Wilfrid BrambellFilmography

Born:: March 22, 1912 in Dublin, Ireland
Occupation:: Actor
Biography:: A member in good standing of Dublin's Abbey Theatre in the 1920s, Irish-born Wilfred Brambell began appearing on the London stage in the early 1930s, making his cinematic bow in Hitchcock's The 39 Steps. His latter-day fame rests on two roles essayed in the 1960s. On the popular British sitcom Steptoe and Son...Read More

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A Hard Day's Night

Actors: John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Ringo Starr, Wilfrid Brambell

Synopsis: During the first worldwide flush of Beatlemania in 1964, United Artists wanted to ship out a movie with The Beatles before their vogue was over. Working within a tight $500,000 budget, director Richard Lester turned out A Hard Day's Night in a fast 6 1/2 weeks; the picture was in the theatres Read More

12/1/00
The Terence Davies Trilogy

Actors: Wilfrid Brambell, Sheila Raynor

Synopsis: In this downbeat trilogy on the life and times of a man who had every reason to be depressed, director Terrence Davies has delivered a fascinating but decidely miserable 94 minutes. The first segment relates little Robert Tucker's days walled up in a tough, unsentimental boys' school, or at home Read More

1984
Sword of the Valiant

Actors: Miles O'Keeffe, Cyrielle Claire, Leigh Lawson, Sean Connery, Trevor Howard

Synopsis: In this uneven dramatization of a legendary sword-and-sorcery tale, the Green Knight (Sean Connery) is a magician who appears at King Arthur's court brandishing an axe and challenging anyone to do battle with him. When no one responds, King Arthur himself steps into the breach -- but is turned Read More

1983
Hay, Hay, Hay

Synopsis: A robbery is solved by a group of children and an exceptional horse in this children's comedy film. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1983
Island of Adventure

Synopsis: In this youth-oriented action adventure, a quartet of British teens on summer vacation visit an island and discover that a terrorist group is using it as their headquarters. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1981
Picassos Äventyr

Actors: Gösta Ekman, Jr., Hans Alfredson, Birgitta Andersson, Bernard Cribbins

Synopsis: Rarely does a film do homage to a serious artist through the medium of a madcap farce, as this one does; however, Picasso was known for an irreverent and ribald sense of humor which is quite in line with this Swedish film, Picassos Aeventyr. In a skit recounting his birth, a woman's heavy Read More

1978
Holiday on the Buses

Synopsis: Various bus crashes combined with damaged property puts a bus depot manager in financial problems. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1974
Steptoe and Son Ride Again

1973
Steptoe and Son

Synopsis: Steptoe and Son was the British TV precursor to the American sitcom Sanford and Son. Wilfred Brambell, the "clean old grandfather" from the Beatles' A Hard Day's Night, starred in the "Fred Sanford" role as an irascible cockney junk dealer. Harry H. Corbett was the British series' "Lamont", albeit Read More

1972
Steptoe and Son: Divided We Stand

Synopsis: This video contains a trio of episodes from the popular British sitcom that chronicles the hilarious travails of a junk man and his son. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
Steptoe and Son: A Star is Born

Synopsis: This video contains a trio of episodes from the popular British sitcom that chronicles the hilarious travails of a junk man and his son. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
Steptoe and Son: Oh, What a Beautiful Mourning

Synopsis: This video contains a trio of episodes from the popular British sitcom that chronicles the hilarious travails of a junk man and his son. In addition to the title episode, this video contains "Loathe Story," and "And So to Bed." ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
Steptoe and Son: Men of Letters

Synopsis: This video contains a trio of episodes from the popular British sitcom that chronicles the hilarious travails of a junk man and his son. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1972
Some Will, Some Won't

Synopsis: In this farce, four people go to extremes to inherit the giant fortune of a wealthy practical joker. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1970
Infanzia, vocazione e prime esperienze di Giacomo Casanova Veneziano

Actors: Leonard Whiting, Maria Grazia Buccella, Senta Berger, Lionel Stander, Tina Aumont

Synopsis: The famous Italian lover Casanova is portrayed by Claudio De Kunert as a child and by Leonardo Whiting as an adolescent on the verge of manhood. Planning to help the poor by going into religious law, he quickly is smitten by a bevy of beauties and by Millescudi (Senta Berger) in particular. After Read More

10/30/69
Carry on Again, Doctor

Actors: Kenny Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Jim Dale, Hattie Jacques

Synopsis: The British "Carry On" series was in its 12th year when Carry On Again, Doctor was unleashed upon a panting public in 1969. Veteran Carry On-ers Kenneth Williams, Sidney James, Charles Hawtrey, Joan Sims, Hattie Jacques, Jim Dale and Barbara Windsor fill the principal roles in this hospital farce. Read More

1969
Lionheart

Synopsis: When a lion escapes from a circus, it is protected by a young boy in this children's film. ~ All Movie Guide Read More

1968
Cry Wolf

Synopsis: Cry Wolf has become an all-purpose movie title, used for virtually everything but a retelling of the original "cry wolf" story. This 58-minute British programmer breaks tradition by returning to the source. Little Anthony Kemp is a boy giving to elaborate lies. When he overhears a plot to kidnap Read More

1968
Witchfinder General

Actors: Vincent Price, Ian Ogilvy, Rupert Davies, Hilary Dwyer, Robert Russell

Synopsis: A corrupt opportunist commits brutal crimes in the name of God and country in this atmospheric period horror tale. In 17th century England, as a people's uprising threatens Lord Cromwell's rule, superstition still rules the land, and the Royalists use this to their advantage by inaugurating a Read More

