Frank Pettingell
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Frank Pettingell (1 January 1891 – 17 February 1966) was an English actor.
Pettingell was born in Liverpool, and educated at Manchester University. During the First World War he served with the King's Liverpool Regiment.
He appeared in such films as the original 1940 Gaslight (as the former detective who solves the case), Kipps (1941 - as Old Kipps), and Becket (1964 - as the Duke of York). His collection of printed and manuscript playscripts - mostly acquired from the son of the comedian Arthur Williams (1844–1915) - is held at the Templeman Library, University of Kent.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 12.382 |
| Birthday | 1891-01-01 |
| Place of Birth | Liverpool, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1958
Corridors of Blood
6.1/46
An 1840s British surgeon, experiments with anesthetic gases in an effort to make surgery pain-free. While doing so, his demonstration before a panel o...
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Corridors of Blood
1952
The Crimson Pirate
7/135
Burt Lancaster plays a pirate with a taste for intrigue and acrobatics who involves himself in the goings on of a revolution in the Caribbean in the l...
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The Crimson Pirate
1962
Trial and Error
6.5/11
After nearly 40 years of waiting for his big chance, Wilfred Morgenhall is given the case of defending Herbert Fowle who is accused of murdering his w...
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Trial and Error
1948
Escape
5.6/14
A convict sentenced to three years for killing a detective escapes from a prison and goes on the run aided by a local girl.
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Escape
1952
The Card
6.9/36
A charming and ambitious young man finds many ways to raise himself through the ranks in business and social standing - some honest, some not quite so...
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The Card
1940
Gaslight
7.1/88
Twenty years removed from Alice Barlow's murder by a thief looking for her jewels, newlyweds Paul and Bella Mallen move into the very house where the...
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Gaslight
1962
Term of Trial
5.7/12
A schoolteacher plagued by alcoholism and his refusal to serve in World War II, Graham Weir inspires contempt in almost everyone around him, including...
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Term of Trial
1942
The Goose Steps Out
6.4/12
Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secr...
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The Goose Steps Out
1938
Sailing Along
7/3
A barge-owner's adopted daughter falls in love with his son, and gives up her chances of stardom to be with him.
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Sailing Along
1935
Where’s George?
0/0
A British comedy about a blacksmith who in looking to get away from his wife discovers a talent for rugby league.
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Where’s George?
1941
This England
6.2/3
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, 1...
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This England
1933
Red Wagon
0/0
Adapted from Lady Eleanor Smith’s novel, this 1934 feature tells the story of Joe Prince, an orphan child of circus people who, after many struggles,...
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Red Wagon
1933
A Cuckoo in the Nest
4.5/2
A crowded inn means that a man and a woman must share the same room for a night. One problem is that they are both married - to other people. The othe...
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A Cuckoo in the Nest
1937
Millions
4.5/2
Two feuding millionaires try to destroy each other's business while their children fall in love with each other.
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Millions
1936
The Amateur Gentleman
4/1
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The Amateur Gentleman
1935
The Last Journey
7.2/3
Bob Holt's last journey as a Railway engine driver before his retirement, a journey disturbed by his distress at leaving the Railway, and his suspicio...
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The Last Journey
1932
Frail Women
4.7/3
An illegitimate war-baby adopted by a wealthy spinster.
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Frail Women
1933
The Good Companions
5.8/4
Film musical taken from JB Priestley's novel about three musicians joining together to save a failing concert party, the Dinky Doos.
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The Good Companions
1940
Busman's Honeymoon
5.4/9
When Lord Peter Wimsey marries Harriet Vane, a crime author, they both promise to give up crime for good. As a wedding present, Peter purchases the ol...
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Busman's Honeymoon
1933
This Week of Grace
3.5/2
Grace Milroy loses her job working at a factory. However, through a strange set of circumstances, she is taken on as housekeeper at the nearby Swinfor...
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This Week of Grace
1933
The Medicine Man
0/0
A young man impersonates a doctor.
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The Medicine Man
1935
The Right Age to Marry
0/0
A Yorkshire mill owner retires and leaves control to his nephew, who promptly gets married.
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The Right Age to Marry
1941
Ships with Wings
4/2
Before the war, a Fleet Air Arm pilot is dismissed for causing the death of a colleague. Working for a small Greek airline when the Germans invade Gre...
