Acting

Tucker McGuire

Born — Died

1912-01-01 — 1988-08-03

Place of birth

Winchester, Virginia, USA

Known for

Acting

Credits

23 titles

Known for

BBC Play of the Month poster
5.2

A BBC television anthology series featuring productions of classic and contemporary stage plays usually broadcast on BBC1. Each production featured a different work, often using prominent British stage actors in the leading roles. The series was transmitted from October 1965 to September 1983.

BBC Play of the Month

1965

Theatre 625 poster
7.2

Theatre 625 is a British television drama anthology series, produced by the BBC and transmitted on BBC2 from 1964 to 1968. It was one of the first regular programmes in the line-up of the channel, and the title referred to its production and transmission being in the higher-definition 625-line format, which only BBC2 used at the time.

Theatre 625

1964

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9.0

Armchair Mystery Theatre is a 60-minute United Kingdom television anthology mystery series. Thirty-four episodes aired from 1960-65. It was hosted by Donald Pleasence and produced by Leonard White.

Armchair Mystery Theatre

1960

A Night to Remember poster
7.7

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.

A Night to Remember

1958

D.A.R.Y.L. poster
6.4

Daryl is a normal 10-year-old boy in many ways. However, unbeknown to his foster parents and friends, Daryl is actually a government-created robot with superhuman reflexes and mental abilities. Even his name has a hidden meaning -- it's actually an acronym for Data Analyzing Robot Youth Life-form. When the organization that created him deems the "super soldier" experiment a failure and schedules Daryl to be disassembled, it is up to a few rogue scientists to help him escape.

D.A.R.Y.L.

1985

The Showdown poster
NR

Inspector Morley helps to solve the murder of a fake medium.

The Showdown

1952

Film credits

1970s · 3 titles

1950s · 11 titles

A Night to Remember poster
7.7

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.

A Night to Remember

1958

The Showdown poster
NR

Inspector Morley helps to solve the murder of a fake medium.

The Showdown

1952

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw poster
6.6

English gunsmith Jonathon Tibbs travels to the American West in the 1880s to sell firearms to the locals. He inadvertently acquires a reputation of quickness on the draw due to his wrist mounted Derringer style weapon. Soon gaining the post of sheriff, he endeavours to clean up the town using what skills he has—and by multilateral diplomacy.

The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw

1958

The Case of the Scarlet Letters poster
NR

Lady Sylvia Gray approaches ex-Scotland Yard detective John Morley because she is being blackmailed over compromising letters following an indiscretion. She desperately wants to avoid public scandal because her husband is up for the New Year's Honours list

The Case of the Scarlet Letters

1952

A Ghost for Sale poster
9.0

A manor caretaker relates the tale of a mad squire, and vanishes.

A Ghost for Sale

1952

The Case of the Green Eye poster
NR

A young woman named Susan, owner of a rare green-eyed emerald (rumoured to be the left eye of an ancient idol), is kidnapped. The kidnappers demand the emerald in exchange for Susan's safe release.

The Case of the Green Eye

1952

King of the Underworld poster
6.0

A crook is implicated in blackmail, greed for emeralds and secret formula and murder.

King of the Underworld

1952

Reilly at Bay poster
NR

A critical piece of evidence is uncovered in the hunt for Terrence Reilly: a letter listing an address where Reilly had been seen.

Reilly at Bay

1952

Black Orchid poster
4.9

Caught in a loveless marriage, Dr. John Winnington (Ronald Howard) can't stop himself from falling for his wife's (Mary Laura Wood) younger sister, Christine (Olga Edwardes). But when he suddenly becomes the prime suspect in his wife's tragic murder, John relies on his friend Eric (John Bentley) to clear his name. This classic murder mystery encourages viewers to evaluate all of the clues and guess the killer's identity.

Black Orchid

1953

The Reluctant Bride poster
6.3

A money-to-burn and girl-chasing Texas oilman, and a sensitive, dignified entomologist find themselves in charge of a brood of wild kids whose parents, both famous explorers, are reported lost while on an African safari.

The Reluctant Bride

1955

Murder at the Grange poster
6.5

A former police detective turned private investigator is approached by two elderly sisters, who say that someone is terrorising them, but it turns out that the man they believe is responsible is long since dead.

Murder at the Grange

1952

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