Hector Ross

Acting

Hector Ross

Born 1914-02-11 · Tain, Scotland, UK

Acting credits

Ben-Hur poster
7.9

In ancient Judea, a Jewish aristocrat opposing Roman occupation of his homeland reunites with his childhood friend, now a Roman commander — setting in motion a saga of betrayal, adventure, tragedy, revenge, and faith.

Ben-Hur

1959

Nightbeat poster
5.7

After the war is over, two army pals take opposite paths in civvy street. One becomes a petty criminal, the other becomes a policeman.

Nightbeat

1947

Happy Go Lovely poster
6.1

Rich bachelor B.G. Bruno, the head of a successful greeting-card company in Scotland, is essentially a kind man but respectable to the point of stodginess and extreme stuffiness. An American troupe visiting Edinburgh wants to produce a musical in town but has trouble getting financiers. Bruno meets several leading ladies; through a misunderstanding, he doesn't correct their impression that he's a newspaper reporter.

Happy Go Lovely

1951

Bonnie Prince Charlie poster
5.5

Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain.

Bonnie Prince Charlie

1948

The Death of Adolf Hitler poster
6.6

The final days in the Bunker, with Hitler becoming more and more paranoid, plumbing the depths of his madness and reaching his well deserved fate.

The Death of Adolf Hitler

1973

Ring of Spies poster
7.0

The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establishment and is subsequently black-mailed/paid by Czech intelligence to procure secrets for them. He seduces the secretary who controls the most secret documents, and they enjoy the fruits of their treachery until the British authorities begin to close in on them.

Ring of Spies

1964

The Steel Key poster
6.3

An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.

The Steel Key

1953

Deadly Nightshade poster
6.8

Escapee switches identities but finds the new one quite a handful.

Deadly Nightshade

1953

I'm A Stranger poster
6.3

When his grandfather dies, George Westcott (Patrick Doonan) returns home from India to collect his inheritance -- only to find that the will has mysteriously gone missing. As his greedy relatives try to seize the estate, George gets the help of a movie star (Greta Gynt), a window cleaner (James Hayter and a police inspector (Herbert Ross) to track down the missing will. It seems that justice will prevail -- but is George Wescott really George Wescott?

I'm A Stranger

1952

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared poster
6.5

Adaptation of an Arthur Conan Doyle novel, in which Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson investigate the secret of a wealthy businessman.

Sherlock Holmes: The Man Who Disappeared

1951

This Body Is Mine poster
6.0

Allen Meredith is a brilliant scientist but too mild-mannered to make an impact or fight for the money he needs. He has invented a process to exchange minds between bodies. His ambitious wife Ann persuades him to invite his boss, the domineering Jack Gregory, to their house for dinner. Once there, they drug him and Allen swaps bodies with Jack, then goes back to work to transfer millions into his account. But meanwhile Ann is finding the combination of Jack's masculine personality in Allen's body rather attractive and they begin making their own plans.

This Body Is Mine

1971

No artwork available
8.0

A lonely man with punctilious habits listens to a tape cassette of ambient barroom sounds, which include the hushed tones of two men plotting to kill him; but when a policeman listens, all the sounds are there except those of the two men. Later, Skipling receives an unwanted visit from a doctor and a welcome visit from his "befriender

Dying Day

1980

Mr Beamish Goes South poster
6.0

An amateur detective investigates a string of acid bath murders while on holiday.

Mr Beamish Goes South

1953

No artwork available
6.0

Two aeroplane passengers take on the mission of a secret agent after he is murdered.

Delayed Flight

1964

No artwork available
7.0

A reporter feigns death, in order to trap a fugitive and uncover a spy ring.

The Fur Collar

1962

No artwork available
NR

Edward Potter, a meek clerk at Scotland Yard hunts down an escaped criminal.

Potter of the Yard

1952