Acting
Victor Platt
Born 1920-10-30 · Highbury, London, England, UK
Victor Platt was born on October 30, 1920 in Highbury, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Escape of R.D.7 (1961), Quatermass and the Pit (1958) and Stand by to Shoot (1953). He was married to Diane Watts. He died on January 30, 2017 in London, England, UK.
Acting credits
4.7Suave private investigator Norman Conquest intercepts a secret message and meets a beautiful but foreign blonde lady in room 605 of the Park Plaza hotel. But when Conquest wakes up in the room the next morning he is lying next to a dead body. With the mysterious blonde nowhere to be seen, Conquest soon becomes the police s number one suspect with Inspector Williams following his every move. In order to clear his name, Conquest enlists the help of Pixie Everard (Joy Shelton), but the going gets rough when he discovers that the murder is connected to a stash of stolen diamonds. As gun-happy gangs of communists and Nazi sympathizers turn up the heat, Conquest has to solve the murder whilst staying one step ahead of both the gangs and the police.
Park Plaza 605
1953
7.8Anthony Hancock gives up his office job to become an abstract artist. He has a lot of enthusiasm, but little talent, and critics scorn his work. Nevertheless, he impresses an emerging very talented artist. Hancock proceeds to con the art world into thinking he is a genius.
The Rebel
1961
7.3A man who works for 'The Party' (an all powerful empire led by a man known only as 'Big Brother') begins to have thoughts of rebellion and love for a fellow member. Together they look to help bring down the party.
Nineteen Eighty-Four
1954
5.8The cat and mouse game between government agents and a spy ring that has taken secret documents from a plane crash in Germany, not far from an US military research centre.
The Traitors
1962
6.8Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.
Deadly Nightshade
1953
6.0Yankee charter pilot Morris inadvertently finds himself in the midst of thieves who have purloined a costly antique jade figure from an exhibit. He tracks the thieves to Battersea, where he rescues the fair Germaine from their unsavory clutches, and the Buddha boosters gain only jaded justice.
The Green Buddha
1954
7.0Sailor Frankie Martin is offered a thousand pounds by a millionaire in disguise if he can earn a hundred pounds in a week by honest means. Frankie tries his hand as a boxer, a bouncer and a commissionaire, and finally finds success as a singer. He also falls for the charms of night club chanteuse Julie, and this leads to further success when he wins a recording contract.
The Heart of a Man
1959
6.0A petty burglar sets a chain of events in motion when he steals some money that the owner doesn't want the authorities to know about.
Man Detained
1961
10.0When Fred Watson's wife and landlady disappear, and he is seen papering over two cupboards in his bedroom, the police are called in.
The Cupboard
1960
Teacher Alec Waterman is released from jail after a sentence for fraud. Dick Sothers gets him a job with Lucas Builders but when Alec starts to make new friends he becomes trapped between his old life and his new life.
The Swindler
1963
Emma Woodhouse is a congenial young lady who delights in meddling in other people’s affairs. She is perpetually trying to unite men and women who are utterly wrong for each other. Despite her interest in romance, Emma is clueless about her own feelings, and her relationship with gentle Mr. Knightley.
Emma
1948
5.7British crime film directed by Peter Duffell and starring Bernard Lee, Moira Redmond and John Van Eyssen, loosely based on the 1918 novel "The Man Who Knew" by Edgar Wallace.
Partners in Crime
1961
6.3Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell his Irish estate. His aunt, however, has some surprises in store for him.
The March Hare
1956
7.0During the early years of World War II, a bomb from a German airplane uncovers the corpse of a strangled woman.
The Drayton Case
1953
NRA young policeman becomes involved with a glamorous German woman in London, to his cost.
Playback
1962
In the late 18th century a small English village is haunted by ghostly apparitions. Sir Timothy Hassall, accompanied by his friend Gideon Cole, investigate.
The Road
1963
7.0Can Professor Higgins transform flower-girl Eliza Dolittle into a great lady?
Pygmalion
1948
6.5A young train spotter heads to Staffordshire for a historic journey through a soon to be condemned tunnel. During his trip, he encounters a series of eccentric characters. With his passion for the railways and naïve disposition, Benjamin inadvertently encourages them to reveal their innermost fears and darkest secrets.
The Last Train Through Harecastle Tunnel
1969
3.0Account of how Anglo-American police co-operation succeeds in tracking down forgers of $100 bills.
Dollars for Sale
1953
Mrs Frush complains to Sir Hector Benbow that Thark, the large country house she has bought from him, is haunted. Investigators and occupants spend a tense night searching for the spook.
Thark
1948