Henry Kendall
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Henry Kendall, (28 May 1897 – 9 June 1962) was an English stage and film actor, theatre director and an immaculately stylish revue artiste.
Kendall was born in London in 1897 and educated at the City of London School. He made his first appearance on the stage in September 1914 at the Lyceum Theatre, playing a 'super' in Tommy Atkins. He had a distinguished war career, serving as a Captain in the Royal Air Force from 1916 to 1919, and on demobilisation was awarded the Royal Air Force Cross.
He played the leading role of Reggie Ogden in the film The Shadow in 1933, and also starred in Alfred Hitchcock's 'bravest failure', Rich and Strange, US title East of Shanghai (1931).
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 10.752 |
| Birthday | 1897-05-27 |
| Place of Birth | Streatham Hill, London, England, UK |
| Also Known As |
1936
The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
6.8/25
A bored millionaire wagers his doctor that he can support himself at a working class job for a year without touching his inheritance.
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The Amazing Quest of Ernest Bliss
1931
Rich and Strange
5.523/87
Believing that an unexpected inheritance will bring them happiness, a married couple instead finds their relationship strained to the breaking point.
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Rich and Strange
1933
The Shadow
5.333/3
A group of people in an old dark house are terrorized by a mysterious hooded figure dressed in black who proceeds to kill them off one by one.
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The Shadow
1952
The Voice of Merrill
5.9/8
A convicted female blackmailer is found murdered in her flat and suspicion falls on three men, all of whom the police believe may have had reason to w...
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The Voice of Merrill
1933
The Ghost Camera
6.091/11
When a photograph is taken at the scene of a murder, the camera is tossed out of a castle window to destroy the evidence and lands in the back of a pa...
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The Ghost Camera
1937
Take a Chance
5.2/2
Comedy about Bookmakers and punters and their interest in the horse Take A Chance
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Take a Chance
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
1939
The Mysterious Mr. Davis
5/3
A man beset by creditors invents a fictitious partner
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The Mysterious Mr. Davis
1961
Nothing Barred
6.5/2
Penniless Lord Whitebait's plan to save his sinking fortunes is to open stately Whitebait Manor to the public. But the public ignores his gesture, and...
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Nothing Barred
1945
29 Acacia Avenue
5.7/3
The Robinsons are two respectable middle class parents living with their children in a suburban house in Acacia Avenue. Preferring to holiday every ye...
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29 Acacia Avenue
1933
Counsel's Opinion
0/0
Divorce barrister Logan arrives back in London from a trip overseas to find the whole city fogbound. Unable to reach his flat, he books into the exclu...
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Counsel's Opinion
1933
Great Stuff
0/0
A woman's parents became robbers in a desperate effort to prevent her marrying an unsuitable man.
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Great Stuff
1935
Death on the Set
0/0
A well-known film director has a gangster double, whom he ends up killing. Taking the gangsters place, he then causes an actress to be framed.
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Death on the Set
1934
Death at Broadcasting House
5.6/10
An actor is murdered live on air whilst a play is being broadcast. Everyone in the play and broadcasting house fall under suspicion.
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Death at Broadcasting House
1943
The Butler's Dilemma
4.5/2
Rodney Playfair is persuaded, by a promise to meet his gambling debts, to impersonate a manservant named Chapman at his fiancée's house...
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The Butler's Dilemma
1932
Mr. Bill the Conqueror
0/0
A British comedy film directed by Norman Walker
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Mr. Bill the Conqueror
1930
French Leave
0/0
During World War I, Captain's wife Dorothy Glenister finds it hard being separated from her husband, so she travels to France to the village where he'...
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French Leave
1931
The Flying Fool
0/0
Vincent Floyd, a seeming lazy figure lounging around London Gentleman's Clubs is in fact a secret agent hot on the trail of Michael Marlowe whom he su...
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The Flying Fool
1932
The House Opposite
0/0
A Police Officer pursues a gang of blackmailers.
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The House Opposite
1932
The Innocents of Chicago
0/0
A British comedy film directed by Lupino Lane
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The Innocents of Chicago
1932
Watch Beverly
0/0
A British diplomat becomes entangled with a ring of international criminals.
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Watch Beverly
1937
School for Husbands
5.5/2
A couple of lonesome wives, Marion Carter and Diana Cheswick fall for philanderer Leonard Drummon, and arrange to get their husbands, Geoffrey Carter...
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School for Husbands
1935
Three Witnesses
0/0
At a firm of contractors, a partner is accused of murdering his brother following a takeover bid.
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Three Witnesses
1933
The Man Outside
5/4
A murder at a country house centres around the whereabouts of a horde of stolen diamonds and the unmasking of people who are not as they at first seem...
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The Man Outside
1949
Helter Skelter
6.2/3
A detective gets involved with a wealthy socialite who can't seem to stop hiccuping.
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Helter Skelter
1955
An Alligator Named Daisy
6.2/6
Returning from a cricket match in Ireland, Peter Weston gains a pet alligator from another passenger who abandons it with him. He is horrified and wh...
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An Alligator Named Daisy
1933
King of the Ritz
0/0
While working at a top hotel, the head porter falls in love with a wealthy female guest.
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King of the Ritz
1933
Timbuctoo
0/0
'Girl's wastrel cousin and his valet go to Timbuctoo.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Timbuctoo
1935
Lend Me Your Wife
0/0
'Bachelor has his friend's wife pose as his own to fool rich uncle.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Lend Me Your Wife
1936
Twelve Good Men
0/0
A convicted killer escapes and seeks revenge on the jurors who put him in prison. He kills two of them and the rest end up hiding in the large home of...
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Twelve Good Men
1961
The Shadow of the Cat
6.625/28
Tabitha, once the placid, gentle and devoted pet, adopts all the characteristics of a ferocious, wild animal following the murder of her mistress. The...
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The Shadow of the Cat
1933
The Flaw
0/0
'Poisoner's victim turns tables.' (British Film Catalogue)
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