world of double-dealing, kidnap and murder when he finds a traitor operating at the heart of the secret service.


The System
1964 · 1h 33m
country: United Kingdom
In a seaside village, a group of local young men mingle among the seasonal tourists in search of sexual conquests. Near the end of one summer, the leader of the group, Tinker, a strolling photographer, aims to conquer a fashion model from a well-to-do family, but he finds himself unexpectedly falling in love. The tables thus turned, Tinker begins to see that maybe it's not the tourists who are being used in these sexual games.


Boy With a Flute
1964 · 29m
country: United Kingdom
An advertisement in the personal column brings elderly Mrs Winters to town with her Salviani painting and leads her to an adventure she could never have imagined.


The Partner
1963 · 59m
country: United Kingdom
A tax avoidance scheme by a film producer leads to murder and the theft of £300,000.


On the Beach
1959 · 2h 14m
country: United States
In 1964, atomic war wipes out humanity in the northern hemisphere; one American submarine finds temporary safe haven in Australia, where life-as-usual covers growing despair. In denial about the loss of his wife and children in the holocaust, American Captain Towers meets careworn but gorgeous Moira Davidson, who begins to fall for him. The sub returns after reconnaissance a month (or less) before the end; will Towers and Moira find comfort with each other?


The Shiralee
1957 · 1h 39m
country: United Kingdom
An Australian "swagman" finds his wife with another man, so he takes the daughter, Buster, with him. On the road together, going from town to town and from farm to farm, father and daughter explore new depths of understanding and bonding.


Dial M for Murder
1954 · 1h 45m
country: United States
When her American lover visits London, a wealthy woman’s jealous husband hatches a plan to murder her and inherit her fortune.


His Majesty O'Keefe
1954 · 1h 30m
country: United States
Men steal for it. Nations go to war for it. The it is oil - and it grows on trees. Coconut oil is the precious lifeblood of 1870s South Seas traders. And lots of real blood will be spilled to get it! Screen royalty Burt Lancaster is His Majesty O'Keefe in this last of three adventures that (along with The Flame and the Arrow and The Crimson Pirate) blew a revitalizing wind into the sails of the swashbuckler genre. Action, cunning and derring-do are watchwords of the title seafarer as he befriends, defends and ultimately rules the islanders of exotic Yap. Lensed on gorgeus Fiji locations, grandly scored by Robert Farnon and rousingly directed by Byron Haskin, His Majesty O'Keefe delivers heroics of regal proportions.


The Phantom Stockman
1953 · 1h 7m
country: Australia
Kim Marsden inherits a cattle station near Alice Springs after the death of her father. Kim becomes convinced her father was murdered. She sends for a legendary local bushman called the Sundowner, who was one of her father's best friends.


The Kangaroo Kid
1950 · 1h 12m
country: Australia
A 19th-century San Francisco detective named Tex Kinnane is sent "Down Under" to nab shyster lawyer Vincent Moller. Several comparisons are made between the American Wild West and the equally treacherous Australian outback.
Strong is the Seed
Strong is the Seed
1949 · 1h 20m
country: Australia
English scientist William Farrer, on health trip to Australia, advises his friends to invest money in wheat farming. In a hotel in Queanbeyan, Farrer hears that rust is playing havoc with farmers' crops, and his friends, who were ruined, have both just committed suicide. Searching for a cure for rust, Farrer meets Nina De Salis, daughter of a politician.


Always Another Dawn
1948 · 1h 48m
country: Australia
Featuring Charles 'Bud' Tingwell in only his second film and first lead role, which helped prepare him for his part in the 1953 World War Two Hollywood action drama, 'The Desert Rats'. 'Always Another Dawn' celebrates the Australian Navy's contribution to the Allied victory in WW2. The ship (Dauntless) is based on the real-life HMAS Yarra, which was sunk by a Japanese cruiser squadron on 4 March 1942 with 138 lives lost. Assisted by the Royal Australian Navy, filming took place at Flinders Naval Depot Melbourne and aboard the destroyer HMAS Bataan.