Ian McLean

Acting

Ian McLean

Born 1887-12-07 · Greenwich, London, England, UK

Ian McLean (7 December 1887 – 1978) was an English stage and film actor. He is sometimes credited as Ian Maclean. He played supporting roles in around thirty British films, frequently playing police officers.

Acting credits

There Was a Crooked Man... poster
6.8

A charming but ruthless criminal is sent to a remote Arizona prison, where he enlists the help of his cellmates in an escape attempt with the promise of sharing his hidden loot.

There Was a Crooked Man...

1970

Marigold poster
8.0

Marigold is a 1938 British drama film set in Scotland in the Victorian era. It was filmed in Edinburgh. It was based on a 1914 play of the same title by Lizzie Allen Harker and Francis R. Pryor.

Marigold

1938

The Young Mr. Pitt poster
6.2

In 1783 England, King George III appoints William Pitt only 24 years old, as PM. When members of Parliament refuse to take Pitt seriously, he calls for a general election and wins. Pitt works to reform England, focusing on rebuilding the navy while across the sea in France, Napoleon Bonaparte begins his conquest of Europe.

The Young Mr. Pitt

1942

Atlantic Ferry poster
6.6

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.

Atlantic Ferry

1941

Here Comes the Sun poster
6.5

When a wealthy newspaper proprietor passes away, his crooked business partner moves to secure the deceased's fortune by substituting a false will. But 'Corona' Flanagan is onto the fraudster, and his efforts to unmask the villain see him popping in and out of jail – which isn't all that bad, since the governor is an old friend of his – and dressing up as a Russian countess...

Here Comes the Sun

1945

Sailors Don't Care poster
5.0

Boat building father and son join the river patrol service and get caught-up in a spy ring.

Sailors Don't Care

1940

Appointment with Crime poster
6.2

Small-time jewel thief Leo Martin is deserted by his partners-in-crime, club owner Gus Loman and driver Hatchett, when the robbery they are committing goes wrong. After serving his prison sentence, Leo emerges with an intricate plan for revenge. Leo implicates Loman, as well as his amoral boss, Gregory Lang, for murder -- but Inspector Rogers suspects Leo.

Appointment with Crime

1946

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

The Shipbuilders poster
6.5

A patriotic, cinematic salvo, this wartime production tells the story of the owner of a shipbuilding company doing his best to contribute to the British fleet. War is good for business, but what will happen once the war is won? It was based on a novel by George Blake.

The Shipbuilders

1943

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4.6

An account of the technique of reading the tabloid press in an intelligent manor via differing editorial techniques that leads to three styles of newspapers giving varying accounts of a strip-tease act.

Read All About It

1945

The Street Singer poster
9.0

Following an argument with his co-star during the rehearsals for a new stage show, famous singer Richard King walks out of the theatre, still wearing his ragged stage costume. Mistaken for a beggar, he’s taken in by a pair of street entertainers and joins their act incognito.

The Street Singer

1937

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10.0

An overheard conversation leads to clues that a kidnapping plot is afoot.

The Nursemaid Who Disappeared

1939

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery poster
7.2

During a charity football match between Arsenal and touring amateur side Trojans, the Trojan's new star player collapses and dies. Inspector Slade of Scotland Yard is called in and declares it was murder. It takes all his ingenuity and another death before the motive is discovered and the killer revealed.

The Arsenal Stadium Mystery

1939

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7.0

Two nightclub cloakroom attendants become entangled with an enemy spy ring in an adventure that takes them to Paris.

That’s The Ticket

1940

Headline poster
7.0

A crime reporter begins to investigate the disappearance of his bosses wife who had witnessed a murder.

Headline

1943

Calling Paul Temple poster
6.7

Paul Temple is called in to help Scotland Yard track down a serial killer who has murdered several wealthy women.

Calling Paul Temple

1948

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8.0

Two young men start a business selling a homemade hangover recipe.

Simply Terrific

1938

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9.0

An impoverished racetrack tout discovers that a crooked trainer is about to throw a race involving a nobleman's horse.

Thank Evans

1938

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8.0

Jack Brewster is a pennyless English lad who learns that he has inherited 6 million pounds sterling from a recently deceased relative. But soon learns that he must spend 500,000 pounds in 60 days to inherit the rest of the money, or forfeit the entire inheritance.

Brewster's Millions

1935

Twilight Hour poster
7.0

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Twilight Hour

1945

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10.0

“Spy comedy with operatic background.” - BFI.

The Singing Cop

1938

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7.0

“Comedy of a little man forced by chance into a big jewel robbery.” - BFI.

Quiet, Please

1938

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NR

Paul and Pamela Raymond become immersed in intrigue after receiving a costly jade. As they look for assistance in saving their skins, all their leads disappear, including the man who had given them the jade.

Murder Will Out

1939

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6.7

In this he's on the dole, hungry and ready to do any job but quickly light-heartedly scams his way into society and a highly regarded position at a bank next to the beleaguered Robertson Hare. Here he invents a fraudulent business plan (Merrivale - you remember it surely?), the manager and chairman and another finance company are suck(er)ed in and it all snowballs from there. With of course a love interest as a dynamo.

Jack of All Trades

1936