Arthur Gross

Known for Acting

Biography

Arthur Gross is an actor and director, known for Invasion of the Triffids (1963), New Walden (1991) and ITV Play of the Week (1955).

Known For (15 credits)

7.3

Movie

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 justice involving Timothy Evans.

7.7

The Prisoner

1967

After resigning, a secret agent is abducted and taken to what looks like an idyllic village, but is really a bizarre Kafkaesque prison. His warders demand information. He gives them nothing, but only tries to escape.

6.0

Movie

A Countess from Hong Kong

1967

A Russian countess stows away in the stateroom of a married U.S. diplomat bound for New York.

6.1

Movie

The Day of the Triffids

1963

After an unusual meteor shower leaves most of the human population blind, a merchant navy officer must find a way to conquer tall, aggressive plants which are feeding on people and animals.

6.7

Movie

The Inspector

1962

At the end of WW2, a compassionate Dutch policeman helps smuggle a Jewish woman into British Palestine.

The Dickie Henderson Show

1960

A weekly TV comedy series of a British household with Dickie Henderson as the head of the family. Every week would feature a guest star. Most episodes of this series are believed to be lost.

5.6

Movie

Circle of Deception

1960

Unbeknownst to him, a soldier is sent on a doomed mission because of the high likelihood of him divulging secrets if captured and tortured.

6.3

Movie

Naked Fury

1959

A gang of thieves led by American Eddy (Reed de Rouen) kill a security guard during a botched safe robbery and flee with his daughter (Leigh Madison) as a hostage. They hide out in a dangerously unstable old warehouse for a couple of days awaiting their getaway ship to sail, but Johnny (Kenneth Cope) falls for the girl - provoking a serious falling-out and a violent conclusion to the disastrous heist.

6.1

Movie

The Man Upstairs

1958

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.

7.6

Movie

A Night to Remember

1958

The sinking of the Titanic is presented in a highly realistic fashion in this tense British drama. The disaster is portrayed largely from the perspective of the ocean liner's second officer, Charles Lightoller. Despite numerous warnings about ice, the ship sails on, with Capt. Edward John Smith keeping it going at a steady clip. When the doomed vessel finally hits an iceberg, the crew and passengers discover that they lack enough lifeboats, and tragedy follows.

5.0

Movie

Count Five and Die

1957

Dutch patriots, a U.S. officer and a British spy fool the Nazis with a fake Soho film company.

6.8

Movie

A King in New York

1957

A recently-deposed "Estrovian" monarch seeks shelter in New York City, where he becomes an accidental television celebrity. Later, he's wrongly accused of being a Communist and gets caught up in subsequent HUAC hearings.