Martin Walker

Known for Acting

7/27/1901

Harrow, England, UK

Biography

Martin Walker (27 July 1901 - 18 September 1955) was a British stage and screen actor.

Known For (16 credits)

6.3

Movie

The Belles of St. Trinian's

1954

The unruly schoolgirls of St Trinian's are more interested in men and mischief than homework and hockey. But greater trouble than ever beckons when the arrival at the school of Princess Fatima of Makyad coincides with the return of recently expelled Arabella Fritton, who has the kidnap of a prize racehorse on her mind. The first film in the classic comedy series.

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Black 13

1953

The son of a college professor who turns to a life of crime after killing a pedestrian in an automobile accident.

5.7

Movie

Lisbon Story

1946

A musical cabaret singer meets a British agent and goes with him to Nazi occupied France to save an atomic scientist.

6.2

Movie

This England

1941

Set in Claverly Village, it follows the fortunes of the Rookebys (Clements) and the ne'r-do-well Appleyards (Williams) from the time of the Normans, 1588, 1804, 1914, and 1940. Made to support morale during the war, its message is basically that you can't suppress the British; they've been there since the beginning; they'll be there to the end.

5.5

Movie

Love on the Dole

1941

Depressing and realistic family drama about the struggles of unemployment and poverty in 1930s Lancashire. The 20-year-old Kerr gives an emotionally charged performance as Hardcastle, one of the cotton workers trying to make life better. Interlaced with humour that brings a ray of sunshine to the pervasive bleakness, this remains a powerful social study of life between the wars, and was a rare problem picture to come out of Britain at the time.

5.0

Movie

Murder in Soho

1939

A London nightclub hostess pretends to fall for the mobster who killed her husband.

5.8

Movie

The Drum

1938

Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans to wipe out the British troops as they enjoy the hospitality of Guhl's spacious palace. It's up to the loyal young Prince Azim (Sabu) to warn the troops of Guhl's treachery by tapping out a message on his drum.

5.8

Movie

The Green Cockatoo

1937

A young girl is travelling to London to find work. Arriving at the station, she meets a man who has been stabbed by a member of a gang of crooks involved with greyhound racing. She becomes a suspect, but flees the scene in order to deliver a message to the dead man's brother. She is protected from the police by a night club entertainer, who she learns is the man she is seeking.

5.5

Movie

The Vicar of Bray

1937

The Vicar of Bray is a satirical description of an individual fundamentally changing his principles to remain in ecclesiastical office as external requirements change around him. The religious upheavals in England from 1533 to 1559 and from 1633 to 1715 made it almost impossible for any individual to comply with the successive religious requirements of the state.

5.0

Movie

Sensation

1936

Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!

5.7

Movie

Sanders of the River

1935

A British District Officer in Nigeria in the 1930s rules his area strictly but justly. He struggles with gun-runners and slavers with the aid of a loyal native chief.

5.2

Movie

Mimi

1935

A struggling playwright in 1850s Paris and his mate finds love that furnishes him with the inspiration he has long sought.