Sam Kydd
Popularity:0.475
Known For:Acting
Birthday:1917-02-15
Place of Birth:Belfast, Ireland, UK [now Belfast, Northern Ireland, UK]
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Also Known As:Samuel John Kydd

Orders to Kill (1958)
A grounded American fighter pilot is switched to espionage on a special job in which he must kill a small-time Paris lawyer suspected of...

Secret People (1952)
This tale of intrigue finds Valentina Cortese involved in an assassination plot. She helps the police apprehend the conspirators after an innocent...

Make Mine a Million (1959)
Sid Gibson is a soap powder salesman who decides what he really needs is TV advertising. The problem is, he's absolutely broke. He calls upon his...

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959)
When a nobleman is threatened by a family curse on his newly inherited estate, detective Sherlock Holmes is hired to investigate.

The Killing of Sister George (1968)
When June Buckridge arrives at her London flat and announces 'They are going to murder me', her long-time lover and doll-cuddling flat mate Alice...

Malta Story (1953)
Malta, 1942, during World War II. While the German air force is relentlessly bombing the island, a British pilot falls in love with a young Maltese...

Once a Jolly Swagman (1949)
A factory worke quits his job to become a motorcycle racer.

The Quatermass Xperiment (1955)
The first manned spacecraft, fired from an English launchpad, is first lost from radar, then roars back to Earth and crashes in a farmer's field, and...

Moon Zero Two (1969)
On the Moon in the year 2021, a former-astronaut-turned-salvager helps a millionaire space industrialist capture a 6000-ton sapphire asteroid, while...

Obsession (1949)
A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959)
Great Britain has had an international agreement for the last 50 years with a small pacific island. It has been ignored until the death of their king...

Till Death Us Do Part (1969)
The film version of 'Till Death Do Us Part' tells the story of Alf Garnett, his wife Else, and their newborn daughter Rita, living through the...

Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957)
While sailing lawfully up the Yangste in 1949, the British warship Amethyst found its return to the open sea blocked by Communist Chinese shore...

The Big Frame (1952)
An ex-GI wakes up with blood on his clothes in a strange hotel room. He can't remember the night before but he later finds out that a man he got into...

The Magnet (1950)
A classic Ealing comedy in which a young boy steals a magnet and becomes a hero.

Tiger in the Smoke (1956)
In wartime, a young officer is killed during a raid to kill a German general at the house that used to belong to his grandmother. Before he dies he...

The Voice of Merrill (1952)
A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to...

Forbidden (1949)
Set on Blackpool’s Golden Mile, Jim (Douglass Montgomery), a once promising scientist, sets up in business as a patent medicine man selling...

Great Expectations (1974)
A humble orphan suddenly becomes a gentleman with the help of an unknown benefactor.

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...

Father Brown (1954)
Works of art are disappearing, stolen by a master thief, a master of disguise. Father Brown has two goals: to catch the thief and to save his soul.

The Iron Maiden (1963)
The film follows Jack Hopkins, an aircraft designer with a passion for traction engines. His boss is eager to sell a new supersonic jet plane that...

The Glass Cage (1955)
A circus barker stages a sensational new act, the world's longest fast undertaken by “Sapolio”, on view in a glass cage. But this act...

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...

A Prize of Gold (1955)
A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.

Circus Friends (1956)
A group of circus children and their friends band together to save the show from financial disaster.

Further Up the Creek (1958)
The sequel to 'Up The Creek' sees David Tomlinson return as bumbling navy boffin Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather. This time he is skipper of the ship...

The Captive Heart (1946)
A series of stories about the lives and loves of men in a Prisoner of War camp over five years. The main story is of Hasek (Redgrave) a Czech soldier...

The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

A Song for Tomorrow (1948)
Derek Wardwell (Shaun Noble) is struck with amnesia, and the last thing he remembers is the beautiful voice of opera singer Helen Maxwell (Evelyn...

