
Tom Helmore
Actor · 1904 – 1995 · London, England
Thomas Percy Helmore (4 January 1904 – 12 September 1995) was an English film actor. He appeared in over 50 films between 1927 and 1972, including three directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He was born in London and died in Longboat Key, Florida.
Movies23
Movie8.1MysteryRomanceA retired San Francisco detective suffering from acrophobia investigates the strange activities of an old friend's wife, all the while becoming dangerously obsessed with her.
Vertigo
1958 · 6.5K votes
Movie7.4ThrillerAdventureA Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.
The Time Machine
1960 · 950 votes
Movie7.2DramaProposed by the President of the United States to fill the post of Secretary of State, Robert Leffingwell appears before a Senate committee, chaired by the idealistic Senator Brig Anderson, which must decide whether he is the right person for the job.
Advise & Consent
1962 · 127 votes
Movie6.7ComedyRomanceA sportswriter who marries a fashion designer discovers that their mutual interests are few, although each has an intriguing past which makes the other jealous.
Designing Woman
1957 · 83 votes
Movie6.1ComedyDramaStruggling to retain custody of his daughter following his divorce, football coach Steve Williams finds himself embroiled in a recruiting scandal at the tiny Catholic college he is trying to bring back to football respectability.
Trouble Along the Way
1953 · 29 votes
Movie6.1ThrillerMysteryDuring World War I, a novelist declared dead is recruited by British intelligence and sent to Switzerland under a new identity to assassinate a German spy. Teamed with a fellow agent posing as his wife and an eccentric assassin known as “the General,” the trio close in on their target — until two of them grow ambivalent when their duty to the mission clashes with their consciences.
Secret Agent
1936 · 176 votes
Movie5.2DramaThrillerAn artist living in a quiet Connecticut town is the main suspect in the disappearance of his shrew wife. Things turn ugly when the townsfolk attempt to take the law into their own hands.
The Man in the Net
1959 · 20 votes
Movie6.1CrimeMysteryA cop investigates the shooting of another policeman... that may have been involved in crooked activities.
Scene of the Crime
1949 · 23 votes
Movie6.7CrimeDramaAngered that her sister Celia has stolen her fiance, Dell Faring kills her and allows Celia's husband David, knocked out in an argument with Celia, to take the blame and end up on death row. Later Dell, finding out that David's young daughter Susan was witness to the crime and is undergoing psychiatric treatment, plans to eliminate her before her memory returns.
Shadow on the Wall
1950 · 19 votes
Movie6.2MusicComedyA young actress flirts demurely with a swinging Manhattan bachelor who thinks he has it made.
The Tender Trap
1955 · 44 votes
Movie6.9AdventureFamilyWhile widowed Porter Ricks is away at school learning to be a park ranger, his teen-aged son, Sandy, under adult supervision from a neighbor, remains at the family home in the Florida Keys with his pet dolphin, Flipper. While Po (as Porter is called by most) is away, Sandy learns that the family home, built on state land, is being torn down to make way for a highway. In turn, Sandy would be sent to live with relatives, while Flipper would be sent to the seaquarium permanently. Not wanting to be separated from Flipper, Sandy, using his skiff, runs away with Flipper. A distraught Po returns home to look for his son. Meanwhile, the Hopewell family from Britain are vacationing in the area. Their sailboat is hijacked by three escaped convicts, who take the father, Halsey, hostage, and set the three Hopewell women - mother Julia, and teen-aged daughters Gwen and Penny - adrift, they who eventually land on the island where Sandy is hiding... Written by Huggo
Flipper's New Adventure
1964 · 32 votes
Movie6.9WarAdventureSoon after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor, cynical former newspaper correspondent John Royer devises a scheme with his old editor and government agents to return to the Far East and smuggle out a vast amount of rubber for the war effort. Demanding the freedom and company of his ex-friend, Carnahan, whom he betrayed in an exposé years earlier, Royer sails off into the hands of the Japanese with a motley crew, gold, and the promise of covert government aid.
Malaya
1949 · 17 votes
Movie5.9DramaRomanceBoth Jack Sander and Bob Corby are boxers in love with Mabel. Jack and Mabel wed, but their marriage is flat. The young wife looks to Bob for comfort.
The Ring
1927 · 118 votes
Movie4.2ComedyMusicComposer Gary Stuart and his wife, Connie, have an argument over her alleged affair. The Stuarts agree to get divorced, and each tries to move on to a new love: Gary with socialite Deborah Randolph and Connie with businessman Frank McGraw. However, they begin to realize that they still have strong feelings for each other, and the Stuarts must make a decision before their divorce is final.
Let's Do It Again
1953 · 5 votes
Movie6.1ComedyDramaTo earn extra money, a prim schoolteacher takes a second job as secretary to the uncouth owner of a boisterous nightclub.
This Could Be the Night
1957 · 14 votes
Movie7.0DramaRomanceA spirited dressmaker's small store flourishes into a business empire in the midst of the Texas oil boom of the 1940s.
Lucy Gallant
1955 · 7 votes
- Movie7.0Comedy
Farcical confusions ensue when newlywed bride Peggy Gay overhears her husband Jack discussing the purchase of a piano, and somehow interprets what he has said to mean he is the father of an illegitimate child.
My Wife's Family
1931 · 1 votes
Movie4.8DramaComedyEnglishwoman Grace Allingham marries Frenchman Charles Edouard de Valhubert, but their marriage quickly becomes unusual. Because Charles cheats on her and lives away from his family out of professional obligation to his government, Grace ends up raising the couple's son, Sigismond, on her own. Grace and Charles are finally reunited after nearly a decade apart, and, while they seem headed for a permanent split, there's still a spark between them.
Count Your Blessings
1959 · 5 votes
Movie8.0DramaFantasyJust before the Salem Witch Trials, an embittered old woman, who has learned witchcraft, teams up with the Devil, and brings a scarecrow to life as part of her diabolical revenge on the judge who was once her lover.
Scarecrow
1972 · 1 votes
Movie5.9MusicRomanceThree young girls try to help their divorced mother find the right husband.
Three Daring Daughters
1948 · 7 votes
Movie5.5CrimeMysteryInvestor Robert Norman murdered before meeting. Police investigate. Journalist Claire Haines pursues story to impress editor. Intertwining narratives of crime solving and reporting unfold.
The Riverside Murder
1935 · 13 votes
Movie9.0AdventureDrama'Romance set around the famous air race in which a girl helps a nervous pilot to victory.' (British Film Institute)
The King's Cup
1933 · 1 votes
- Movie7.0DramaCrime
British crime film directed by Henry Edwards
The Barton Mystery
1932 · 1 votes
Series4
TV7.8MysteryDramaA television anthology series hosted by Alfred Hitchcock featuring dramas, thrillers, and mysteries.
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955 · 266 votes
TV7.8Sci-Fi & FantasyMysteryRod Serling narrates an anthology of fantasy, horror and sci-fi stories from a set resembling a macabre museum. A chilling work of art serves as the connective link between the stories.
Night Gallery
1970 · 112 votes
TV6.8ComedyDramaGeneral Electric Theater is an American anthology series hosted by Ronald Reagan that was broadcast on CBS radio and television. The series was sponsored by General Electric's Department of Public Relations.
General Electric Theater
1953 · 6 votes
TV7.2DramaComedySchlitz Playhouse of Stars is an anthology series that was telecast from 1951 until 1959 on CBS. Offering both comedies and drama, the series was sponsored by the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company. The title was shortened to Schlitz Playhouse, beginning with the fall 1957 season.
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
1951 · 5 votes