Will Hay
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William Thomson "Will" Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian, actor, film director and amateur astronomer.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.2177 |
| Birthday | 1888-12-05 |
| Place of Birth | Stockton-on-Tees, County Durham, England, UK |
| Also Known As | William Thomson Hay, |
1939
Ask a Policeman
7.409/21
The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wa...
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Ask a Policeman
1937
Oh, Mr. Porter!
7.047/32
Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless...
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Oh, Mr. Porter!
2007
Hitler: The Comedy Years
5/1
A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.
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Hitler: The Comedy Years
1938
Convict 99
7/12
A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened crimi...
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Convict 99
1937
Good Morning, Boys!
7.182/11
Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris. Hay’s seamy schoolmaster act is supported by a fine cast...
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Good Morning, Boys!
1936
Where There's a Will
7.125/8
Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with hi...
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Where There's a Will
1943
My Learned Friend
6.156/16
An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him...
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My Learned Friend
1935
Boys Will Be Boys
6.412/17
Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who ha...
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Boys Will Be Boys
1938
Old Bones of the River
6.071/7
Hay plays Professor Benjamin Tibbetts, representative of the Teaching & Welfare Institution for the Reformation of Pagans (otherwise known as T.W.I.R....
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Old Bones of the River
1936
Windbag the Sailor
7.458/12
Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catc...
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Windbag the Sailor
1941
The Ghost of St. Michael's
6.75/12
Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary g...
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The Ghost of St. Michael's
1939
Where's That Fire
7.292/12
Capt Viking and his incompetent fire crew accidentally foil a plot to steal the crown jewels.
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Where's That Fire
1942
The Black Sheep of Whitehall
8.167/6
A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and Sout...
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The Black Sheep of Whitehall
1935
Dandy Dick
6.875/4
The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, will cost nearly £1,000 to fix. When various money-r...
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Dandy Dick
1942
The Goose Steps Out
6.714/14
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
1934
Those Were the Days
8.333/3
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall against...
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Those Were the Days
1938
Hey! Hey! USA
7.231/13
While working as a porter Benjamin Twist mistakenly ends up on a cruise ship heading for the USA. Upon landing on the American coast Twist takes up wo...
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Hey! Hey! USA
1934
Radio Parade of 1935
6.25/4
One of the first screen outings for Will Hay. Hay plays the Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (NBG) who hides away in his office una...
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Radio Parade of 1935
1942
The Big Blockade
6.667/6
Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
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The Big Blockade
1942
Go to Blazes
9/2
Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.
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Go to Blazes
1928
Camera Interviews: Will Hay
0/0
Will Hay – the schoolmaster laughter-maker at the recent Command Performance. When the cat's away the mice will play.
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Camera Interviews: Will Hay
1977
To See Such Fun
10/1
Compilation of classic British comedy moments
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To See Such Fun
2016
Will Hay and the Stars
0/0
As well as being one of Britain's most popular stage and screen comedians, Will Hay was an avid astronomer who made history in 1933 when he discovered...
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Will Hay and the Stars
2003
Thora Hird Tribute
0/0
Friends, colleagues and fans, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Ross, Norman Wisdom, Keith Barron and Victoria Wood, pay tribute to Dame Thora Hird, w...
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