The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961)
A dashing ex-officer in His Majesty’s army, Captain Adam Corbett (Calhoun) becomes embroiled in intrigue when he agrees to escort Colonel...

You Can't Escape (1956)
Novelist Peter Darwin is engaged to heiress Kay March. When he accidentally kills Claire, his former mistress, during a quarrel, he persuades a...

The Hide-Out (1956)
An insurance investigator in London attempts to thwart smugglers trafficking stolen lambskins infected with anthrax.

The Blue Lamp (1950)
P.C. George Dixon is a long-serving traditional copper who is due to retire shortly. He takes a new recruit under his aegis and introduces him to the...

Suspect (1960)
A government team researching cures for plague find their results put on the Official Secrets list. One of their number is so incensed by this that...

Trent's Last Case (1952)
When a wealthy business man is found dead reporter Philip Trent is sent to investigate. Against the police conclusions, he suspects the assumed...

The Shillingbury Blowers (1980)
A small English village is in turmoil with the arrival of a pop star and his wife. He soon becomes the conductor of the local brass band after the...

The Scamp (1957)
Tod is a motherless boy, who is mistreated by his violent father. He eventually finds happiness with kindly foster parents.

They Made Me a Fugitive (1947)
After being framed for a policeman's murder, a criminal escapes prison and sets out for revenge.

Island of Terror (1966)
A small island community is overrun with creeping, blobbish, tentacled monsters which liquefy and digest the bones from living creatures. The...

The Projected Man (1966)
Matter-transmitter sabotage leaves a British scientist (Bryant Halliday) disfigured and full of amps.

Barnacle Bill (1957)
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'

Clue of the Silver Key (1961)
The police investigate the murder of a wealthy old man.

Pool of London (1951)
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

Appointment in London (1953)
Wing-commander Tim Mason leads a squadron of Lancaster bombers on almost nightly raids from England. Having flown eighty-seven missions he will...

Angels One Five (1952)
The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of...

The Hasty Heart (1949)
In the final days of World War II, in a MASH unit in Burma, a severely wounded corporal watches in dismay as fellow soldiers pack-up to return home...

High Treason (1951)
Men from Scotland Yard and military intelligence build a dossier on a sabotage ring.

Smokescreen (1964)
A fastidious insurance assessor investigates a potential case of insurance fraud.

Impulse (1954)
An American realtor living in England is dissatisfied with what he believes to be his humdrum life. One weekend while his wife is out of town, he...

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...

The Long Arm (1956)
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The...

I'm All Right Jack (1959)
Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start...

Mr Jones Takes the Air (1946)
Perhaps the characters in this film are stupid or even laughable. Before YOU laugh at them remember that people behaving like them often cause...

The Bass Player and the Blonde (1977)
George Mangham is a former composer and bass player in a band struggling for money. Stuck in an engagement with Mrs Merino, a wealthy older woman,...

Gold is Where You Find It (1968)
A millionaire returns to Ireland and loses his gold nuggets before disappearing and sparking a gold rush.

Yesterday's Hero (1979)
Successful soccer player Rod Turner spirals into drunken self-pity until he develops a friendship with an inspirational orphan and a beautiful...

Ireland, Mother Ireland (1971)
A story of the timeless futility of war and death by war, of men who fought for their country, killed for a dream of freedom and died because they...

Assassin for Hire (1951)
Antonio Riccardi, a rare stamp dealer who is secretly a hired killer, pays for the violin lessons of his gifted brother Giuseppe. To meet the...

Derby Day (1952)
Entertaining ensemble piece dealing with several characters who are on the way to the races on Derby day. It cleverly blends dramatic, romantic and...

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...

The Midas Plague (1965)
The Future. Robot labour and free energy make the creation of goods easy and automatic. Now people are continually supplied with more things than...

Kipper (1977)
Kipper is obsessed with Manor Park Football Club. At his workplace, this obsession attracts the derision of two of his colleagues. Meanwhile, Manor...

To the Public Danger (1948)
Four people with very different backgrounds meet by chance at an English pub and gradually become carried away in a bout of thrill-seeking. When...

