Acting

Anthony Holles

Born — Died

1901-01-17 — 1950-03-05

Place of birth

Fulham, London, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

60 titles

Known for

Film credits

1940s · 19 titles

A Canterbury Tale poster
6.9

Three modern-day pilgrims investigate a bizarre crime in a small town while on their way to Canterbury.

A Canterbury Tale

1944

Caesar and Cleopatra poster
6.2

At the height of the Roman Civil War, an aging Julius Caesar finds himself intrigued by the young Egyptian queen Cleopatra, whom he teaches how to rule Egypt.

Caesar and Cleopatra

1945

The Rocking Horse Winner poster
6.5

A strange and tragic tale of a young boy who is able to predict race winners at the horse track by riding his own rocking horse to aid his parents out of their endless round of debts.

The Rocking Horse Winner

1949

Ten Days in Paris poster
7.8

Bob Stevens awakens in a hospital with a gunshot wound to his head, and is told that he has been in Paris for ten days. However, this cannot be true because he insists that he crashed his plane and has no recollection of being anywhere for ten days. Bob decides to follow a note found in his jacket, to the woman who wrote it, "Miss D", and get to the bottom of the whole strange situation.

Ten Days in Paris

1940

The Magic Bow poster
5.8

Biography of the famous Italian violinist Nicola Paganini which focuses as much on the musician's romances as it does on his craft. Phyllis Calvert plays Jeanne de Vermond, the aristocratic French woman who captures Paganini's heart, and real-life violin virtuoso Yehudi Menuhin supplies the breathtaking Paganini solos.

The Magic Bow

1946

They Met in the Dark poster
6.3

A Royal navy Commander is tricked by a pretty girl who is working for the Nazis. She tricks him into revealing some military secrets and he is court martial. He vows to track her and her accomplices down.

They Met in the Dark

1943

English Without Tears poster
6.3

While Lady Christabel Beauclark, a bird fancier, is scurrying about demanding certain territorial rights for British birds from other countries, Her Ladyship's niece is falling in love with the family butler, Tom Gilbey. The birds are forgotten when war breaks out, and Gilbey now finds himself in love with the niece whose love was previously unrequited. Written by Les Adams

English Without Tears

1944

Jassy poster
5.2

In 19th century England, Jassy is a young Gypsy girl blessed with the gift of second sight. Pursued by superstitious villagers, she is rescued by the son of the owner of Mordelaine, a vast stately home. Unfortunately, his father's drinking and gambling threaten the very ownership of the house. Despite her humble origins as a servant girl, Jassy must try to use her talents to climb the social ladder and save Mordelaine for the man whom she loves.

Jassy

1947

Tomorrow We Live poster
6.6

British World War II film set in occupied France, portraying the activities of members of the French Resistance and the Nazi tactic of taking and shooting innocent hostages in reprisal for acts of sabotage. The opening credits acknowledge "the official co-operation of General de Gaulle and the French National Committee". It was released as "At Dawn We Die" in the US.

Tomorrow We Live

1943

They Knew Mr. Knight poster
6.2

After a chance train encounter with Laurence Knight, Tom Blake's family's fortunes prosper on the beneficence of the great financier. A developing friendship leads to the Knights selling their home to the Blakes when they move back to London. All looks rosy for the Blakes as share prices in Mr Knight's new business venture soar, but is their confidence misplaced?

They Knew Mr. Knight

1946

The Dark Road poster
5.0

Crime thriller following the rise of a petty thief to underworld crime boss.

The Dark Road

1948

Warn That Man poster
5.6

At the height of World War II, the Germans discover that a certain British personage is to stay at the country house of Lord Buckley. They devise a plan whereby they will kidnap the real Lord Buckley, and send to England an actor who will masquerade, lie in wait for the visitor with a number of gunmen, and take him back to Germany.

Warn That Man

1943

No artwork available
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 Lady from Lisbon poster
7.5

When she learns that the Nazis have confiscated Leonardo da Vinci's masterpiece Mona Lisa, art-loving South American wanna-be spy Tamara (Jane Carr) journeys to Lisbon to snoop for the Germans in return for the iconic painting. But bumbling Nazi agents, Allied counterspies and multiple copies of the artwork soon confound her attempts at espionage.

The Lady from Lisbon

1942

Gaiety George poster
6.3

The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and early 20th centuries and loosely based on fact.

Gaiety George

1946

No artwork available
7.0

Mrs. Riley is tricked out of her license for a pub and joins her daughter in Portugal.

Old Mother Riley Overseas

1943

No artwork available
5.7

Gert and Daisy attempt to retrieve an old dress containing £2,000. They have to impersonate two thespians, and bring all sorts of trouble to a stage-play.

