Reginald Beckwith
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Known For:Acting
Birthday:1908-11-02
Place of Birth:York, England, UK
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Also Known As:William Reginald Beckwith

Friends and Neighbours (1959)
During the Cold War, a British family struggles to overcome cultural differences as they welcome two Russian social workers into their home for a...

The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953)
When British Railways announce the closure of the Titfield to Mallingford branch line a group of local residents make a bid to run it themselves,...

Night of the Demon (1957)
American professor John Holden arrives in London for a conference on parapsychology only to discover that the colleague he was supposed to meet was...

The Million Pound Note (1954)
An impoverished American sailor is fortunate enough to be passing the house of two rich gentlemen who have conceived the crazy idea of distributing a...

Genevieve (1953)
Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.

The Horse's Mouth (1958)
Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse...

The Big Job (1965)
A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge...

Night of the Eagle (1962)
A skeptical college professor discovers that his wife has been practicing magic for years. Like the learned, rational fellow he is, he forces her to...

Doctor in Love (1960)
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness...

The Password Is Courage (1962)
Sergeant-Major Charles Coward, a brave British soldier is captured by German forces during World War II. When he's thrown into a prisoner of war...

Another Man's Poison (1951)
Mystery novelist Janet Frobisher, lives in an isolated house, having been separated for years from her criminal husband. She has fallen in love with...

The Lyons in Paris (1955)
The second in the series of films about the Lyon family, based on the BBC radio series Life With the Lyons. Ben Lyon appears to have forgotten his...

The Men of Sherwood Forest (1954)
Robin Hood is persuaded by two nobles whom he believes to be loyal to King Richard to recover secret plans attaining to the rescue of the king from...

The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The...

They Can't Hang Me (1955)
A murderer hopes to escape his death sentence by identifying the leaders of a spy ring.

Up the Creek (1958)
Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him...

The Secret of My Success (1965)
Women (Shirley Jones, Stella Stevens) and his mother help an English constable (James Booth) rise to ruler of a banana republic.

Mr. Drake's Duck (1951)
Mr. Drake and his wife live a nice, quiet life on their Sussex farm, until one of their ducks lays a radioactive egg made of uranium! When the...

It's a Wonderful World (1956)
Two aspiring songwriters finally manage to sell a tune by claiming that it was composed by a reclusive musical genius. When the tune hits the top of...

Gonks Go Beat (1965)
Bizarre sixties fable resembling Romeo and Juliet, but instead of Montagues and Capulets, there are two musical communities, one who like rock and...

Fast and Loose (1954)
An unmarried couple are forced to adopt a series of pretexts when they stay at a country inn together with only one spare room.

Bottoms Up! (1960)
An incompetent boarding school headmaster, Professor Jim Edwards, devises a bizarre plot to raise the profile of his boarding school, and thus save...

You're Only Young Twice (1951)
Seeking her long lost uncle, Ada Shore arrives at Skerryvore University to find him working under another name as the Gate Keeper. Ada is mistaken by...

The Ugly Duckling (1959)
Henry Jekyll was always the outsider, a bungling and awkward buffoon, relegated to waiting for his invitation to participate in life that never...

Dentist on the Job (1961)
Colonel Proudfoot of Proudfoot Industries tries to entice a couple of newly qualified dentists to advertise "Dreem", a revolutionary type of...

Lucky Jim (1957)
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of...

A Touch of the Sun (1956)
A hotel porter is left a fortune but after living it up for a while he returns to his old place of work which is in financial difficulties.

The Captain's Table (1959)
A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to...

In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself (1943)
Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography.

Light Fingers (1957)
Humphrey assigns a "watchdog" to keep an eye on his wife Rose, whom he thinks is a thief. She isn't - but the watchdog is.

The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961)
British reporters suspect an international cover-up of a global disaster in progress... and they're right. Hysterical panic has engulfed the world...

Freedom Radio (1941)
Hitler's doctor is gradually realising that the Nazi regime isn't as good as it pretends to be when his friends start to "disappear" into the camps....

The Prince and the Pauper (1962)
In the London of 1537, two boys resembling each other exactly meet accidentally and exchange "roles" for a short while. After many adventures, the...

The Yellow Rolls-Royce (1964)
One Rolls-Royce belongs to three vastly different owners, starting with Lord Charles, who buys the car for his wife as an anniversary present. The...

Desert Mice (1959)
A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble...

Never Put It in Writing (1964)
An executive, passed over for a promotion, sends an angry letter to his bosses while in Ireland. Learning he's up for a better job, he rushes to...

Double Bunk (1961)
When newly weds Jack and Peggy face eviction, they are tricked into buying a run down houseboat. After rebuilding the engine, they take their friends...

Charley Moon (1956)
A new career opens for Charley Moon when, during his army service, he is detailed to appear in a unit concert. In doing so, he becomes friendly with...

The March Hare (1956)
Sir Charles Hare, a young Irish baronet, gambles his all on one of his horses at Ascot. But the horse is 'pulled', and Sir Charles is forced to sell...

Next to No Time (1958)
Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack...

The 39 Steps (1959)
In London, a diplomat accidentally becomes involved in the death of a British agent who's after a spy ring that covets British military secrets.