Radio Cab Murder (1954)
Fred Martin, a taxi driver who is a reformed convict, is used by the police to go undercover in order to help catch a gang of safe robbers. However...

Reach for the Sky (1956)
The true story of airman Douglas Bader who overcame the loss of both legs in a 1931 flying accident to become a successful fighter pilot and wing...

Danger on Dartmoor (1980)
The adventures of children lost in fog on Dartmoor, who encounter a wild dog, an escaped convict, and other dangers.

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1956)
American horror television movie from 1956.

The Firefighters (1974)
Young auxiliary fire-fighters are suspected of arson.

Devil on Horseback (1954)
A boy pursues his ambition to be a jockey

The Embezzler (1954)
Bank robber's plans for a wealthy lifestyle gradually turn to more noble aims.

The Ladykillers (1955)
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical...

They Who Dare (1954)
In Greece during the war a small group of British commandoes and patriots land on an island with orders to attack two airfields from which the...

The Great Snail Race (1976)
A race is arranged after Magpie boasts about her pet snail. Paid to catch snails in the Colonel's cabbage patch, Fiddler later persuades Magpie's Mum...

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...

Storm Over the Nile (1955)
In 1885, while his regiment is sent to the Sudan to battle the rebellious Dervish tribes, British Lieutenant Harry Faversham resigns his officer's...

10 Rillington Place (1971)
The story of British serial killer John Christie, who committed most or all of his crimes in the titular terraced house, and the miscarriage of...

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...

Treasure Island (1950)
Enchanted by the idea of locating treasure buried by Captain Flint, Squire Trelawney, Dr. Livesey and Jim Hawkins charter a sailing voyage to a...

Passport to Pimlico (1949)
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part...

Too Late the Hero (1970)
A WWII film set on a Pacific island. Japanese and allied forces occupy different parts of the island. When a group of British soldiers are sent on a...

Vengeance Is Mine (1949)
In this crime drama, a man learns that he has six months left to live, and before he dies he decides to get revenge against the man responsible for...

The Young Lovers (1954)
A young employee of the British State Department falls in love with the daughter of a top Russian diplomat, much to the panic of their respective...

The House in Marsh Road (1960)
When a woman inherits a valuable house, her nasty husband and his mistress plot murder. But the house has a protective poltergeist who thwarts the...

Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974)
Young Timmy starts as a window cleaner in the little company of his brother. Soon he learns that some female customers expect additional service....

Final Appointment (1954)
A pair of reporters try to discover the link between three unsolved, seemingly isolated murders. The only connection between them is they all took...

Hunted (1952)
An unexpected bond develops between a fugitive killer and a runaway orphan on an odyssey across England.

Dad's Army (1971)
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and...

Passage Home (1955)
Set in 1931, the film takes place aboard a merchant ship, briefly harboured in South America. A young woman (Diane Cilento) boards the ship as a...

Chance of a Lifetime (1950)
The workers in a small plough factory take over the firm, but when a large order falls through, the old management come back to help out.

The Cruel Sea (1953)
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training....

Carson Country (1972)
Play set in Northern Ireland about Carson and the setting up of the Stormont Government of 1918-1920, after strong protests by the Northern Irish...

The Constant Husband (1955)
Charles Hathaway wakes up in West Wales with no recollection of who he is or how he got there. With the help of a Cardiff specialist he traces his...

Mr. Denning Drives North (1951)
When well-off aircraft designer Denning finds his daughter's current boyfriend is a nasty character he tries to buy him off, ending up hitting him...

Sink the Bismarck! (1960)
The story of the breakout of the German battleship Bismarck—accompanied by the heavy cruiser Prinz Eugen—during the early days of World...

Curtain Up (1952)
In a small town in the 1950s a repertory company meets on Monday morning to start rehearsing the following week's play. This is a ghastly thing...

The Long Haul (1957)
An American ex-GI takes a job as a truck driver to support his British war bride Connie. It isn't long, however, before Harry is blackmailed into...

