Acting

Derek Elphinstone

Born 1913-10-15 · Guildford, Surrey, England, UK

Acting credits

The Red Shoes poster
8.0

A fledgling ballerina falls in love with a brilliant composer, but the jealous head of the ballet company plots to drive them apart.

The Red Shoes

1948

Sailors Three poster
7.6

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their warship, HMS Ferocious. However, they soon realise that the vessel they have boarded is not the Ferocious but a German battleship.

Sailors Three

1940

The Four Feathers poster
7.1

A disgraced officer risks his life to help his childhood friends in battle.

The Four Feathers

1939

No artwork available
NR

At the end of World War II, a Royal Navy submarine on routine patrol strikes and detonates a mine. The subsequent explosion sinks the submarine, killing most of its crew. Frantic efforts are taken to rescue those remaining alive.

Morning Departure

1946

In Which We Serve poster
6.7

The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only commanding officer is Captain E.V. Kinross, who trains his men not only to be loyal to him and the country, but—most importantly—to themselves.

In Which We Serve

1942

Convoy poster
5.6

A tale of life on board a Royal Navy cruiser assigned to protect the vital convoys between America and England during WWII.

Convoy

1940

Distant Trumpet poster
6.5

David Anthony, a Harley Street physician, swaps duties with his brother, a medical missionary in Africa.

Distant Trumpet

1952

Secret People poster
6.4

This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent bystander is accidentally killed.

Secret People

1952

Night Boat to Dublin poster
6.9

British intelligence officers head off a Nazi plot to kidnap an atomic scientist.

Night Boat to Dublin

1946

Witness for the Prosecution poster
8.7

Agatha Christie tale of a man on trial for murder: a trial featuring surprise after surprise. Not to be confused with the later Hollywood adaptation.

Witness for the Prosecution

1949

Flying with Prudence poster
NR

A dramatised instruction film made to instil in RAF flying personnel the importance of flight safety in peacetime.

Flying with Prudence

1946

No artwork available
10.0

The BBC armchair detective clears a nightclub singer of suspicion of the murder of her boss.

The Armchair Detective

1951

Behind the camera