Tom Helmore

Acting

Tom Helmore

Born — Died

1904-01-04 — 1995-09-12

Place of birth

London, England

Known for

Acting

Credits

39 titles

Thomas Percy Helmore (4 January 1904 – 12 September 1995) was an English film actor. He appeared in over 50 films between 1927 and 1972, including three directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He was born in London and died in Longboat Key, Florida.

Known for

Film credits

1960s · 3 titles

1950s · 11 titles

Vertigo poster
8.1

A retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.

Vertigo

1958

The Tender Trap poster
6.2

A young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.

The Tender Trap

1955

Trouble Along the Way poster
6.1

Struggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.

Trouble Along the Way

1953

Designing Woman poster
6.6

A sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.

Designing Woman

1957

Let's Do It Again poster
4.2

Composer Gary Stuart and his wife, Connie, have an argument over her alleged affair. The Stuarts agree to get divorced, and each tries to move on to a new love: Gary with socialite Deborah Randolph and Connie with businessman Frank McGraw. However, they begin to realize that they still have strong feelings for each other, and the Stuarts must make a decision before their divorce is final.

Let's Do It Again

1953

The Man in the Net poster
5.2

An artist living in a quiet Connecticut town is the main suspect in the disappearance of his shrew wife. Things turn ugly when the townsfolk attempt to take the law into their own hands.

The Man in the Net

1959

This Could Be the Night poster
6.1

To earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.

This Could Be the Night

1957

Shadow on the Wall poster
6.7

Angered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.

Shadow on the Wall

1950

Lucy Gallant poster
7.0

A spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s.

Lucy Gallant

1955

Count Your Blessings poster
4.8

Englishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual. Because Charles cheats on her and lives away from his family out of professional obligation to his government, Grace ends up raising the couple's son, Sigismond, on her own. Grace and Charles are finally reunited after nearly a decade apart, and, while they seem headed for a permanent split, there's still a spark between them.

Count Your Blessings

1959

The Shadow poster
4.5

Lamont Cranston, a psychiatrist on retainer to the police department, is asked to assist in the Case of the Cotton Kimono murder investigation. Lamont and his girlfriend Margot Lane are not satisfied with Detective Harris' analysis and call on the two prime suspects: the victim's voice instructor and her boyfriend. When Harris, convinced that the boyfriend is guilty, frames the young man for the crime, Lamont is forced to assume his secret identity as "The Shadow", and cloaked by his power of invisibility, seeks to force the true killer to reveal himself.

The Shadow

1954

1930s · 14 titles

Secret Agent poster
6.1

During World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.

Secret Agent

1936

No artwork available
7.0

Farcical confusions ensue when newlywed bride Peggy Gay overhears her husband Jack discussing the purchase of a piano, and somehow interprets what he has said to mean he is the father of an illegitimate child.

My Wife's Family

1931

The Riverside Murder poster
5.5

Investor Robert Norman murdered before meeting. Police investigate. Journalist Claire Haines pursues story to impress editor. Intertwining narratives of crime solving and reporting unfold.

The Riverside Murder

1935

The House of Unrest poster
7.0

A mystery film directed by Leslie Howard Gordon.

The House of Unrest

1931

No artwork available
9.0

A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married.

The Right Age to Marry

1935

No artwork available
7.0

A comedy film directed by George King.

Leave It to Me

1930

The King's Cup poster
9.0

'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)

The King's Cup

1933

Above Rubies poster
7.0

In Monte Carlo, Lady Wellingford cannot redeem a necklace from a jeweler.

Above Rubies

1932

No artwork available
9.0

'Stableboy buys ruined employer's horse and wins Derby.' (British Film Catalogue)

Up for the Derby

1933

No artwork available
8.0

A British secret service agent and his sister travel to Berlin to recover a top secret RAF invention which was stolen from the French government.

Secret Journey

1939

No artwork available
8.0

A quota quickie directed by Maclean Rogers in 1938, "Easy Riches" featured character players George Carney & Gus McNaughton as a couple of rival builders competing for the award of a big contract.

Easy Riches

1938

No artwork available
9.0

A reporter faces a race against time to clear an actress accused of murder.

The Feathered Serpent

1934

No artwork available
7.0

British crime film directed by Henry Edwards

The Barton Mystery

1932

No artwork available
NR

'Bird fancier's daughter loves nobleman whom her cockney fiancé robs of necklace.' (British Film Catalogue)

Two Way Street

1931

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