Randle Ayrton

Acting

Randle Ayrton

Born 1869-08-09 · Chester, Cheshire, England, UK

Acting credits

The Manxman poster
6.0

A fisherman and a rising lawyer who grew up together as brothers fall in love with the same woman.

The Manxman

1929

No artwork available
10.0

'Press lord ruins sailor father of son's fiancée.' (British Film Catalogue)

High Seas

1930

Decameron Nights poster
9.0

A Saracen sultan's disguised son loves an amnesiac Moslem princess.

Decameron Nights

1924

Talk of the Devil poster
8.0

A ruthless businessman tries to steal his brother's successful shipping company. He hires a gifted mimic to date one of his brother's daughters to get some inside information about the business. The mimic succeeds only too well, with tragic results.

Talk of the Devil

1936

No artwork available
9.0

A soap factory heir poses as a worker to reform conditions, and is saved from an anarchist by a flower girl.

No. 5 John Street

1921

Comets poster
7.0

A Musical Revue featuring a number of prominent vaudeville and theatrical British artists of the day in songs, dances, dramatic and musical sketches.

Comets

1930

Dreyfus poster
7.0

In 1894, French officer Alfred Dreyfus is wrongly convicted for the treasonous acts of another man, Major Esterhazy. When investigations begin into the dubious evidence used in the trial, an institutional coverup begins, aided by fears of army disgrace and anti-Semitic paranoia against Dreyfus. But a determined group, headed by prominent author Émile Zola, leads a mounting public call to reopen the Dreyfus case.

Dreyfus

1931

No artwork available
NR

“Take a trip away from the hustle and bustle and travel by rail to take in the sights of Shakespeare country.” - BFI.

England's Shakespeare

1939

Two Worlds poster
10.0

An old Jewish man is forced to hide the Austrian lieutenant who killed his son and loves his daughter.

Two Worlds

1930

Me and Marlborough poster
5.6

A woman disguises herself in men's clothes in order to follow her husband to the wars.

Me and Marlborough

1935

The Feather poster
9.0

'A clerk embezzles money to pay for a girl's singing lessons in Rome.' (British Film Institute)

The Feather

1929

Debt of Honour poster
9.0

A Colonel's daughter steals from the regimental mess funds to pay off her gambling debts. One of the officers, who is love with her, takes the blame, and is sent to Africa.

Debt of Honour

1936

A Romance of Seville poster
6.0

Dolores and Ramon celebrate their arranged betrothal with little enthusiasm: Dolores has a lover, and Ramon wants his freedom so that he can pursue Pepita. Having heard of Ramon's betrothal, Pepita gives her heart to another but when bandits accost her and try to rob her father, they give the dashing Ramon just the chance he needs to prove the gallant lover!

A Romance of Seville

1929

Southern Love poster
9.0

Gypsy dancer Dolores flees an arranged marriage and faces ruin by a count. After her admirer kills the count the other gypsies swoop in to save her from destruction.

Southern Love

1924

Nell Gwyn poster
6.9

An actress becomes the king's mistress and persuades him to convert the palace to a serviceman's home.

Nell Gwyn

1926

No artwork available
9.0

'1820. Officer frames colleague when gambler forces him to steal secrets.' (British Film Catalogue)

One of the Best

1927

The Hate Ship poster
7.0

A police captain poses as the valet of a friend who has been invited on a yacht cruise by a notorious schemer, whom the friend is afraid wants to murder him.

The Hate Ship

1929

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

Glorious Youth

1928

Chu-Chin-Chow poster
9.0

In Baghdad a girl escapes from a robber sheikh and thwarts a plot to rob a merchant.

Chu-Chin-Chow

1924

No artwork available
8.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Little People

1927

The Great Game poster
7.0

Set in Chelsea’s Stamford Bridge football ground and featuring appearances from many real-life players from the day, this is the first film to feature football as its central theme and is recognisably modern and authentic. It deals with the day to day dramas, conflicts and love interests of players and managers in the run-up to the Cup Final.

The Great Game

1930

Behind the camera