It's in the Bag

1944

Thursday's Child poster
5.8

A couple's little girl becomes a movie star, but all it seems to bring is trouble.

Thursday's Child

1943

Front Line Kids poster
7.0

Two teenage gang members are forced to be page boys at a hotel where a criminal gang are operating.

Front Line Kids

1942

1930s · 39 titles

Things to Come poster
6.4

The story of a century: a decades-long second World War leaves plague and anarchy, then a rational state rebuilds civilization and attempts space travel.

Things to Come

1936

Dark Journey poster
6.5

British double agent Madeleine Goddard meets and falls in love with German spy Baron Karl Von Marwitz during World War I.

Dark Journey

1937

Britannia of Billingsgate poster
7.0

The owner of a fish-and-chips shop in the Billingsgate area of London harbors a secret ambition: to become a movie star. It turns out that she has a beautiful singing voice, and when that fact comes to the attention of a movie studio, it begins to turn her and her family's lives upside down.

Britannia of Billingsgate

1933

No artwork available
6.7

King Charles II first meets Nell Gwyn after seeing her do a turn at Drury Lane. They soon become close, the King preferring her feisty irreverent company to that of the aristocratic French Duchess of Portsmouth. Nell becomes his most loyal subject, while ever-ready to take the Duchess down a peg. But the actress can never hope to be fully accepted by the King's circle despite his constant attentions.

Nell Gwyn

1934

Under Secret Orders poster
9.0

During the First World War, a woman doctor falls in love with one of her patients who turns out to be a German spy. She herself ends up working for German intelligence.

Under Secret Orders

1937

Loyalties poster
7.0

A houseguest at an upper-class gathering, wealthy Jew Ferdinand de Levis, is robbed of £1,000 with evidence pointing towards the guilt of another guest, Captain Dancy. Instead of supporting De Levis, the host attempts to hush the matter up and when this fails, he sides with Dancy and subtly tries to destroy de Levis' reputation. When Dancy is later exposed, and commits suicide, de Levis is blamed for his demise.

Loyalties

1933

Cash poster
4.9

A formerly wealthy man and his daughter try to regain wealth by selling a scheme to some investors, when they come upon a huge amount of unclaimed cash that a young electrician has in his toolbox.

Cash

1933

The Conquest of the Air poster
5.4

This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.

The Conquest of the Air

1931

Action for Slander poster
7.0

A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.

Action for Slander

1937

No artwork available
8.0

'Broke major attends reunion and gives last pound to help corporal.' (British Film Catalogue)

Reunion

1932

Borrowed Clothes poster
7.0

Lady Torrent attempts to sell some of her best Parisian gowns to get back into her husband's good books. Confusion ensues following a misunderstanding over an advertisement.

Borrowed Clothes

1934

They Drive by Night poster
6.0

“Shorty” Matthews having recently been released from prison visits his girlfriend in London only to discover her murdered. Fearing he will be wrongly accused of being the culprit he disappears amongst the long-distance lorry driving community. Meanwhile, the real killer, unassuming ex-schoolteacher Walter Hoover, continues to prey on London women. As Shorty had feared he has become the main suspect. He returns to London with old flame Molly to prove his innocence.

They Drive by Night

1938

No artwork available
NR

A chef squabbles with his hotel maître de as to who deserves credit for the success of their restaurant, then decides to open up his own place in competition, across the street, and invites poor people from the neighborhood to fill it up.

Romance à la carte

1938

That's a Good Girl poster
9.0

That's a Good Girl is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Buchanan and starring Buchanan, Elsie Randolph and Dorothy Hyson. The film was based on a musical show of the same title that opened at the Lewisham Hippodrome on 19 March 1928, in which Jack Buchanan also starred. The music was written by Joseph Meyer and Phil Charig, with lyrics by Douglas Furber. The film omitted much of music of the original show, but popularised one song in particular, Fancy our Meeting. The song remained a Jack Buchanan favourite and a version of it was also recorded by Al Bowlly shortly after the film's release.

That's a Good Girl

1933

The Lodger poster
5.4

An elderly couple's lodger, a British musician (Ivor Novello), becomes the suspect in a series of killings.

The Lodger

1932

The Tenth Man poster
7.5

George Winter, a self-made businessman and MP, lets nothing get in the way of his climb to the top. Certain in his belief in the corruptible and foolish nature of others, whenever Winter meets a competitor who can't be bought, he destroys the man through methods both legal and underhanded. Then, he meets his 'tenth man': a victim who refuses to be silenced by threat or bribery, with the power to bring Winter's house of cards crashing down around him.

