John Robinson

Acting

John Robinson

Born 1908-11-11 · Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK

Acting credits

Lawrence of Arabia poster
8.0

During World War I, English officer Thomas Edward 'T.E.' Lawrence sets out to unite and lead the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes to fight the Turks.

Lawrence of Arabia

1962

The Longest Day poster
7.6

The retelling of June 6, 1944, from the perspectives of the Germans, US, British, Canadians, and the Free French. Marshall Erwin Rommel, touring the defenses being established as part of the Reich's Atlantic Wall, notes to his officers that when the Allied invasion comes they must be stopped on the beach. "For the Allies as well as the Germans, it will be the longest day"

The Longest Day

1962

Nothing But the Night poster
6.2

When various trustees of the Van Traylen Orphanage begin dying in close order, it's at first written off as a coincidence. But, when a school bus accident very nearly takes out three more of them along with a group of orphans, Col. Bingham and his pathologist friend, Mark, begin looking into the deaths. They come to think the answer lies with one of the girls on the bus, who has vivid memories of things she could not possibly have seen.

Nothing But the Night

1973

Night Conspirators poster
NR

An old man is rescued from Iceland. Why would you need rescuing from Iceland - unless you're Adolf Hitler...

Night Conspirators

1962

The Wild Duck poster
7.0

A devestating, yet bracing look at a family whose proximity to each other belies the decay of their relationships, The Wild Duck is just as modern today as it was when first staged. When Gregors Werle comes to stay with the Ekdals, his idealist nature refuses to tolerate the dreamworld of lies the family is living. However, in his bid to force the Ekdals to see the truth, the skeletons he unearths destroy the family that he wanted to redeem.

The Wild Duck

1971

The Naked Sun poster
10.0

Earth police detective Lije Baley and his robot associate, R. Daneel Olivaw, investigate an impossible murder on a planet where physical proximity is taboo but nudity is not.

The Naked Sun

1969

Q Planes poster
6.0

In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraft which have disappeared without a trace while over the ocean on their maiden flights; unaware, as they are, that a spy ring has been shooting the planes down with a ray machine hidden aboard a salvage vessel which is on hand to haul the downed aircraft aboard, crews and all.

Q Planes

1939

The Doctor's Dilemma poster
6.5

Four doctors face a serious dilemma when the beautiful wife of a TB-stricken artist begs one of them to cure her brilliant, but amoral, husband.

The Doctor's Dilemma

1959

And the Same to You poster
5.9

Dickie Dreadnought is the boxing-mad nephew of pious clergyman Reverend Sydney Mullet. To mollify his disapproving uncle, Dickie embarks on an elaborate plan to keep his budding boxing career a secret, with he and his tough-talking promoter Wally Burton both pretending to be devout 'men of the cloth'.

And the Same to You

1960

The Constant Husband poster
6.9

Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his life back to his gorgeous wife and their large London house, so all seems well with the world. But more detective work starts to uncover an alarming chain of further stunning wives and a way of going on that the new Charles finds pretty unacceptable.

The Constant Husband

1955

Fortune Is a Woman poster
6.8

An insurance man discovers his ex-girlfriend and her husband's art-forgery/arson scam.

Fortune Is a Woman

1957

Emergency Call poster
6.7

A 5-year-old child is diagnosed with leukaemia and has only days to live. Her only hope is a blood transfusion, but her blood type is extremely rare, so the race is on to find the donors.

Emergency Call

1952

The Lion Has Wings poster
6.4

This early, influential propaganda film blends documentary and studio footage to show the valiant efforts of the Royal Air Force to defend the British people against the Nazis.

The Lion Has Wings

1939

Ghost Ship poster
5.3

Warned that it is haunted, a skeptical young couple buy a rundown yacht and fix it up to be their home-on-the-sea, only to slowly realize that it really is haunted.

Ghost Ship

1952

Walk's End poster
NR

Dr Saint's offer of a free place in his comfortable old-folks' home appears entirely philanthropic to Miss Claythorpe. However, he is suspiciously vague about the treatment that goes with it.

Walk's End

1966

No artwork available
7.0

A bank manager who has successfully bought into a lucrative gold mine manages to foil the plot of some confidence tricksters who plan to swindle him out of his investment.

All That Glitters

1936

No artwork available
10.0

Senior officials in the British, American and Russian governments all receive the same cryptic and unsigned message - "I Can Destroy The Sun". What can it mean?

I Can Destroy the Sun

1958

The Story of Shirley Yorke poster
5.9

Nurse Shirley Yorke must assist her boss Dr Napier, the only person able of effecting a new treatment on the ailing wife of a British Lord. The woman dies and the finger is very strongly pointed at Sister Shirley because she and the Lord were former lovers.

The Story of Shirley Yorke

1949

No artwork available
NR

1799: George, Prince of Wales and heir to the throne of mad King George III, awaits the Pope's judgement on his marriage to the twice-widowed Mrs. Fitzherbert.

Husband to Mrs. Fitzherbert

1975

No artwork available
NR

Mandy is in a dark place on the brink of suicide, can Geoffrey persuade her otherwise?.

I Took My Little World Away

1965

Hammer the Toff poster
6.4

A detective proves that a Robin Hood-type crook did not steal a metal formula.

Hammer the Toff

1952

No artwork available
8.0

One of a series of murder mysteries featuring the character Philo Vance. A Lost Movie

The Scarab Murder Case

1936

No artwork available
NR

Guests at an hotel become irrationally convinced that they have been there before - perhaps in a different life?

I Have Been Here Before

1949