Walter Forde

A man acquires a valuable artifact as a present for his girlfriend, inadvertently drawing a lunatic collector into pursuit of him.

A wealthy bloater magnate looks for his lost son. His daughter sees a ragged man (Walter) at a construction site with the family birthmark and brings...

A UK slapstick comedy with Walter Forde.

Walter comes home drunk from a fancy dress ball he has attended as a convict. His father announces that he has been a wastrel long enough and throws...

Uninsured collector of rare pottery is pursued by two employees of the Busy Bee Insurance Company.

Silent comedian Walter Forde takes an illuminating trip around the Osram light bulb factory.

Walter makes a Movie was directed by Tom Seymour and Walter Forde in 1922. Forde plays a petty thief who steals from film star Pauline Highbrow...

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

A songwriter is mistaken for a convict.

A car salesman dreams he is kidnapped in mistake for his noble double.

Walter poses as a detective to impress his girlfriend and ends up having to fend off thieves who try to steal her father's valuable diamond, kept on...

Wait and See is a 1929 British silent comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Frank Stanmore, Pauline Johnson and Sam Livesey.

Mismatched travellers are stranded overnight at a lonely rural railway station. They soon learn of local superstition about a phantom train which is...

While filling in for injured supersleuth Bulldog Drummond (Atholl Fleming), world-class cricket player Jack Pennington (Jack Hulbert) attempts to...

Drama written in flames and told with the staccato of canon-fire!

Three sailors get drunk while on shore leave and end up on the wrong ship. When they realise their mistake they scramble off it and onto their...

The MacIver brothers (Michael Redgrave, Griffith Jones) build the first ship to cross the Atlantic by steam power alone.

It's war time London and the Crazy Gang (Flanagan & Allen, Nervo & Knox, Naughton & Gold) are doing their bit for the war effort by...

An inventor who develops a tank that can be operated by remote control finds himself pursued by foreign agents who want the plans and the tank.

A lawyer receives a note telling him that he'll be dead in 48 hours - and Scotland Yard must work fast to uncover the serial killer known as 'The...

The Professor (Felix Aylmer) is showing Susie (Evelyn Dall) around his time machine when it accidently takes off with Tommy (Tommy Handley) and Bill...

The theft of a famous painting leads to murder and many suspects on a plush train speeding from Paris to Rome.

The Four Men of the title are British WWI veterans who decide to work secretly against enemies of the country. They aren't above a bit of murder or...

Musical retelling of the "Ali Baba and the 40 Thieves" Arabian Nights tale.

Shades of "Romeo and Juliet" with rival British Brewery owners who hate each other and their children who fall in love.

Walter makes a Movie was directed by Tom Seymour and Walter Forde in 1922. Forde plays a petty thief who steals from film star Pauline Highbrow...

Walter wants work (1922) (Directed by and starring Walter Forde this stands as a good introduction to the work of the UK's only major comedian. This...

Frantic farce involving a neglected wife, a stolen diamond and four identical briefcases.

Believing real life is an operetta, the citizens of the European country Lucco break into song at every blink of an eye. Since everybody's singing,...

An Irishman sets out to become famous as a singer on the radio. Due to a mix up he is instead entered as a contestant on a quiz show.

A bookmaker with a fancy for detective work attempts to prevent the execution of a potentially innocent man.

Third and final film in the 'Inspector Hornleigh’ series of comedy-thrillers. Inspector Hornleigh (Gordon Harker), disappointed at not being...

During a holiday by the British seaside, Hornleigh and Bingham grow bored and turn their hand to investigating a local crime.

A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped...

A historical romance between Lord Lovelace and Nell Gwynn. In Cromwellian England, royalists commission a barrow boy to carry a secret letter. Helped...

Kicking the Moon Around is a 1938 British musical comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bert Ambrose, Evelyn Dall and Harry Richman. In...

Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.

Forever England gives John Mills his first leading role as Brown. Born after a brief affair between his mother and a naval officer, he joins the...

Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt is a 1940 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde starring Arthur Askey and Richard Murdoch as Oxford 'scholars'. ...

A young singer meets a man who is the victim of a kidnap plot, and is assumed by the gang to be his girlfriend.

With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star...

The story, about the social interaction of a group of railway passengers who have been stranded at a remote rural station overnight who are...

A condemned man uses hypnotism on a judge. After the man's death, the judge finds himself acting like the condemned man.

Revolt on a prison island is a parable of workers revolution. A cruel and repressive penal colony is the setting for a prison revolt with a special...

Lunatic British comedy about a small town mayor who finds himself the owner of a broken-down London theatre and acting school. Insanity run amok.

A song and dance comedy in which Jack Hulbert plays an incompetent sailor.

Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be the Master of Bankdam.

Summer 1939, and an ordinary family gets an alarming taste of war to come.

Summer 1939, and an ordinary family gets an alarming taste of war to come.

'Poor lord poses as butler to avoid framed arrest for theft.' (British Film Catalogue)

Wait and See is a 1929 British silent comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Frank Stanmore, Pauline Johnson and Sam Livesey.

Silent comedian Walter Forde takes an illuminating trip around the Osram light bulb factory.

Third Time Lucky" was released in February 1931 and was the first film to star Bobby Howes in a leading role. Based on a play by Arnold Ridley, who...

A Japanese merchant attempts to drive one of his rivals mad by impersonating a man he had once murdered.

A newlywed couple have a fight, and in order to get even with one another, each decides to take up with a lover but without actually going through...

A crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.

A crooked prince uses a death ray to force down airships and steal their cargo.

A songwriter is mistaken for a convict.

A songwriter is mistaken for a convict.

A songwriter is mistaken for a convict.

A steward inherits the estate of an earl. To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.

Scotland Yard detectives hunt for a dangerous criminal who has recently returned to England.

To celebrate their Admiral's impending marriage, his men stage a variety performance. Meanwhile Joe Crabbs attempts to win back his girlfriend from...

A Mandarin hypnotises his partner's daughter to locate hidden bonds.

A Mandarin hypnotises his partner's daughter to locate hidden bonds.

A man acquires a valuable artifact as a present for his girlfriend, inadvertently drawing a lunatic collector into pursuit of him.

A man acquires a valuable artifact as a present for his girlfriend, inadvertently drawing a lunatic collector into pursuit of him.

A man acquires a valuable artifact as a present for his girlfriend, inadvertently drawing a lunatic collector into pursuit of him.

A car salesman dreams he is kidnapped in mistake for his noble double.

Walter poses as a detective to impress his girlfriend and ends up having to fend off thieves who try to steal her father's valuable diamond, kept on...

Walter poses as a detective to impress his girlfriend and ends up having to fend off thieves who try to steal her father's valuable diamond, kept on...

A brash American movie producer arrives at an army base in England wanting to shoot a movie and use the soldiers as extras. The base commander...

Generational family struggles for control of a family business in 19th century Yorkshire, and to be the Master of Bankdam.