Griffith Jones

Acting

Griffith Jones

Born 1909-11-19 · Notting Hill, London, England, UK

Griffith Jones (born Harold Jones; 19 November 1909 – 30 January 2007) was an Anglo-Welsh film, stage and television actor.

Acting credits

The Sea Shall Not Have Them poster
7.2

During the autumn of 1944, RAF Hudson, carrying a VIP passenger in possession of highly secret information, is shot down and ditches in the North Sea. Fighting the elements and trying to keep up morale, the occupants of the aircraft's dinghy talk about their lives awaiting the rescue they hope will come. The film's title reflects the motto of the RAF's Air Sea Rescue Service, one of whose high speed launches battles against its own mechanical problems, enemy action, time and the weather to locate and rescue the downed crew and the vital secret papers they carry.

The Sea Shall Not Have Them

1954

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NR

An elderly homosexual and a married woman are both intrigued by the same man.

The Collection

They Made Me a Fugitive poster
6.6

After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

They Made Me a Fugitive

1947

The Rise of Catherine the Great poster
5.8

The woman who will become Catherine the Great marries into the Russian royal family when she weds Grand Duke Peter, the nephew of Empress Elizabeth. Although the couple has moments of contentment, Peter's cruel and erratic behavior causes a rift between him and Catherine. Mere months after Peter succeeds his aunt as the ruler of Russia, a revolt is brewing, and Catherine is poised to ascend to the throne as the country's new empress.

The Rise of Catherine the Great

1934

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8.0

Adaptation of the Eugene O'neill play.

Marco Millions

1939

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NR

Based on Robert Louis Stevenson's novel.

Treasure Island

1965

Account Rendered poster
6.1

Police find that everyone had a motive for the murder of a wealthy woman.

Account Rendered

1957

Macbeth poster
7.5

Macbeth is a 1978 videotaped version of Trevor Nunn's Royal Shakespeare Company production of the play by William Shakespeare. Produced by Thames Television, it features Ian McKellen as Macbeth and Judi Dench as Lady Macbeth. The TV version was directed by Philip Casson. The original stage production was performed at The Other Place, the RSC's small studio theatre in Stratford-upon-Avon. It had been performed in the round before small audiences, with a bare stage and simple costuming. The recording preserves this style: the actors perform on a circular set and with a mostly black background changes of setting are indicated only by lighting changes.

Macbeth

1979

Miranda poster
6.2

A young married physician discovers a mermaid, and gives into her request to be taken to see London. Comedy and romantic entanglements ensue.

Miranda

1948

The Wicked Lady poster
6.3

A married woman finds new thrills as a masked robber on the highways.

The Wicked Lady

1945

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NR

Shaw's comedy of ideologies looks forty years to the future at the impossibility of government as the British cabinet and monarchy face a day of "crisis" for the country. King Magnus is happy to engage a prime minister seeking to transform the nation into a constitutional monarchy, but who truly rules in this democracy: the king, the government or the businessmen? And do any of them care about the people?

The Apple Cart

1975

The Four Just Men poster
6.7

The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or sabotage to serve their ends, but they consider themselves to be true patriots.

The Four Just Men

1939

The Truth About Women poster
6.2

A man recalls his relationships with the women he loved as he tries to help another man try to understand them as well.

The Truth About Women

1957

First a Girl poster
6.4

An aspiring singer quits her menial job and is talked into performing as a female impersonator by her friend. Her drag act makes her famous, which causes problems for her when a very determined young man falls in love with her. A remake of the 1933 German film Viktor und Viktoria.

First a Girl

1935

A Yank at Oxford poster
6.8

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

A Yank at Oxford

1938

Money Talks poster
6.0

This exuberant comedy about Jewish domestic life tells the story of an old man who is to inherit a legacy if he can prove he is in need, and who thus begins to gamble spectacularly with his savings.

Money Talks

1932

Good-Time Girl poster
6.4

Sent to a home for "problem" girls, incipient juvenile delinquent Gwen receives a crash course in petty crime. Back on the outside, she falls in with the usual bad crowd, and suffers spectacularly as a result.

Good-Time Girl

1948

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher poster
6.0

A young man's attempts at seduction and social climbing lead to mayhem.

Decline and Fall ...of a Birdwatcher

1968

The Comedy of Errors poster
8.6

The Royal Shakespeare Company act (and sing and dance!) Shakespeare's play about two sets of identical twins, separated at birth and brought together by circumstance.

The Comedy of Errors

1978

Atlantic Ferry poster
6.6

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.

Atlantic Ferry

1941

Escape Me Never poster
6.0

Romantic quadrangle involving two brothers, one a burgeoning ballet composer; a willful heiress; and a waif.

Escape Me Never

1935

Strangler's Web poster
7.7

What appears to be a cut-and-dried case of murder of an aging one time showgirl on Hampstead Heath by her lover is complicated by several factors, including a far more respectable paramour, and her insistence that a great inheritance was due her that nobody can verify.

Strangler's Web

1965

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NR

A woman (Lisa Gastoni) witnesses the theft of soiled banknotes from a mail delivery truck, then is threatened by the perpetrators of the crime.

Menace In The Night

1957

This Was Paris poster
5.9

British agents operate in Paris during the Second World War.

This Was Paris

1942