Madness of the Heart (1949)
A blind Englishwoman weds a French nobleman and moves into his family's chateau, but she quickly realizes someone there wants her out of the way.

The Hour of 13 (1952)
1890, London, and a serial killer known as The Terror is murdering policemen. When gentleman thief Nicholas Revel unwittingly becomes the chief...

The Cure for Love (1949)
Sergeant Jack Hardacre returns from the war to his contemptible fiancée Janey Jenkins intending to reconcile with her against all odds. But he...

Portrait of Alison (1955)
An actress and an artist are linked by his brother to deadly smugglers sought by Scotland Yard.

Love in Pawn (1953)
A British comedy about a struggling artist and his wife living on a houseboat. To raise money she pawns him! His new family takes a liking to him...

Josephine and Men (1955)
The trouble with Josephine is that her ever-loving and over-sympathetic nature leads her to switch from needful men to even more needful men...

Steptoe & Son Ride Again (1973)
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at...

The Price of Silence (1959)
Roger Fenton has been released from prison and stared to build a new life. But his past catches up when an elderly visitor is murdered in his office.

I Was Monty's Double (1958)
The incredible but true story of how an impersonator was recruited to impersonate General Montgomery to mislead the Germans about his intentions...

Portrait from Life (1948)
A British army officer becomes fascinated by the portrait of a young woman. He travels to Germany to find her, only to discover that she is suffering...

Trottie True (1949)
Tottie True is a gay-90s British music-hall performer who has her sights set on moving from rags to riches, who loses her heart to the pure-and-true...

The End of the Road (1954)
Having been given enforced retirement due to his age, Mick-Mack creates strain upon his extended family.

Home and Away (1956)
When George discovers that he has won the pools, there is huge excitement in the household. But it turns out that it's his son who has won, in...

Libel (1959)
A California commercial pilot sees a telecast in London of an interview with Sir Mark Lodden at his home. The Canadian is convinced that the baronet...

The Steel Key (1953)
An adventurer investigates the theft of a formula for hardened steel, assisted by his girlfriend.

Sporting Chance (1975)
Life in the fast lane becomes deadly for Wilde and Sinclair when the mob tries to "fix" the sport of high-speed racing. Wilde then finds himself...

A Kid for Two Farthings (1955)
Joe is a young boy who lives with his mother, Joanna, in working-class London. The two reside above the tailor shop of Mr. Kandinsky, who likes to...

The Small Back Room (1949)
At the height of World War II, the Germans begin dropping a new type of booby-trapped bomb on England. Highly skilled but haunted bomb disposal...

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....

Stop Press Girl (1949)
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange...

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

The Saint's Return (1953)
A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.

No Trace (1950)
A famous mystery writer uses his own plot tricks to murder a blackmailer in this British thriller.

Death Goes to School (1953)
Detective Inspector Campbell (Gordon Jackson) looks into the murder of a teacher at a girls school where there are a number of suspects, including...

Time Bomb (1953)
When a saboteur places an explosive device on a train full of sea mines, the authorities call for bomb expert Peter Lyncort to diffuse the situation,...

Quest for Love (1971)
After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some...

Smashing Time (1967)
Two young women arrive in London to make it big in show business, and become corrupted by money and fame in the process.

Eye of the Needle (1981)
Great Britain, 1944, during World War II. Relentlessly pursued by several MI5 agents, Henry Faber the Needle, a ruthless German spy in possession of...

Highly Dangerous (1950)
A US newsman and a British entomologist spy on germ-warfare research in a mythical country.

One Way Out (1955)
A tragedy played in standard cops and robbers costume. A policeman faced with deep moral choices finds that once he's set foot on the path of...

A Town Like Alice (1956)
In 1941 Malaysia, the advancing Japanese army captures a lot of British territory very quickly. The men are sent off to labor camps, but they have no...

The Rainbow Jacket (1954)
A champion jockey is banned from racing so spends his time helping a young lad to become the next champion.