Law and Disorder (1958)
When Percy Brand, a habitual confidence trickster, keeps being sent down, he goes to great lengths to ensure that his son Colin, does not find out...

Lease of Life (1954)
The parson of a small rural community knows he is dying and this makes him reconsider his life so far and what he can still do to help the community.

Doctor in Distress (1963)
"Doctor in Distress" is the fifth of the seven films in the "Doctor" series, and focuses on Sir Lancelot Spratt, Simon Sparrow's old teacher and...

Dentist in the Chair (1960)
The misfortunes that befall three dental students when they become unwitting accessories to a burglary.

Innocents in Paris (1953)
Romantic comedy about a group of Britons flying to Paris for the weekend.

Sword of Lancelot (1963)
Lancelot is King Arthur's most valued Knight of the Round Table and a paragon of courage and virtue. Things change, however, when he falls in love...

Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949)
An exchange factory worker from New Jersey joins a plot to save a village from the Town and Country Planning Act.

The Body Said No! (1950)
A cabaret artist sees on her television set after viewing hours, a plot being discussed to murder Michael Rennie. Although her friends are sceptical...

There Was a Crooked Man (1960)
When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight...

Just for Fun (1963)
When the government cuts the quota of musical programs permitted on television, teenagers Mark and Cherry lead others youngsters in forming their own...

Carry on Admiral (1957)
Two friends get drunk and decide to switch identities. One is a Parliamentary Secretary, and the other is the captain of a ship. The former's lack...

Don't Blame the Stork (1954)
When Sir George Redway, a famous actor, makes the public boast that he loves babies, a baby is promptly abandoned on his doorstep, and he is forced...

Scott of the Antarctic (1948)
The true story of the British explorer Robert Falcon Scott and his ill-fated expedition to try to be the first man to discover the South Pole - only...

A Shot in the Dark (1964)
Inspector Jacques Clouseau, smitten with the accused maid Maria Gambrelli, unwittingly turns a straightforward murder investigation into a comedic...

Whispering Smith Vs. Scotland Yard (1952)
Mystery directed by Francis Searle.

These Dangerous Years (1957)
A Liverpool gang member wins a singing contest is then called up for National Service where he clashes with another soldier.

Aunt Clara (1954)
A wealthy old man dies and leaves his holdings--including a brothel and a gambling den, racing greyhounds and a sleazy bar--to his eccentric Aunt...

Where the Spies Are (1966)
A local doctor is recruited as a cold war spy to fulfill a very important secret mission in the Middle East, only to experience that his mission is...

Circle of Danger (1951)
An American comes to Britain to investigate the murky circumstances of his brother's death that occurred during a WW2 commando raid.

Expresso Bongo (1959)
A seedy London promoter turns a naive, working-class teenager into a pop singing sensation.

Rockets Galore (1958)
The inhabitants of Todday are content to live their lives in peace and quiet, until, that is, the government decides their little corner of the world...

Kiss Me, Kate (1964)
A pair of divorced actors are brought together to participate in a musical version of The Taming of the Shrew. Of course, the couple seem to act a...

A Yank in Ermine (1955)
An American airman inherits an Earldom in England along with the small matter of $3 million on the proviso that he gives up his US citizenship....

Jumping for Joy (1956)
At the racetrack, cleaner, Willy Joy is tricked into buying Lindy Lou, a useless greyhound, who's not too healthy either. While getting the dog back...

Mister Moses (1965)
A con man on the run in Africa aids a minister's daughter by helping lead a local tribe to their new homeland.

Penny Princess (1952)
A tiny European country which for years has survived financially only through evading its bills and smuggling is finally facing bankruptcy, when a...

The Runaway Bus (1953)
When heavy fog prevents any flights from leaving London Airport, a group of passengers are put on a bus driven by Percy Lamb to drive to another...

Upstairs and Downstairs (1959)
On marrying the boss's daughter, Richard takes his father-in-law's advice to hire a live-in domestic. He soon finds good help is hard to come by....

Thunderball (1965)
A criminal organization has obtained two nuclear bombs and are asking for a 100 million pound ransom in the form of diamonds in seven days or they...

Break in the Circle (1955)
An adventurer is hired by a German millionaire to help a Polish scientist escape to the West.

Brandy for the Parson (1952)
A young couple get involved with a smuggler

The Night We Got the Bird (1960)
Good natured comic caper charting the misadventures of a hapless bunch of Brighton based petty crooks dogged with disaster at every turn.

Five Golden Hours (1961)
A petty crook gallantly consoles wealthy widows and is doing all right in his chosen profession until he meets and falls in love with a lovely...

How to Undress in Public Without Undue Embarrassment (1965)
Comic survey of methods of undressing through the ages, from Victorian modesty to modern strip clubs.

Hair of the Dog (1962)
Fred Tickle is commissionaire at a razor blade factory, and grows a beard after developing a shaving rash, but his new appearance doesn't go down...

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955)
The second collection of short stories written by Baroness Orczy about the gallant English hero, the Scarlet Pimpernel and his League.

Sir Francis Drake (1961)
Sir Francis Drake was a British adventure television series starring Terence Morgan as Sir Francis Drake, commander of the sailing ship the Golden...

The Saint (1962)
Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

Hancock's Half Hour (1956)
Hancock's Half Hour is a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy, series of the 1950s and 60s written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The...