Fred Groves

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

21 Days poster
6.1

After 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

An Ideal Husband poster
6.5

A 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

Florence Nightingale poster
NR

The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).

Florence Nightingale

1915

The Challenge poster
6.3

During 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

The Squeaker poster
6.3

London'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

No artwork available
NR

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

21 Days poster
6.1

After 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

An Ideal Husband poster
6.5

A 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

No artwork available
NR

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

Old Mother Riley's New Venture poster
9.5

Old Mother Riley becomes manager of a hotel - stolen diamonds, murder and pie fights follow.

Old Mother Riley's New Venture

1949

My Brother Jonathan poster
6.8

Jonathan 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

My Brother's Keeper poster
6.3

War 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

The Challenge poster
6.3

During 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

The Squeaker poster
6.3

London'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

Escape! poster
6.3

When 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

Sally in Our Alley poster
5.0

A woman believes her boyfriend died in the First World War, but he is now looking for her

Sally in Our Alley

1931

The Old Curiosity Shop poster
6.2

A 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

Out of the Blue poster
8.0

Impoverished 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

Strange Boarders poster
8.0

Pre-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

The Ghost Camera poster
6.3

When 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

No artwork available
8.0

A lawyer plans to murder an aristocrat and steal his inheritance.

The World, the Flesh and the Devil

1932

No artwork available
7.0

A British musical film directed by Victor Hanbury

Beloved Impostor

1936

Dance Band poster
6.0

Life gets complicated for bandleader Buddy when he falls for his greatest rival – the leader of an all-girl dance band!

Dance Band

1935

No artwork available
9.0

“Ex-convict saves his estranged daughter from a blackmailer.” - BFI.

A Glimpse of Paradise

1935

No artwork available
7.0

Crime comedy sequel to The Vulture (1937). Amateur sleuth, Cedric Gull, takes on another case.

The Viper

1938

No artwork available
5.5

A clerk is suspected of committing a warehouse robbery and captures the real thieves aboard a pleasure boat.

Royal Eagle

1936

No artwork available
9.0

'Escaped convict blackmails murderous doctor into helping him.' (British Film Catalogue)

Puppets of Fate

1933

Suspense poster
7.0

During 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

1910s · 12 titles

Florence Nightingale poster
NR

The film portrays the life of Florence Nightingale, particularly her innovations in nursing during the Crimean War (1854–56).

Florence Nightingale

1915

The Suicide Club poster
NR

A colonel saves a prince's life when he joins a club of men who draw lots to kill one another.

The Suicide Club

1914

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

A man poses as a woman to fool a peeping tom.

Inquisitive Ike

1914

Maria Marten, or Murder in the Red Barn poster
NR

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 Murder in the Red Barn

1913

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
5.0

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

No artwork available
NR

A sailor is court-martialled for hitting an officer who tried to seduce a smuggler's young daughter.

Black-Eyed Susan

1914

No artwork available
NR

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

No artwork available
NR

A composer gets drunk on the proceeds of a song and sees his furniture dancing.

Popsy Wopsy

1913