Love in Waiting (1948)
The story of three women working as waitresses in post-World War II Britain.

Trouble in the Air (1948)
A radio commentator is sent to a village to broadcast a bell-ringing team. Meanwhile a property speculator tries to buy a plot of land for less than...

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.

The Galloping Major (1951)
A syndicate is set up to buy a racehorse, but they end up buying the wrong one by mistake. Unfortunately the horse is useless on the flat, so they...

Dead Lucky (1960)
Mike Billing's newspaper series about quasi-illegal gambling parties in Mayfair have so far been works more of imagination than genuine journalism. ...

The Magnificent Six and ½: Peewee Had a Little Ape (1969)
Toby tries on a dummy ape skin which is intended for the local jumble sale, and is mistaken for a real ape which has escaped from a travelling...

Dad's Army (1968)
Introducing the Walmington-On-Sea home guard. During WW2, in a fictional British seaside town, a ragtag group of Home Guard local defense volunteers...

Z-Cars (1962)
Z-Cars or Z Cars is a British television drama series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on...

The Persuaders! (1971)
An English aristocrat and an American millionaire come together to tackle crime.

Minder (1979)
This comedy drama series featured Terry McCann, a former boxer with a conviction for G.B.H., and Arthur Daley, a second-hand car dealer with an eye...

Arthur's Treasured Volumes (1960)
Arthur's Treasured Volumes was a black-and-white British television series that aired on ITV in 1960. Starring Arthur Askey, it was written by Dave...

The Tony Hancock Show (1956)
The Tony Hancock Show was a black-and-white British sketch show starring Tony Hancock that was broadcast for two series from 1956 to 1957. It was...

Orlando (1965)
Orlando is a British television thriller series for young adults which ran for four series between 1965 and 1968. Made by Associated-Rediffusion for...

Curry and Chips (1969)
Curry and Chips is a British sitcom broadcast in 1969 which was produced by London Weekend Television for the ITV network. Set on a factory floor of...

No Hiding Place (1959)
No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

Man in a Suitcase (1967)
Accused of treason, a former U.S. intelligence officer based in London tries to clear his name, taking on freelance jobs around Europe as he searches...

The Expert (1968)
The Expert is a British television series produced by the BBC between 1968 and 1976. The series starred Marius Goring as Dr. John Hardy, a...

Lilli Palmer Theatre (1955)
A half-hour anthology series.

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...

The Larkins (1958)
'The Larkins' is a British television sitcom which was produced by Associated Television and aired on ITV. It aired for four series between 1958 to...

Ooh La La! (1968)
Series based on the short French farces written by Georges Feydeau, Eugène Labiche, Marc Michel and Sacha Guitry. All of them include mistaken...

Rainbow (1972)
Children's puppet programme featuring music and stories. Join George, Bungle, Zippy, and all their friends at the Rainbow House, always an exciting...

Return of the Saint (1978)
Follow the swashbuckling exploits of Simon Templar, a modern-day Robin Hood of sorts.

Terry and June (1979)
Terry and June Medford are both middle aged and beginning to find the trials of life are more difficult as they try to succeed in their daily lives....

Sykes (1972)
Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.

Sykes (1972)
Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.

Sykes (1972)
Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.

Sykes (1972)
Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.

Sykes (1972)
Classic sitcom starring Eric Sykes and Hattie Jacques as brother and sister twins who have to tackle the trials and tribulations of suburban life.

Whack-O! (1956)
Whack-O! was a British sitcom TV series starring Jimmy Edwards, written by Frank Muir and Denis Norden, and broadcast from 1956 to 1960 and 1971 to...

Crane (1963)
The adventures of Richard Crane, cafe owner & part-time smuggler, around the coast of Morocco, aided (and sometimes abetted) by his ex-Foreign Legion...

The Bass Player and the Blonde (1978)
The Bass Player and the Blonde was a television play in the ITV Playhouse series, first broadcast 14 June 1977. It was followed up with a three-part...