The Tenth Man

1936

No artwork available
8.0

Quota quickie adaptation of the play "Priscilla The Rake".

She Was Only A Village Maiden

1933

Smash and Grab poster
6.4

John Forrest, an insurance investigator with a weakness for model railways, is on the trail of a gang of smash-and-grab thieves targeting Europe's most prestigious jewellers. As the chase leads him to Ireland, Forrest finds he needs help and who better to call upon than his impossibly elegant, highly capable wife, Alice?

Smash and Grab

1937

Glamorous Night poster
7.5

Based on Ivor Novello's hit stage play: an opera singer and her gypsy friends try to rescue their king from the clutches of a would-be dictator.

Glamorous Night

1937

Look Up and Laugh poster
5.3

Gutsy lass Gracie rallies fellow stall-holders at Birkenhead Market to prevent its takeover and demolition by a department store chain. She invokes the Market's foundation by Royal Charter just before an inadvertent gas leak provides an explosive climax.

Look Up and Laugh

1935

No artwork available
10.0

Romance of an absent minded designer of planes and a famous singer to whom he tries to sell his friends' songs.

The Sky’s the Limit

1937

Paradise for Two poster
7.0

A chorus girl is mistaken for a millionaire's girlfriend.

Paradise for Two

1937

Gentlemen's Agreement poster
7.5

A young doctor realises that his father is a quack and changes places with a down-and-out.

Gentlemen's Agreement

1935

Let's Make a Night of It poster
6.0

Unbeknown to each other, a husband and wife acquire separate nightclubs in the same London street; however, both clubs are on the brink of bankruptcy.

Let's Make a Night of It

1937

The Star Reporter poster
8.0

Major Starr is an ambitious newspaper reporter who has taken undercover employment as chauffeur to Lady Susan Loman in the hope of witnessing high-society goings-on which he can use in a feature article he is planning.

The Star Reporter

1931

Public Nuisance No. 1 poster
7.8

Irresponsible playboy Arthur Rawlings is sent by his uncle to work as a waiter at a hotel in the South of France. Arthur arranges for shop assistant Frances Travers, with whom he has fallen in love, to win a fairground lottery and stay in the hotel as a prize. Complications arise!

Public Nuisance No. 1

1936

Something Always Happens poster
6.5

Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol stations more attractive to customers. When the man rejects the idea Peter joins a rival company and becomes a great success.

Something Always Happens

1934

The Midshipmaid poster
7.0

Sir Percy Newbiggin visits the fleet to find ways to economize Naval expenditures. Daughter Celia tags along and organizes a morale-boosting show utilizing ship-board talent. Her fiancé shows up, and romantic complications ensue.

The Midshipmaid

1932

Seven Sinners poster
6.2

Ed Harwood, a wisecracking private investigator from New York, discovers a crime at a hotel in Nice during a carnival. The unraveling of the mystery which lies behind will lead him and Caryl Fenton, a female insurance agent, who will become his companion, first to Paris, then to London, later through the English countryside and finally to Southampton, in search of a criminal train wrecker.

Seven Sinners

1936

No artwork available
8.0

27 well-to-do people have all vanished under similar circumstances. J.G. Reeder, an elderly gentleman who fancies himself a detective, decides to investigate the matter.

The Missing People

1939

No artwork available
8.0

A man inherits a nightclub that belonged to his brother but soon discovers that it is the headquarters for a dangerous criminal gang.

Blind Folly

1939

The Missing Rembrandt poster
7.0

Holmes goes on the trail of a Rembrandt painting, stolen by a drug-addicted artist.

The Missing Rembrandt

1932

Hotel Splendide poster
6.0

Jerry Mason inherits the Hotel Splendide at Speymouth but is disappointed when he sees it is a quiet place with few permanent residents. Gentleman Charlie, a jewel thief arrives after a long spell in prison expecting to be able to dig up the pearls he had buried - only to find the hotel has been built on the site.

Hotel Splendide

1932

No artwork available
9.0

Farce. The story of jazz band leader's rise to fame.

Down Our Alley

1939

No artwork available
9.0

Romantic comedy of misunderstandings.

Weddings Are Wonderful

1938

No artwork available
6.0

Two feuding millionaires try to destroy each other's business while their children fall in love with each other.

Millions

1937

Sensation poster
6.0

Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!

Sensation

1936

No artwork available
9.0

No synopsis available yet.

The Gay Adventure

1936

No artwork available
8.0

After a young girl is jailed for a murder she didn't commit, a doctor helps her escape to capture the real killer and clear her name.

Dangerous Medicine

1938