Fred Paul
Director · 1880 – 1967 · Lausanne, Switzerland
Fred Paul (1880 – 1967) was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.
Movies24
Movie8.0CrimeMysteryA cleric's son saves a maid from suicide and she saves him when he is framed for killing a crook's mistress.
The Rogues of London
1915 · 1 votes
Movie9.0CrimeDramaNayland Smith restores a `dead' man to life.
The Miracle
1923 · 1 votes
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'1837-1901. Main events during Queen Victoria's reign.' (British Film Catalogue)
Movie10.0CrimeAdventureLieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase criminal Dr. Sin Fang, who is desperate to find a lost sacred seal. (The fifth and only surviving episode of a six-part serial about an evil mastermind inspired on Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu.)
The Adventure of the Torture Cage
1928 · 1 votes
Movie8.0CrimeActionDetective Nayland Smith, comissioned by the British Government to investigate a series of murders comes up against the "Coughing Horror", Dr Fu-Manchu's servant.
The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu
1924 · 1 votes
Movie7.3CrimeDramaThis action-packed episode features one of the Devil Doctor's most enjoyably silly schemes to do away with his nemesis Nayland Smith. When Smith goes missing, it's up to Dr Petrie to continue the hunt for the Si-Fan, Fu-Manchu's secret society. On the trail of a mysterious man with a limp, Petrie disguises himself as a rough bargee to investigate a smoky riverside drinking den, the Joy-Shop Club.
The Man with the Limp
1923 · 3 votes
Movie7.5CrimeDraman this episode of adventure serial The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie investigate the strange death of a man from Forest Hill found with his face covered with scratches; their enquiries lead them once more to the Devil Doctor, Fu-Manchu. Meanwhile, Petrie’s stiff upper lip begins to quiver, as he grows dangerously fond of Fu-Manchu’s slave girl, Karamaneh...
The Cry of the Nighthawk
1923 · 2 votes
Movie5.5CrimeDramaThird release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series, where the police has to investigate the clue of the pigtail wig.
The Clue of the Pigtail
1923 · 2 votes
- Movie9.0
'Spy blackmails commander's wife into stealing treaty.' (British Film Catalogue)
O.H.M.S.
1913 · 1 votes
Movie8.5DramaCrimeFourth release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Nayland Smith saves the life of Graham Guthrie, the British Resident in Bhutan, while on a visit to London from a plot by Dr. Fu-Manchu.
The Call of Siva
1923 · 2 votes
- Movie10.0
'Inventor's wife avenges death by posing as anarchist and exploding their den.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Tube of Death
1913 · 1 votes
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The film follows the title character—a legendary frontiersman—as he seeks retribution against outlaws. It served as a direct sequel to How Richard Harris Became Known as Deadwood Dick (1915) and was followed by Deadwood Dick and the Mormons (1915).
MovieCrimeDramaA killer kitty with poison-tipped claws, giant noxious mushrooms and aphonia-inducing flowers are just some of the challenges faced by Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie in their battles against arch-villain Fu Manchu. Series of 15 shorts, each with a self-contained story.
Movie6.0CrimeDramaBased on Sax Rohmer’s third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917), this sensational episode sees Fu-Manchu partly paralysed by a bullet wound. The Devil Doctor snatches eminent surgeon Sir Baldwin Frazer to carry out the delicate operation he needs. Dr Petrie, abducted by Fu-Manchu’s scheming assistant, Zarmi, must assist – and choose a playing card to determine whether he lives or dies...
The Queen of Hearts
1923 · 2 votes
Movie10.0CrimeDramaThe evil Dr Fu-Manchu proves to be a master of disguise as well as villainy in this thrilling episode of the popular adventure serial. Adopting the persona of a long-bearded professor, Fu-Manchu pays a visit to London's Madame Tussauds waxworks. Elsewhere, there's something horribly uncanny going on at a remote country cottage: sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie leave the capital to investigate.
The Knocking on the Door
1923 · 1 votes
Movie10.0CrimeDramaIn this thrilling final episode, evil Fu-Manchu's pet marmoset leads sleuth Petrie to a secret Si-Fan ceremony. Is the Devil Doctor's game now up?
The Shrine of the Seven Lamps
1923 · 1 votes
MovieMysterySherlock Holmes solves a murder rooted in the Mormon trek of 1850.
Movie7.5CrimeA mysterious murder sets Nayland Smith and Petrie once again on the trail of villainous Fu-Manchu, and seeking a strange old stick with magical powers
Aaron's Rod
1923 · 2 votes
Movie6.5CrimeDramaIn this exciting adventure based on the second Fu-Manchu novel, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie investigate a haunted house, but get more of a fright than they expected. Caught by the evil Dr Fu-Manchu, Nayland Smith faces a plague of ravenous Cantonese rats - a torture known as 'The Six Gates of Joyful Wisdom'. Will Petrie end his agony, with the razor-sharp ‘Friend’s Sword’?
The Fiery Hand
1923 · 2 votes
Movie7.0CrimeDramaWhen sleuth Nayland Smith steals evil Dr Fu-Manchu's 'Sacred Order', the Devil Doctor himself faces death at the hands of the Si-Fan organisation.
The Sacred Order
1923 · 2 votes
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Lights of London
1914 · 1 votes
Movie10.0WarA dead officer's German wife betrays 'Hampshire's' secret route.
How Kitchener Was Betrayed
1922 · 1 votes
- Movie8.0DramaHorror
British horror drama short from 1921.
The Sting of Death
1921 · 1 votes
Movie7.0CrimeDramaFu-Manchu’s slave girl Karamaneh leads sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie to her evil master’s lair, where they fall prey to another of the Devil Doctor’s traps. Bound hand and foot, they watch helplessly as a party of policemen are imprisoned in a subterranean vault and poisoned with vile fungal spore vapour, while Fu-Manchu cackles with maniacal glee. Can our heroes escape to save the day?
The Fungi Cellars
1923 · 2 votes