Acting

Frank Phillips

Born 1901-08-24 · Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK

Acting credits

Triple Cross poster
6.1

Safecracker Eddie Chapman is languishing in prison on the island of Jersey when the Nazis arrive. An adept manipulator of situations, Chapman convinces the Germans to use him to spy on the British. And when the would-be traitor arrives home, he convinces the English to use him as a double agent -- in exchange for a full pardon.

Triple Cross

1966

I'm All Right Jack poster
6.6

Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from the bottom, while both the management and the labor union use him as a tool in their fight for power.

I'm All Right Jack

1959

The Dam Busters poster
6.9

The story of the conception of a new British weapon for smashing the German dams in the Ruhr industrial complex and the execution of the raid by 617 Squadron 'The Dam Busters'.

The Dam Busters

1955

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 Day the Earth Caught Fire poster
6.8

British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world after the United States and the Soviet Union simultaneously detonate nuclear devices and have caused the orbit of the Earth to alter, sending it hurtling towards the sun.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire

1961

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. poster
6.2

Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king brings it to the attention of the Foreign Office in Whitehall. They decide to send Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne to re-establish friendly relations.

Carlton-Browne of the F.O.

1959

Our Inheritance poster
6.0

Documentary emphasising the return to normal life in Great Britain after the Second World War.

Our Inheritance

1945

A Diary for Timothy poster
6.8

A narrator recounts the state of Great Britain near the end of WWII via a visual diary for the titular baby boy born in September 1944.

A Diary for Timothy

1945

Iron and Steel Supply of the World poster
NR

Time-travel to a 1940s classroom with this exemplary educational film.

Iron and Steel Supply of the World

1947

No artwork available
NR

A travel film about the island of Antigua

Antigua

Strike a Note poster
NR

A demonstration of the craftsmanship that goes into making the piano.

Strike a Note

1946

No artwork available
NR

Life and livelihoods on the fens.

An English Fen

1947

Honey Country poster
NR

The hives of Hampshire are the centrepiece of this tour of the county, from Aldershot to Bournemouth and all points in between.

Honey Country

1950

No artwork available
NR

An overview of the free healthcare available for children, and the environmental improvements that led to increased public well-being in Britain.

Health of a Nation

1943

No artwork available
1.0

A composer can only get his music performed when it is believed to be by Tchaikovsky.

A Musical Masquerade

1946