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Ships with Wings
1940
Return to Yesterday
6.2/6
Robert Maine is torn between returning to the glamour of Hollywood and working with a small theatre company in England.
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Return to Yesterday
1935
The Big Splash
0/0
A millionaire hires a man to play his double...
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The Big Splash
1942
The Young Mr. Pitt
5.4/6
This biopic tells the story of the life of Pitt The Younger, who became Prime Minister of Great Britain at the age of 24.
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The Young Mr. Pitt
1942
The Seventh Survivor
6/4
During the Second World War, a German spy goes on the run, carrying important news about a U-Boat campaign. The ship he is traveling aboard is hit by...
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The Seventh Survivor
1931
Hobson's Choice
4/1
A coarse boot-shop owner becomes outraged when his eldest daughter decides to marry a meek cobbler.
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Hobson's Choice
1931
Jealousy
0/0
A man falls madly in love with a woman and stages a robbery in an effort to frame her sweetheart
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Jealousy
1932
The Crooked Lady
0/0
An ex army officer is forced to resort to a life of crime.
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The Crooked Lady
1932
Once bitten
0/0
A British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
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Once bitten
1932
A Tight Corner
0/0
A British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
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A Tight Corner
1946
Gaiety George
5.5/2
The life of Irishman George Howard who buys an English theatre and strives to improve the standard of musical entertainment. Set in the late 19th and...
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Gaiety George
1932
In a Monastery Garden
0/0
An Italian musician begins to steal his brother's compositions after he is jailed for shooting a prince.
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In a Monastery Garden
1943
Get Cracking
6.5/4
Get Cracking is a 1943 British comedy war film, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Dinah Sheridan, Ronald Shiner and George Formby. It was produce...
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Get Cracking
1952
Meet Me Tonight
6.7/6
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Meet Me Tonight
1964
Becket
7.2/173
King Henry II of England has trouble with the Church. When the Archbishop of Canterbury dies, he has a brilliant idea. Rather than appoint another pio...
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Becket
1952
The Magic Box
6.3/20
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The Magic Box
1953
The Great Game
6/1
The wealthy chairman of First Division Football Club, Burnville United, makes an unethical approach to a star player of another club, and the ensuing...
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The Great Game
1948
No Room at the Inn
7/1
A group of children are evacuated during world war two into the care of an alcoholic woman.
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No Room at the Inn
1957
The Film That Never Was
0/0
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The Film That Never Was
1937
It's a Grand Old World
0/0
An unemployed man wins the football pools, and decides to buy a country house for his actress girlfriend.
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It's a Grand Old World
1955
Value for Money
6.6/7
A wealthy young man from Yorkshire visits a London nightclub and meets a performer. She decides to take him for every penny he is worth, and he decide...
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Value for Money
1934
Sing As We Go
5.6/8
When the textile mill closes, putting her out of work, Gracie finds herself experiencing all of the amusements of Blackpool.
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Sing As We Go
1951
When We Are Married
0/0
Three married couples discover that, through a legal technicality, they are, in fact, not actually married in the eyes of the law. This was the third...
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When We Are Married
1957
When We Are Married
0/0
Three long-married couples in northern England discover that their marriages are in fact invalid, causing much re-evaluation and chaos. This was the f...
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When We Are Married
1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer
5/14
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
1934
My Old Dutch
0/0
Moving family drama of the life of a working-class Hackney couple over 40 years, inspired by the famous music hall song This moving family drama - wi...
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My Old Dutch
1933
Excess Baggage
0/0
'Colonel thinks he has killed superior while hunting ghost.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Excess Baggage
1938
Queer Cargo
0/0
The Captain of a tramp steamer is forced by his ship's owner to smuggle some priceless pearls, and take them to Singapore.
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Queer Cargo
1958
Up the Creek
5.8/4
Bumbling navy officer Lieutenant Humphrey Fairweather (David Tomlinson) is transferred to HMS Berkeley, an old World War II destroyer, to keep him out...
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Up the Creek
1937
Take My Tip
0/0
Lord and Lady Pilkington get tricked out of their money by a con man. They later run into the swindler in a hotel - which happens to be owned by their...
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Take My Tip
1959
The Thought of Tomorrow
0/0
Geoffrey Hansbury's clothing empire is on the verge of collapse. His health his deteriorating and relies on his secretary Jane Harrison, who is also h...
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