1968
Where the Bullets Fly

Actors: Tom Adams, Dawn Addams, Sidney James, Michael Ripper

Synopsis: In this lively British parody of James Bond movies, a dashing secret agent goes to extremes to save the British Parliament from a communist take-over. To do this, he must keep the Ripper, a notorious double-agent from stealing a newly developed aircraft metal. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1966
Alice in Wonderland

Actors: Anne-Marie Mallik

Synopsis: You've seen the Disney classic, now experience the tale of Alice in Wonderland as never before in this live-action adaptation of the timeless tale from the BBC and director Jonathan Miller. Capturing all of the menace and wonder of Lewis Carroll's age-old classic while injecting the story with a Read More

1966
San Ferry Ann

Synopsis: In this British comedy, a group of aged travelers on vacation in France have many fun encounters. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1965
Go Kart Go

Synopsis: Strictly for the kiddies is the British Go Kart Go. The film is built around an annual go-cart race and the youthful participants. Jimpy (Dennis Waterman), Squarehead (Jimmy Capehorn) and Patchy (Pauline Chancellor) are among the aspiring go-carters. They pool their resources to build and enter Read More

1964
Crooks in Cloisters

Actors: Ronald Fraser, Barbara Windsor, Gregoire Aslan, Bernard Cribbins, Davy Kaye

Synopsis: In this comedy, crooks on the lam hide-out in an abandoned island monastery. Along with their leader, the robbers put on monks' habits and begin living a quiet pastoral existence centered around raising animals and crops. It takes them a while to get the hang of it. As they learn, they are Read More

1964
The Three Lives of Thomasina

Actors: Patrick McGoohan, Susan Hampshire, Karen Dotrice, Vincent Winter, Denis Gilmore

Synopsis: Based on a whimsical novel by Paul Gallico, Disney's Three Lives of Thomasina is an imaginative tale of a resourceful cat. Thomasina is the pet of Karen Dotrice, the daughter of taciturn Scottish veterinarian Patrick McGoohan. When Thomasina falls ill, McGoohan coldly diagnoses the cat as Read More

1963
The Small World of Sammy Lee

Actors: Anthony Newley, Julia Foster, Robert Stephens, Wilfrid Brambell, Warren Mitchell

Synopsis: Based on a BBC television program, this underworld drama set in London's Soho district created a different sort of role for star Anthony Newley, normally a performer associated with light musical comedy. Newley is the titular character, the master of ceremonies at a sleazy strip club owned by Read More

1963
The Boys

Actors: Richard Todd, Robert Morley, Felix Aylmer, Ronald Lacey

Synopsis: Director Sidney J. Furie was betwixt and between his Canadian TV work and his theatrical-film prominence vis-a-vis Ipcress File (65) when he helmed the British social melodrama The Boys. The title characters are four youths, all implicated in the murder of a night watchman. Robert Morley plays the Read More

1962
In Search of the Castaways

Actors: Maurice Chevalier, Hayley Mills, George Sanders, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Michael Anderson, Jr.

Synopsis: Based on Jules Verne's novel Captain Grant's Children, In Search of the Castaways is a roller-coaster of a Disney film, making up in excitement what it lacks in credibility or coherence. Hayley Mills and Keith Hamshere play the children of long-missing ship's captain Jack Gwillim. By chance, a Read More

1962
Flame in the Streets

Actors: John Mills, Sylvia Syms, Brenda de Banzie, Earl Cameron, Johnny Sekka

Synopsis: Versatile director Roy Baker tackles the question of racial bias in this dated but effective drama, a working-class version of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner. Jacko Palmer (John Mills) is a dedicated, talented union leader who manages to mediate an upheaval over a black foreman at work and prevent a Read More

1961
The Sinister Man

Synopsis: In this mystery, an Oxford archaeologist is murdered while investigating the Kytang Wafers, a valuable find. Not only is he killed, the wafers are also stolen. Now his former peers from the Oriental Research Institute must launch an investigation of their own. Meanwhile, Scotland Yard also begins Read More

1961
What a Whopper!

Actors: Adam Faith, Sidney James, Carole Lesley, Terence Longdon, Clive Dunn

Synopsis: In this comedy, a writer tries to scare up some quick cash by writing a book about the Loch Ness monster. Unfortunately, none of the publishers will buy it. The writer and his bohemian friends then create a mock monster, photograph it, and head for Scotland to convince the locals of the picture's Read More

1961
Serious Charge

Actors: Anthony Quayle, Sarah Churchill, Andrew Ray, Irene Browne, Percy Herbert

Synopsis: A false accusation divides a town and destroys a clergyman's career in this adaptation of the Philip King stage play of the same name. Anthony Quayle stars as Reverend Howard Phillips, a new arrival in a small town that's become overrun with punk kids. Trying to make a difference and improve the Read More

1959
Dry Rot

Synopsis: In this comedy three bookies attempt to win back their recent losses by kidnapping the favored horse and substituting it with a heavily drugged nag. ~ Sandra Brennan, All Movie Guide Read More

1956
Another Shore

Actors: Robert Beatty, Moira Lister, Stanley Holloway, Michael Medwin

Synopsis: In this British drama, an ingenious but impoverished young man is determined to live on a Tahitian island. To achieve his goal, he begins hanging out on a street corner in one of London's most dangerous sections in the hopes of getting the chance to save a wealthy person, who should then Read More

1948