Ralph Lynn
Also Known As: Ralph Clifford Lynn
Biography: Ralph Clifford Lynn (8 March 1882 – 8 August 1962) was an English actor who had a 60-year career, and is best remembered for playing comedy parts in the Aldwych farces first on stage and then in film.
Department: Acting
Place of Birth: Salford, Lancashire, England, UK
Adult: No
Birthday: March 17, 1882
Age: 143 years old
Gender: Male
Deathday: August 08, 1962
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Up to the Neck
Overview: 'Comedy concerning a bank clerk who uses his inheritance to fund a serious drams which, ironically, succeeds as a burlesque.' (BFI)
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-08-18
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Summer Lightning
Overview: Hugo Carmody, the impoverished secretary to Lord Emsworth falls for Millicent the boss's niece, and steals his Lordship's prize pig in a scheme to raise funds to marry her.
Genres: Comedy Romance
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-07-10
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A Cuckoo in the Nest
Overview: 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 other problem is that they used to be engaged to each other.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-11-11
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Dirty Work
Overview: Staff in a jewellery store hatch a plan to catch a thief.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-12-07
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In the Soup
Overview: A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-01
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Turkey Time
Overview: A group of guests come to stay with the Stoatt family in the seaside town of Eden Bay for Christmas. They soon become involved with an impoverished concert performer whose innocent presence in the house leads to a series of misunderstandings.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1933-12-01
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For Valour
Overview: In this British comedy, set during the Boer War, a foot soldier saves his major's life. The officer is most grateful and puts the soldier in line for a Victoria Cross (a medal for valor). Unfortunately the well-meaning major's actions cause the soldier to be extradited back to England where he must stand trial for a series of crimes he committed before he joined the military. Later the major scours the British jails in search of the heroic lad. He finally finds him recruiting soldiers for WW I.
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Original Language: en
Release Date: 1937-03-16
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Fighting Stock
Overview: The Aldwych Theater farceurs are at it again in Fighting Stock. The punning title refers to a well-stocked rural fishing stream, which sparks a battle royale between two rival groups of fishermen. Brigadier-General Sir Donald Rowley (Tom Walls) gets involved in the fray when he rents a country cottage with his nephew Sydney (Ralph Lynn). While the nephew pitches woo at the local maidens, General Rowley adopts military tactics to reclaim the stream from village squire Duck (J. Robertson Hare).
Genres: No genres available
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-04-09
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Pot Luck
Overview: A retired Scotland Yard detective, Patrick Fitzpatrick (Tom Walls) comes back to take one final case, tracking down a missing vase which has been stolen by a gang of thieves specialising in taking art treasures. His investigation takes him to the home of the innocent Mr Pye (Robertson Hare), whose house has been used by the crooks to hide their proceeds.
Genres: Comedy Crime
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-04-01
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A Cup of Kindness
Overview: A tale of two feuding families whose offspring cause uproar when they announce their marital plans.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1934-05-07
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Foreign Affaires
Overview: An ageing aristocrat schemes to secure his dwindling finances by any means – fair or foul!
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-11-21
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Rookery Nook
Overview: A husband tries to hide a runaway girl from his wife and mother-on-law.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-02-11
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Tons of Money
Overview: A debt-ridden inventor has to pretend to be his cousin to avoid his creditors.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-12-31
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The Chance of a Night Time
Overview: Bashful lawyer Henry cannot attend his fiancée's birthday party because of a business engagement. However, farcical circumstances find him mistaken for the dance partner of a professional lady hired to entertain a country house party at which his fiancée is a guest.
Genres: Comedy Drama
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-05-15
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Mischief
Overview: When financier Reginald Bingham leaves on a business trip to Paris, normally devoted wife Eleanor leaves for a cottage with a secret boy friend. The couple are followed by friends of her husband, who attempt to hinder the affair. However, Reginald is also tempted by a fling with an old friend in Paris.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1931-12-15
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A Night Like This
Overview: Going under cover, P.C. Mahoney passes for a gentleman to get into the notorious Moonstone Club. There he meets Clifford Tope, a ne'er do well who is love with cabaret star Cora Mellish. She in turn has run up steep gambling debts and has paid off the Club's blackmailing owner with a stolen necklace. As things heat up Cora seeks help from the easy-going Tope.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-03-16
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Plunder
Overview: A comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1930-11-05
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Thark
Overview: Mrs Todd is aggrieved at finding that the country house she has bought is evidently haunted. Sir Hector Benbow and his nephew, on behalf of the previous owner, set out to demonstrate that there is no ghost.
Genres: Comedy Horror
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1932-10-31
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All In!
Overview: Archie Slott inherits a successful racing stable from his dissolute uncle, but his sanctimonious aunt tries to convince him to sell it off. In an attempt to avoid doing so, he accidentally buys a failing all-in wrestling stadium as well. Now Archie is faced with the tasks of ensuring success for his stable's Derby entry, paying the salaries of his newly-acquired wrestlers, and avoiding a plot to convert the stables into a holiday home.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1936-10-29
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Stormy Weather
Overview: Sir Duncan Craggs retires from the Colonial Service and returns to London with his new French wife. The couple are devoted to each other, but continually flirt with other people. Sir Duncan is appointed to the board of clothing retail chain. On his tour of inspection, he encounters a successful store run by the efficient Mr. Bullock. By contrast, a neighbouring shop is filled with unhelpful staff overseen by an incompetent and lazy manager, Raymond Penny, who is more interested in horseracing than running his shop. Craggs is unimpressed by Penny and summons him to a meeting in London. Both Bullock and his domineering wife travel up to London as well, fearing that Penny will tell Craggs malicious stories about them.
Genres: Comedy
Original Language: en
Release Date: 1935-08-01
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