John Singer
John Harold Singer was an English actor. He began as a child actor, popular in the 1930s, and known for Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street. In later years he continued to act in numerous films, including In Which We Serve and The Cruel Sea. He died on 7 July 1987 in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. His son, Steven Singer, became a TV scriptwriter.
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| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.3937 |
| Birthday | 1923-12-04 |
| Place of Birth | Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Johnny Singer, |
1935
Emil and the Detectives
5.5/4
Erich Kästner’s beloved novel has been adapted for film or television six times since its publication in 1929; this 1935 British version was the first...
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Emil and the Detectives
1934
My Old Dutch
4/2
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
1938
Darts Are Trumps
8/1
Steven Sims is a diamond merchant who bullies his kindly hard-working clerk and disappoints his expectations when he takes into partnership an aristoc...
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Darts Are Trumps
1936
Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
5.66/50
It is England in the 1830s. London's dockside is teeming with ships and sailors who have made their fortune in foreign lands. Sweeney Todd, a Fleet St...
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Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street
1937
It's Never Too Late to Mend
6.167/6
An evil prison administrator cruelly abuses the inmates at his prison, until one day the tables are turned.
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It's Never Too Late to Mend
1937
Against the Tide
0/0
A Cornish fishing village is struck by tragedy.
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Against the Tide
1934
Something Always Happens
6.5/6
Unemployed car salesman Peter is encouraged by his girlfriend Cynthia to approach the head of a petrol company with his plan for making petrol station...
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Something Always Happens
1935
Royal Cavalcade
8/1
Made in commemoration and celebration of the Jubilee of King George V, this is the story of the first twenty-five years of his reign, told through the...
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Royal Cavalcade
1936
The Amateur Gentleman
6/2
A former boxing champion, now an innkeeper, is accused of stealing a watch from a party of guests at his inn, who happen to be members of English roya...
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The Amateur Gentleman
1932
Jack's the Boy
5.667/3
With a title like Jack's the Boy, is it any surprise that the star of this breezy quota quickie is British music-hall favorite Jack Hulbert? The star...
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Jack's the Boy
1936
Tudor Rose
8.125/8
The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.
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Tudor Rose
1933
Facing the Music
10/1
A joyful medley of farce, romance, song and slapstick starring Stanley Lupino as an impressionable youth whose pursuit of an opera singer’s niece land...
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Facing the Music
1939
Q Planes
6.038/40
In England, an eccentric police inspector, an earnest test pilot and a spunky female reporter team up to solve the mystery of a series of test aircraf...
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Q Planes
1929
High Treason
6/9
The year is 1940 and tension is growing between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States. A bloody border incident puts both sides on high...
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High Treason
1933
The Pride of the Force
9/1
This lively comedy of 1933 provided an early film role for Leslie Fuller, and sees the wildly popular, rubber-faced actor and entertainer – once toute...
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The Pride of the Force
1934
Love at Second Sight
7/1
It is love at first sight between Juliet and Allan as they catch sight of each other on passing trains. Allan has his song-writing friend Bill to writ...
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Love at Second Sight
1942
Front Line Kids
7/2
Two teenage gang members are forced to be page boys at a hotel where a criminal gang are operating.
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Front Line Kids
1939
What a Man!
10/1
Comedy of an incompetent photographer and scoutmaster who achieves his wife's ambition for him of office with the local council more by luck than judg...
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What a Man!
1953
The Cruel Sea
6.951/81
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. Th...
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The Cruel Sea
1942
In Which We Serve
6.784/102
The story of the HMS Torrin, from its construction to its sinking in the Mediterranean during action in World War II. The ship’s first and only comman...
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In Which We Serve
1942
Somewhere in Camp
7.333/3
Army buddies help Private Trevor court the daughter of their commanding officer. All efforts fail - until a hero is revealed and the sergeant masquera...
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Somewhere in Camp
1930
The Black Hand Gang
7.5/2
Wee Georgie Wood and his gang have their sights set on a notorious villain.
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The Black Hand Gang
1948
Fly Away Peter
9/1
Director Charles Saunders' low-key domestic comedy, adapted from A.P. Dearsley's play, centers on a middle-aged London couple who react in different w...
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Fly Away Peter
1932
Love on the Spot
10/1
Two criminals are reformed when they meet and fall in love.
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Love on the Spot
1935
Street Song
6.667/3
Lucy and her brother are struggling to make a go of their Soho pet shop, until Lucy meets Tom, a street singer.
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Street Song
1937
Don't Get Me Wrong
10/1
Don't Get Me Wrong is a 1937 British comedy film co-directed by Arthur B. Woods and Reginald Purdell and starring Max Miller and George E. Stone. It w...
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Don't Get Me Wrong
1932
Looking on the Bright Side
7/3
Gracie Fields' second film Looking on the Bright Side was a smash hit film of 1932. It contains a lot of her biggest hit songs of the period.
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Looking on the Bright Side
1933
Sleeping Car
6.5/2
A French sleeping-car attending with an eye for the ladies hooks up with a wealthy widow and they get married. What he doesn't know is that she marrie...
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Sleeping Car
1934
Waltzes from Vienna
5.44/50
In Vienna, aspiring composer Johann Strauss Jr. clashes with his domineering father, who wants him to abandon music for a steady job in a bakery. Torn...
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Waltzes from Vienna
1954
Forbidden Cargo
6.875/8
Kenyon is a narcotics agent who, with the aid of a titled bird-watcher attempts to trap a brother and sister drug smuggling team.
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Forbidden Cargo
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
1952
Come Back Peter
8/2
There's pandemonium in a country house when various relatives come to stay.
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Come Back Peter
1950
Four Men in Prison
0/0
Part of BFI collection "Police and Thieves."
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Four Men in Prison
1935
My Heart Is Calling
10/1
Musical comedy. An opera singer falls for a stowaway on the way to Monte Carlo
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My Heart Is Calling
1933
King of the Ritz
9/1
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
1938
The Live Wire
8/1
Two professors who hire a sailor to lead them on a treasure hunt, and they soon find themselves in a dangerous situation involving pirates. The sailor...
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The Live Wire
1952
The Brave Don't Cry
6.05/10
At Balloch Moss mine in Scotland, water comes through a seam bringing a torrent of mud into the mine and flooding the pit shaft, resulting in 118 men...
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The Brave Don't Cry
1935
Marry the Girl
10/1
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Marry the Girl
1955
Doctor at Sea
5.813/24
The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape t...
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Doctor at Sea
1952
Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
6.5/4
In this contemporary update of Frank H. Spearman's Western hero, Whispering Smith is now a sleuth who arrives in London on holiday, but is soon called...
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Whispering Smith vs. Scotland Yard
1934
Open All Night
6.25/4
Anton is an exiled Russian Grand-duke but works in a hotel as a night manager with tragic consequences.
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