
George Curzon
Oyuncu · 1898 – 1976 · Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, UK
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Commander Chambré George William Penn Curzon (18 October 1898 – 7 May 1976), known as George Curzon, was a Royal Navy Commander, actor, and father of the present Earl Howe. Curzon, born in Amersham, Buckinghamshire, England, was the only son of diplomat The Hon. Frederick Curzon-Howe (a son of The 3rd Earl Howe) and his wife, the actress Ellis Jeffreys. Curzon trained for the Navy at the Royal Naval College, Osborne, on the Isle of Wight, and first saw action in the First World War. He retired from the Navy as a Lieutenant-Commander, then served as a King's Messenger before turning to the West End stage in 1930. Curzon then went to America and appeared on the New York stage in the play Parnell before entering films. He was given a minor role as a police constable in Basil Dean's Escape (1930). His first major role came in 1935 when he appeared as the title role in Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor. He reprised this role in Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle (1935) and Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror (1938). He appeared in several films directed by Alfred Hitchcock before he moved to the United States and Hollywood, most notably Young and Innocent, where he played a musician and murderer who was caught by his nervous eye-twitch, in a famous long crane shot devised by Hitchcock. A brief interruption came to Curzon's acting career in 1939 when, after playing a minor role in Hitchcock's Jamaica Inn, he again enlisted in the navy during World War II. He later starred in various other films from 1947 until 1965. Curzon had two children from his second marriage: Frederick Richard Penn (b. 1951) and Emma Charlotte (b. 1953). His son succeeded to his kinsman's title of Earl Howe in 1984 (long after the death of Curzon himself in 1976) and his daughter was granted the rank of an earl's daughter a year later (i.e. Lady Emma).
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The Cruel Sea
1953 · 85 votes
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Woman of Straw
1964 · 60 votes
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The White Angel
1936 · 6 votes
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For Them That Trespass
1949 · 13 votes
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Harry Black and the Tiger
1958 · 10 votes
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A headstrong young girl falls completely for a writer of trashy novels, and insinuates herself into his household, all to the chagrin of her erstwhile fiancé.He conspires with the author's wife to show the girl how foolish she's been.
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1932 · 5 votes
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1948 · 4 votes
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In this mystery, ace detective Sexton Blake returns to solve the puzzling murder of a prominent violinist.
Sexton Blake and the Bearded Doctor
1935 · 1 votes
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Q Planes
1939 · 41 votes
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Admirals All
1935 · 1 votes
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Mr. Reeder, a somewhat eccentric old gentleman employed by the Director of Public Prosecutions, gets it into his head to break up a counterfeiting ring.
The Mind of Mr. Reeder
1939 · 1 votes
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Jassy
1947 · 12 votes
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Uncle Silas
1947 · 17 votes
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Murder at Covent Garden
1932 · 1 votes
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The Scotland Yard Mystery
1934 · 5 votes
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A Royal Divorce
1938 · 1 votes
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Sexton Blake and the Hooded Terror
1938 · 8 votes
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Story of a grocer who wins a radio song writing contest and is signed on by a music publisher. Placed in a luxury flat in London he is like fish out of water.
Sing Along with Me
1952 · 1 votes
Film6.5DramAksiyonHigh drama, set in the English moorland of the 1600s. John Ridd wants revenge on the criminal Doone family, but falls in love with the daughter of the family, Lorna.
Lorna Doone
1934 · 3 votes
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In this lively detective drama, Sexton Blake, private eye, must find out who stole the bonds of a prominent financier.
Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle
1935 · 1 votes
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Persuasion
1960 · 1 votes
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Victoria Regina
1964 · 1 votes
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1962 · 2 votes