Acting

Keith Pyott

Born 1902-03-09 · Blackheath, London, England, UK

Keith Pyott (9 March 1902 – 6 April 1968) was a British actor. He transferred from stage to screen and was a regular face in drama in the early days of television, appearing in Educated Evans, The Prisoner, Out of the Unknown, The Avengers and the Doctor Who story The Aztecs. He also appeared in over twenty feature films, including Orson Welles' Chimes at Midnight (1965). Pyott was married to the actress Sheila Raynor.

Acting credits

The Devil Rides Out poster
6.5

The powers of good are pitted against the forces of evil as the Duc de Richelieu wrestles with the charming but deadly Satanist, Mocata, for the soul of his friend. Mocata has the knowledge and the power to summon the forces of darkness and, as the Duc de Richelieu and his friends remain within the protected pentacle, they are subjected to ever-increasing horror until thundering hooves herald the arrival of the Angel of Death.

The Devil Rides Out

1968

Knights of the Round Table poster
6.0

In Camelot, kingdom of Arthur and Merlin, Lancelot is well known for his courage and honor. But one day he must quit Camelot and the Queen Guinevere's love, leaving the Round Table without protection.

Knights of the Round Table

1953

Village of the Damned poster
7.2

In a small English village everyone suddenly falls unconscious. When they awake every woman of child bearing age is pregnant. The resulting children have the same strange blond hair, eyes and a strong connection to each other.

Village of the Damned

1960

The Phantom of the Opera poster
6.4

A London opera house is haunted by tragic events on its opening night, but when its star is kidnapped, a producer tracks down the Phantom who is intent on seeking his revenge.

The Phantom of the Opera

1962

Distant Trumpet poster
6.5

David Anthony, a Harley Street physician, swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.

Distant Trumpet

1952

No artwork available
NR

British television horror movie from 1950.

The Poltergeist

1950

The Colditz Story poster
6.8

The Germans believed that no man could escape from Colditz Castle, set as it was in the heart of the Reich, 400 miles from any neutral frontier. This film, based on Pat Reid's epic novel, tells the story of how the British, French, Dutch and Polish prisoners of war who were incarcerated in Colditz set out to prove their captors wrong.

The Colditz Story

1955

Operation Amsterdam poster
6.1

When Germany invades Holland in 1940, a British intelligence officer and two Dutch diamond merchants go to Amsterdam to persuade the Dutch diamond merchants to evacuate their diamond supplies to England.

Operation Amsterdam

1959

The Pirates of Blood River poster
6.2

A group of ruthless pirates attack a 17th Century Huguenot settlement on the Isle of Devon in search of treasure and will stop at nothing to obtain it.

The Pirates of Blood River

1962

Sea Devils poster
5.8

Gilliatt, a fisherman-turned-smuggler on the isle of Guernsey, agrees to transport a beautiful woman to the French coast in the year 1800. She tells him she hopes to rescue her brother from the guillotine. Gilliatt finds himself falling in love and so feels betrayed when he later learns this woman is a countess helping Napoleon plan an invasion of England. In reality, however, the "countess" is an English agent working to thwart this invasion. When Gilliatt finds this out, he returns to France to rescue the woman who's true purpose has been discovered by the French.

Sea Devils

1953

Masquerade poster
5.0

The British send an American and a war hero to kidnap and hide an oil-country prince.

Masquerade

1965

Time Bomb poster
5.3

When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation, unaware that he has explosive problems of his own.

Time Bomb

1953

I Accuse! poster
6.6

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.

I Accuse!

1958

Who Done It? poster
5.5

This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.

Who Done It?

1956

A Day to Remember poster
7.4

A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of the party have different reasons for going and get involved in various adventures.

A Day to Remember

1953

The Spider and the Fly poster
6.9

"The Spider and the Fly is set in Paris during the cloud-cuckoo days before WW I. The storyline intertwines the destinies of three people. Guy Rolfe plays Phillipe de Ledocq, a resourceful safecracker who always manages to elude arrest. Eric Portman is cast as police-chief Maubert, who will not rest until Ledocq is behind bars. And Nadia Gray is Madeleine, the woman beloved by both Ledocq and Maubert. Just as Maubert has managed to capture his man, Ledocq is released at the behest of the government, who wants him to steal secrets from the German embassy revealing the whereabouts of the Kaiser's secret agents. And just how does Madeleine figure into all of this? Spider and the Fly is a diverting precursor to the 1960s TV series It Takes a Thief." ~ Hal Erickson, Rovi

The Spider and the Fly

1949

The World in Silence poster
NR

College student Sarah Richards is alone in fearing and disliking the new teaching machines but even she does not foresee the terrifying situation that arises when her supervisor, Stephen Kershaw, re-arranges the machines to conform with revised fire regulations.

The World in Silence

1966

Beautiful Stranger poster
5.2

An ex-chorus girl lives on the Riviera, supported by a married man she doesn't know is a crook.

Beautiful Stranger

1954

John Wesley poster
4.5

Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film follows Wesley's years at Oxford and as a clergyman, his disagreements with the church over the social position of the clergy, his mission to America, the founding of Methodism, and his bringing of the Gospel into the lives of ordinary people.

John Wesley

1954

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons poster
6.4

A murderer enriches his finances by marrying and then killing off a series of wealthy women.

Bluebeard's 10 Honeymoons

1960

Doctor Who: The Aztecs poster
7.5

The TARDIS materialises inside an Aztec tomb. Outside it, the Doctor and his companions soon discover that Mexico in the 15th century is a bloodthirsty and dangerous place... And with Barbara mistaken for a reincarnation of an ancient high priest called Yetaxa, the history teacher thinks that she can put an end to the barbaric human sacrifices once and for all. But can she rewrite history without disastrous consequences?

Doctor Who: The Aztecs

1964

Five Have a Mystery to Solve poster
7.0

Four cousins meet a new friend who has strange powers over all the animals on Whispering Island. After discovering the crusader's treasure, they are imprisoned in a flooded dungeon.

Five Have a Mystery to Solve

1964

The Bells of Hell poster
NR

After three months of marriage, Phrynne and Gerald Banstead stay at the Bell Inn, a picturesque pub in East Anglia. When they arrive, the place seems to be all but deserted apart from the lonely sound of a church bell.

The Bells of Hell

1968

Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man poster
NR

Philip quickly comes to regret volunteering to be a witness in a murder trial.

Drama '63: A Well Dressed Man

1963