Acting

H. Agar Lyons

Acting credits

The Miracle poster
9.0

Nayland Smith restores a `dead' man to life.

The Miracle

1923

The Thoroughbred poster
10.0

A jockey finds himself caught in a web of corruption. He is heavily pressured to "throw" The Derby, one of the most prestigious horse races in the world. The primary source of this pressure is the wife of a Member of Parliament, who is deeply involved in gambling and uses her influence to try and manipulate the outcome of the race for her own financial gain.

The Thoroughbred

1929

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9.0

In France the Queen poisons the Huguenot Queen and weds her son to the King's sister as part of an assassination plan.

Henry, King of Navarre

1924

The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu poster
NR

A killer kitty with poison-tipped claws, giant noxious mushrooms and aphonia-inducing flowers are just some of the challenges faced by Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie in their battles against arch-villain Fu Manchu. Series of 15 shorts, each with a self-contained story.

The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu

1923

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8.0

In Africa an Englishman is sold as a slave by a blind beggar who then weds a girl after he has killed her crooked husband.

Slaves of Destiny

1924

The Clue of the Pigtail poster
5.5

Third release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series, where the police has to investigate the clue of the pigtail wig.

The Clue of the Pigtail

1923

The Sacred Order poster
7.0

When sleuth Nayland Smith steals evil Dr Fu-Manchu's 'Sacred Order', the Devil Doctor himself faces death at the hands of the Si-Fan organisation.

The Sacred Order

1923

The Fungi Cellars poster
7.0

Fu-Manchu’s slave girl Karamaneh leads sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie to her evil master’s lair, where they fall prey to another of the Devil Doctor’s traps. Bound hand and foot, they watch helplessly as a party of policemen are imprisoned in a subterranean vault and poisoned with vile fungal spore vapour, while Fu-Manchu cackles with maniacal glee. Can our heroes escape to save the day?

The Fungi Cellars

1923

Little Lord Fauntleroy poster
NR

A charming, tender-hearted American boy who adores his mother and promised his dying father that he would always take care of her, turns out to be the long-lost heir to a British fortune and is sent to live with the cold, unsentimental lord who oversees the trust.

Little Lord Fauntleroy

1914

The Man with the Limp poster
7.3

This action-packed episode features one of the Devil Doctor's most enjoyably silly schemes to do away with his nemesis Nayland Smith. When Smith goes missing, it's up to Dr Petrie to continue the hunt for the Si-Fan, Fu-Manchu's secret society. On the trail of a mysterious man with a limp, Petrie disguises himself as a rough bargee to investigate a smoky riverside drinking den, the Joy-Shop Club.

The Man with the Limp

1923

The Fiery Hand poster
6.5

In this exciting adventure based on the second Fu-Manchu novel, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie investigate a haunted house, but get more of a fright than they expected. Caught by the evil Dr Fu-Manchu, Nayland Smith faces a plague of ravenous Cantonese rats - a torture known as 'The Six Gates of Joyful Wisdom'. Will Petrie end his agony, with the razor-sharp ‘Friend’s Sword’?

The Fiery Hand

1923

The Adventure of the Torture Cage poster
10.0

Lieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase criminal Dr. Sin Fang, who is desperate to find a lost sacred seal. (The fifth and only surviving episode of a six-part serial about an evil mastermind inspired on Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu.)

The Adventure of the Torture Cage

1928

The Knocking on the Door poster
10.0

The evil Dr Fu-Manchu proves to be a master of disguise as well as villainy in this thrilling episode of the popular adventure serial. Adopting the persona of a long-bearded professor, Fu-Manchu pays a visit to London's Madame Tussauds waxworks. Elsewhere, there's something horribly uncanny going on at a remote country cottage: sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie leave the capital to investigate.

The Knocking on the Door

1923

The West Case poster
8.0

Second release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Plans for an aerial torpedo are stolen from its inventor Frank Norris West, Nayland Smith tries to retrieve them but is defeated by Fu-Manchu.

The West Case

1923

The Call of Siva poster
8.5

Fourth release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Nayland Smith saves the life of Graham Guthrie, the British Resident in Bhutan, while on a visit to London from a plot by Dr. Fu-Manchu.

The Call of Siva

1923

Aaron's Rod poster
7.5

A mysterious murder sets Nayland Smith and Petrie once again on the trail of villainous Fu-Manchu, and seeking a strange old stick with magical powers

Aaron's Rod

1923

The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu poster
8.0

Detective Nayland Smith, comissioned by the British Government to investigate a series of murders comes up against the "Coughing Horror", Dr Fu-Manchu's servant.

The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu

1924

The Warrior Strain poster
9.0

Lonely young Lord Billy, who misses his dear departed mother, has nothing to do but lounge about the castle all day while his father, the Earl, attends to important affairs of state – until the noble lad joins the Army Cadets. Rising through the ranks to become the Lance Corporal of his squad, patrolling undefended points along the English coast, he's soon on the trail of German marauders.

The Warrior Strain

1919

In a Lotus Garden poster
8.0

A musical film directed by Fred Paul.

In a Lotus Garden

1931

The Silver Buddha poster
9.0

Our hero Dr Petrie is caught by evil Fu-Manchu and imprisoned near the British Museum, where he risks a daring escape, high above the London streets.

The Silver Buddha

1923

The Luck of the Navy poster
8.0

A spy has his son steal an Admiral's submarine plans.

The Luck of the Navy

1927

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10.0

A disguised servant of a dying Japanese prince saves articles of succession from a rival faction.

Sen Yan’s Devotion

1924

The Shrine of the Seven Lamps poster
10.0

In this thrilling final episode, evil Fu-Manchu's pet marmoset leads sleuth Petrie to a secret Si-Fan ceremony. Is the Devil Doctor's game now up?

The Shrine of the Seven Lamps

1923

The Cry of the Nighthawk poster
7.5

n this episode of adventure serial The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie investigate the strange death of a man from Forest Hill found with his face covered with scratches; their enquiries lead them once more to the Devil Doctor, Fu-Manchu. Meanwhile, Petrie’s stiff upper lip begins to quiver, as he grows dangerously fond of Fu-Manchu’s slave girl, Karamaneh...

The Cry of the Nighthawk

1923