31-01-1898
Birthday
Aquarius
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
25
Total Films
Also known as (male)
St George's Hanover Square, London, England, UK
Place of Birth
31-01-1898
Birthday
Aquarius
Zodiac Sign
-
Genres
25
Total Films
-
Also Known As (male)
St George's Hanover Square, London, England, UK
Place of Birth
actor
25 Works
producer
15 Works
director
47 Works
writer
6 Works
other
2 Works
Will Any Gentleman...?
A trip to the theatre changes a meek bank clerk's life, as he undergoes hypnosis and leaves without being woken up. Suddenly, he believes he is the world's greatest lover and becomes a terrorizing Casanova.Year:
1953
Turn the Key Softly
A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.Year:
1953
Introducing the New Worker
Showing the importance of a thorough induction.Year:
1952
To the Rescue
Comedy of the theft of a poodle by a villain and the chase after him.Year:
1952
Facts and Fancies
Describes the many by-products resulting from the carbonisation of coal.Year:
1951
The Silent Order
Filmed shortly after World War II," The Silent Order" records the lives of Trappist monks living inside the 12th-century Monastery of the Holy Cross, Roscrea, County Tipperary, as they quietly go about their business as farmers, scholars, artists, and writers—evoking 10 centuries of a shifting social, political, and religious landscape in the heart of Ireland.Year:
1951
The Cure
Richard Massingham directs and stars in this medical short about a man going to any lengths to cure his lumbago.Year:
1950
Moving House
Richard Massingham's 'Uncle Bob' character helps his family move house.Year:
1950
Handkerchief Drill
A husband sneezes inconsiderately all over the place, until his wife has had enough and leaves him.Year:
1949
Warning to Travellers
Advice for post-war British holidaymakers on how to comply with new Treasury legislation on taking money abroad, presented in comic style by Richard Massingham.Year:
1949
Thirty Miles an Hour
Short road safety film.Year:
1949
Jet-Propelled Germs
Another of Richard Massingham's films about the dangers of sneezing and germ transmission, and what to do with used handkerchiefsYear:
1948
What a Life!
Two men, worn down by their dismal daily existence, decide to take action.Year:
1948
What's In a Number
National insurance made amusing by the eccentric Richard Massingham.Year:
1948
Pedestrian Crossing
Richard Massingham gives a comic demonstration of how to cross the road.Year:
1948
Health in Our Time
Shows how hygiene can change the course of history and how it was a decisive factor in Britain's World War II victory. Commentary by Dr. Charles Hill.Year:
1948
Watch Your Meters
Richard Massingham stars in an educational short about ways of conserving household energy.Year:
1947
Agricultural Holiday Camps
The effortlessly comic abandons the stress of his city job to work on a farm.Year:
1947
Pool of Contentment
A secretarial pool dream of the ideal civil servant to be their boss.Year:
1946
Influenza
Public health film, warning of the dangers of this airborne disease through sneezing.Year:
1946
Coughs and Sneezes
This film explains how sneezing in public can spread disease, and shows how using a handkerchief can stop it.Year:
1945
In Which We Live: Being the Story of a Suit Told by Itself
Government information film on how to get maximum wear from a man's suit, narrated by one such suit in the form of an autobiography.Year:
1943
Post Haste
A brief documentary about the history of the Royal Mail.Year:
1943
The Five-Inch Bather
A man extols the enjoyment that can still be had in a bath restricted to the wartime allowance of five inches of hot water.Year:
1942
Tell Me If It Hurts
A short comedy about dentistry by the doctor and (at this point) amateur film-maker Richard Massingham.Year:
1934
