
Acting
Fred Groves
Born — Died
1880-08-08 — 1955-06-04
Place of birth
London, England
Known for
Acting
Credits
38 titles
Fred Groves was born on 8 August 1880 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Drink (1917), The Mayor of Casterbridge (1921) and The Firm of Girdlestone (1915). He died on 4 June 1955 in London, England, UK.
Known for
6.1After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up— or let an innocent man go to the gallows.
21 Days
1940
6.5A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. His problem is compounded by his wife's intolerance of the slightest character flaws.
An Ideal Husband
1947
NRThe film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).
Florence Nightingale
1915
6.3During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled Der Berg Ruft, shot the same year in German.
The Challenge
1938
6.3London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard, is ideally suited to go undercover with a faked criminal record (which may spoil his chances with lovely Carol Stedman).
The Squeaker
1937
At the end of World War II, a Royal Navy submarine on routine patrol strikes and detonates a mine. The subsequent explosion sinks the submarine, killing most of its crew. Frantic efforts are taken to rescue those remaining alive.
Morning Departure
1946
Film credits
1940s · 6 titles
6.1After Larry Darrent accidentally kills his lover's blackmailing husband, someone else is arrested for the crime. When he is found guilty, Larry and Wanda have just three weeks together before he must give himself up— or let an innocent man go to the gallows.
21 Days
1940
6.5A prominent politician is preparing to expose a financial scandal. But then a woman who has invested heavily in the shady venture threatens to uncover a damaging secret in the politician's past if he exposes the speculation as a fraud. His problem is compounded by his wife's intolerance of the slightest character flaws.
An Ideal Husband
1947
At the end of World War II, a Royal Navy submarine on routine patrol strikes and detonates a mine. The subsequent explosion sinks the submarine, killing most of its crew. Frantic efforts are taken to rescue those remaining alive.
Morning Departure
1946
9.5Old Mother Riley becomes manager of a hotel - stolen diamonds, murder and pie fights follow.
Old Mother Riley's New Venture
1949
6.8Jonathan Dakers' early ambition was to become a great surgeon and to marry Edie Martyn. But, on the death of his father, he is obliged to start work as a partner in a poor general practice in the Black Country. Edie falls in love with Jonathan's brother, Harold, who is killed in the Great War, and Jonathan marries her as planned. It is only afterwards that he realises he now loves another.
My Brother Jonathan
1948
6.3War hero turned villain George Martin escapes from the police, but he is handcuffed to a naive young crook Willie Stannard. After using a clever plan to obtain railway tickets, and with the police and the press in hot pursuit, George has to find a way of breaking loose from Willie, and to make his escape.
My Brother's Keeper
1948
1930s · 16 titles
6.3During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled Der Berg Ruft, shot the same year in German.
The Challenge
1938
6.3London's jewel thieves are under the thumb of a mysterious fence, who ruthlessly exposes any thief who crosses him. Desperate, Scotland Yard re-hires ex-Inspector Barrabal who, as a known drunkard, is ideally suited to go undercover with a faked criminal record (which may spoil his chances with lovely Carol Stedman).
The Squeaker
1937
6.3When Matt Denant (Gerald de Maurier) finds himself wrongly imprisoned for manslaughter, he takes an opportunity to escape from jail during a foggy day and is forced to rely on the goodwill of local people to remain a fugitive of the law.
Escape!
1930
5.0A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her
Sally in Our Alley
1931
6.2A kindly shop owner whose overwhelming gambling debts allow a greedy landlord to seize his shop of dusty treasures. Evicted and with no way to pay his debts, he and his granddaughter flee.
The Old Curiosity Shop
1934
8.0Impoverished aristocrat's daughter Tommy Tucker is in love with radio announcer Bill Coverdale, but he is engaged to her more glamorous sister Angela, who he does not love. Seeking escape from this hopeless situation, and her life of genteel poverty, Tommy flees abroad to Biarritz to become a nightclub singer.
Out of the Blue
1931
8.0Pre-war intelligence man Tommy Blythe interrupts his honeymoon to investigate the discovery of vital Air Ministry blueprints on a woman killed in a London road accident. The trail leads to a boarding house in Notting Hill and its varied tenants.
Strange Boarders
1938
6.3When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a passing car belonging to chemist John Gray who becomes amateur sleuth after developing the film and goes in search of the woman captured by the photograph. When the camera is stolen from his laboratory, Gray's suspicions are further aroused.
The Ghost Camera
1933
A lawyer plans to murder an aristocrat and steal his inheritance.
The World, the Flesh and the Devil
1932
A British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury
Beloved Impostor
1936
6.0Life gets complicated for bandleader Buddy when he falls for his greatest rival – the leader of an all-girl dance band!
Dance Band
1935
“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.
A Glimpse of Paradise
1935
Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.
The Viper
1938
A clerk is suspected of committing a warehouse robbery and captures the real thieves aboard a pleasure boat.
Royal Eagle
1936
'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)
Puppets of Fate
1933
7.0During the First World War a British unit take up a new position in a trench unaware that the Germans are laying a mine underneath it.
Suspense
1930
1920s · 3 titles
10.0Police battle against a gang of blackmailers known as The Crimson Circle.
The Crimson Circle
1922
6.5A man sells his wife and child to a sailor, remarries on becoming mayor, and learns his daughter is actually the sailor's.
The Mayor of Casterbridge
1921
10.0A flower girl wins £60,000 and takes her family to Paris to save her sister from her murderous husband.
Squibs Wins the Calcutta Sweep
1922
1910s · 12 titles
NRThe film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).
Florence Nightingale
1915
NRA colonel saves a prince's life when he joins a club of men who draw lots to kill one another.
The Suicide Club
1914
Nellie, a beautiful farmer's daughter, is lured to the wickedness of the big city. Based on an original story by Charles Darrell.
Her Luck in London
1914
A man poses as a woman to fool a peeping tom.
Inquisitive Ike
1914
NRA wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based on an actual murder that happened in 1828.
Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn
1913
A murder mystery concerning the murder by a Colonel's son of his sister's fiancé using a golf club. Based on the novel by John Strange Winter.
Beautiful Jim
1914
A comedy feature with Fred Groves having dual roles of bridegroom and a lunatic, and in the course of the film the two characters swap places.
Bridegrooms Beware!
1913
A crook demands his princess cousin in marriage in return for clearing a prince of theft charges. Based on Charles Darrell's original play.
The Idol of Paris
1914
A wealthy landowner kills his pregnant mistress and buries her body, but his mother has a strange dream that just may bring his crime to light. Based on an actual murder that happened in 1828.
Maria Marten or The Mystery of the Red Barn
1913
A sailor is court-martialled for hitting an officer who tried to seduce a smuggler's young daughter.
Black-Eyed Susan
1914
A goalkeeper is kidnapped just before the Cup Final at Crystal Palace. Can he be rescued in time for a triumphant match?
The Cup Final Mystery
1914
A composer gets drunk on the proceeds of a song and sees his furniture dancing.
Popsy Wopsy
1913

