Max Wall

Acting

Max Wall

Born 1908-03-12 · Brixton, London, England

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Max Wall (12 March 1908 – 21 May 1990), was an English comedian and actor, whose performing career covered music hall, theatre, films and television. Description above from the Wikipedia article Max Wall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting credits

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang poster
6.8

A hapless inventor finally finds success with a flying car, which a dictator from a foreign government sets out to take for himself.

Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

1968

Jabberwocky poster
6.0

After the death of his father, young Dennis Cooper goes to town where he has to pass several adventures. The town and the whole kingdom is threatened by a terrible monster called 'Jabberwocky'. Will Dennis make his fortune? Is anyone brave enough to defeat the monster?

Jabberwocky

1977

Hanover Street poster
5.6

Margaret is a nurse in England during WW2, and married to a secret agent. Things get complicated when she falls for David, an American pilot.

Hanover Street

1979

Little Dorrit poster
6.4

Amy Dorrit spends her days earning money for the family and looking after her proud father who is a long term inmate of Marshalsea debtors' prison in London. Amy and her family's world is transformed when her employer's son, Arthur Clennam, returns from overseas to solve his family's mysterious legacy and discovers that their lives are interlinked.

Little Dorrit

1987

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing poster
5.8

Escaping from China with a microfilm of the formula for the mysterious "Lotus X", Lord Southmere, a Queen's Messenger, is chased by a group of Chinese spies.

One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing

1975

We Think the World of You poster
6.4

An aimless young man, Johnny, is sent prison. He entrusts his beloved dog, Evie, to the care of his former lover and best friend, Frank. When he gets out of prison, he has to face difficulties at home. Added to this, is the fact that he may have to give up Evie to Frank.

We Think the World of You

1988

The Hound of the Baskervilles poster
4.4

When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

The Hound of the Baskervilles

1978

No artwork available
7.0

Musical featuring radio and variety stars on holiday, who help a village vicar stage a local concert.

On the Air

1934

Strike It Rich poster
6.5

A London accountant on his honeymoon gets swept away by gambling fever.

Strike It Rich

1990

It's Got to Be Funny, Hasn't It... poster
NR

A documentary examining the life and career of British comedy legend Max Wall.

It's Got to Be Funny, Hasn't It...

1983

The Fearless Vampire Killers: Vampires 101 poster
6.5

From the study of his rundown English manor, an old British Professor instructs the audience as to the dangers associated with vampires, and exactly how to kill them. Scenes from Roman Polanski's horror/comedy classic, The Fearless Vampire Killers, are interspersed throughout.

The Fearless Vampire Killers: Vampires 101

1966

The Nine Ages of Nakedness poster
3.8

A man attempts to deal with the bevy of naked beauties who have been bothering his family for generations.

The Nine Ages of Nakedness

1969

No artwork available
NR

A grandson's attempt to help his grandma produces problems for the family.

Franklin's Farm

1972

A Killer in Every Corner poster
8.0

A criminal psychologist invites three psychology students to his English countryside home to view some of his research on the criminal mind. Unbeknownst to the students, they are actually guinea pigs in a mind-control experiment he is conducting and the servants of the house are not what they appear to be.

A Killer in Every Corner

1974

Mrs Capper's Birthday poster
4.0

Sweet Hilda Capper spends her birthday fending off the well-meaning intrusions of family and friends.

Mrs Capper's Birthday

1985

The Bouncing Boy poster
NR

A young couple have a baby boy. However, the new father doesn't take to his new position quite as well as expected.

The Bouncing Boy

1972

Save a Little Sunshine poster
7.0

Dave Smalley buys a lost Archaeopteryx fossil by accident at an auction and uses the reward money for this to buy a share in his landlady's lodging- house. She turns him into an exploited man-of-all-work about the house, but after a lady guest persuades him that he resembles Napoleon he becomes convinced that he is a born leader and mounts a takeover bid to reverse their roles.

Save a Little Sunshine

1938

Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do poster
NR

A celebration of Max Miller , comedian and star. Presented by Gerald Scarfe with Max Bygraves Charlie Chester , Doris Hare Jean Kent , Alec McCowen, Tommy Trinder , Max Wall, Bernie Winters and Max Miller 'I'm ready for bed - anybody?' Max Miller , dazzling in chintz and gaudy plus-fours, one foot on the footlights, leering and howling with delight, confronted his audience. Sexual innuendo was his game. He trod a dangerous line, just this side of respectability, across the Music Halls of the 30s and 40s. On the stage of the Hackney Empire, with chorus girls and full supporting acts, Gerald Scarfe re-creates Max Miller 's rise from the back streets of Brighton to the top of the bill. The most outrageous comedian of his day, Max was banned by the BBC, in trouble over the Royal Command Performance, admired and hated by the comics of his age - and ours

Max Miller: I Like The Girls Who Do

1989

Earthstars poster
NR

A young girl's dreams at Christmas time come tales of faraway lands and strange creatures, of three weary travelers and the bright light which they follow. The stories carry her away into the sparkling night on a magical journey that not only reveals the hidden star shapes of nature but also leads her to the mysterious Star of Bethlehem. Directed by David Gladwell Requiem for a Village (1975) and Memoirs of a Survivor (1981) and originally broadcast on Sunday 29th December, 1985 at 17:15

Earthstars

1985

Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett) poster
8.0

A man attempts to remain hidden from view from the camera and other eyes.

Film (A Screenplay by Samuel Beckett)

1979