George Holdcroft

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

 

Murder at the Gallop (1963) as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

 

Although James Villiers and Katya Douglas dominate the foreground of this picture, George Holdcroft can be seen on the far left in the background.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bess Rogers

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

 

Murder at the Gallop (1963) as Hotel Guest (uncredited)

 

Bess Rogers claps in between Margaret Rutherford and Robert Morley.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joyce Carpenter

Born: 4 October 1924, Wandsworth, Surrey, England, UK

Died: 21 May 1990, Kensington, London, England, UK

 

Murder at the Gallop (1963) as Shopkeeper (uncredited)

 

With Margaret Rutherford.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

James Villiers

Born: 29 September 1933, London, England, UK

Died: 18 January 1998, Arundel, Sussex, England, UK

 

Murder at the Gallop (1963) as Michael Shane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Katya Douglas

Born: 14 February 1938, Gdynia, Pomorskie, Poland

 

Murder at the Gallop (1963) as Rosamund Shane

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Robert Urquhart

Born: 16 October 1921, Ullapool, Scotland, UK

Died: 21 March 1995, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

 

Murder at the Gallop (1963) as George Crossfield

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John Dunbar

Born: 10 July 1914, Liverpool, England, UK

Died: 24 April 2001, Torquay, Devon, England, UK

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Train Passenger Eating Sandwich (uncredited)

 

Nosey Margaret Rutherford watches John Dunbar attempt to eat his sandwich.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Aileen Lewis

Born: 9 April 1914, Mullingar, County Westmeath, Ireland

Died: 12 February 2014, Felpham, West Sussex, England, UK

The Shakedown (1960) as Lady walking past the tables (uncredited)

Not sure if this is Aileen in the foreground holding the fur coat over her arm, but this is what IMDB are saying at the moment.

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Train Passenger (uncredited)

 

Margaret Rutherford watches passengers in a passing train. Aileen Lewis is on the left, reading the paper.
 

While Nadia Pavlova is being strangled, Aileen Lewis sits in another compartment. This means that Aileen is in two places at once in the same scene to save on paying another extra.

The Beauty Jungle (1964) as Talk of the Town Audience Member (uncredited)

Aileen Lewis is on the left in a black dress. In the foreground is Peter Ashmore.

And here she is in close up.

Ned Lynch

Born: 1909

Died: 16 June 2000

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Detective (uncredited)

 

Ned Lynch is on the far left, with Gordon Harris, Charles 'Bud' Tingwell and Margaret Rutherford.
 

Robert Vossler

Born: 24 April 1918, Bath, Somerset, England, UK

Died: 29 February 2000, Brighton, Sussex, England, UK

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Police Constable (uncredited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Vincent Harding

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Police Constable (uncredited)

 

Vincent Harding is on the far right. Gordon Harris is seated and Charles 'Bud' Tingwell is turning to talk to Vincent.
 

Gordon Harris

Born: 1918

Died: 28 October 1965, London, England, UK

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Sgt. Bacon

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell is on the right.

Murder at the Gallop (1963) as Sergeant Bacon

Gerald Cross

Born: 20 February 1912, Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK

Died: 26 February 1981, Camden, London, England, UK

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Albert

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thorley Walters

Born: 12 May 1913, Teigngrace, Devon, England, UK

Died: 6 July 1991, Hendon, London, England, UK

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Cedric

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charles 'Bud' Tingwell

Born: 3 January 1923, Coogee, New South Wales, Australia

Died: 15 May 2009, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Inspector Craddock (Credited as Charles Tingwell)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Murder at the Gallop (1963) as Inspector Craddock (Credited as Charles Tingwell)

 

With Gordon Harris behind him.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arthur Kennedy

Born: 17 February 1914, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 5 January 1990, Branford, Connecticut, USA

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Dr. Quimper

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Barbara Leake

Born: 14 May 1903, Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, UK

Died: 18 August 1991, Chichester, Sussex, England, UK

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Mrs. Hilda Stainton

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Ronnie Raymond

Born: 20 June 1946

Died: 26 January 2015

 

Ronnie Raymond was a juvenile actor of stage and screen who retired at the age of 16. He later became an undertaker.

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Alexander

 

With Margaret Rutherford. In this film Ronnie was dubbed by another child actor owing to his voice breaking.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Richard Briers

Born: 14 January 1934, Merton, Surrey, England, UK

Died: 17 February 2013, London, England, UK

 

In the 1970s, Richard Briers played probably his most famous role as Tom Good in 'The Good Life (1975)' a British television sit-com.

 

Murder She Said (1961) as 'Mrs. Binster'

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nadia Pavlova

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

 

Don't know anything else about Nadia Pavlova. I'm just adding her because other websites have included her in the cast list.

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Murder Victim (uncredited)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Butterworth

Born: 4 February 1915, Bramhall, Cheshire, England, UK

Died: 16 January 1979, Coventry, Warwickshire, England, UK

 

Peter Butterworth was most famous for his appearances in the 'Carry On' series of films.

 

Murder She Said (1961) as Ticket Collector

 

With Margaret Rutherford.
 

Carry on Cowboy (1965) as Doc

With Kenneth Williams.

Michael J. Pollard

Born: 30 May 1939, Passaic, New Jersey, USA

Died: 20 November 2019, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Michael J. Pollard's on-screen career began in the late 1950s.

 

Melvin and Howard (1980) as Little Red

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlene Holt

Born: 28 April 1928, Snyder, Texas, USA

Died: 5 April 1996, Williamson, Tennessee, USA

 

Charlene Holt was probably most famous for playing the female lead in the John Wayne film 'El Dorado (1966)'.

 

Melvin and Howard (1980) as Mrs. Worth

Charlene asks Paul Le Mat in for coffee.

Jason Robards Jr.

Born: 26 July 1922, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Died: 26 December 2000, Bridgeport, Connecticut, USA

 

Melvin and Howard (1980) as Howard Hughes

 

Quite a dark picture of Jason in this one.
 

Herbie Faye

Born: 2 February 1899, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 28 June 1980, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA

 

Herbie Faye appeared on television for the first time at the age of 51 in 1950. He went on to make more than one hundred film and television appearances.

 

Melvin and Howard (1980) as Man Witness

 

With Naida Reynolds. This was Herbie's last film and apparently Naida's only film.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Joan Benham

Born: 17 May 1918, Fulham, London, England, UK

Died: 13 June 1981, Westminster, London, England, UK

 

Murder Ahoy (1964) as Matron Alice Fanbraid

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Identified by Forgotten Actors Blog

The following is a list of actors and actresses that I have identified in certain films and that were at the time (and to my knowledge) not listed anywhere else on the Internet or any books that I have read. This is to me the most interesting part of doing this blog, finding something new that has not been documented before. Of course this is a difficult thing to prove and is really just something that makes me happy. The most important thing is that more information comes to light about these actors and the films they were in and credit is given to them where it is due. What you will see over time is the bigger websites like IMDB take note and add these finds to their entries for these actors, meaning that my discoveries will then seem like I've just copied someone else. Oh well!

Joy Hallward in Magic Town (1947) (Identified January 2014)

Harley Wood in Knockout Drops (1935) (Identified 24 September 2020)

Lillian Harmer in Hard Guy (1941) (Identified 17 August 2013)

Charles Halton in Midnight (1934) (Identified 14 August 2013)

Lois Moran in Too Many Kisses (1925) (Identified on 30 May 2022)

Marion Gray in The Apartment (1960) (Identified 28 May 2024)

Clara Guiol in 45 Minutes from Hollywood (1926) (Identified in 2019/2020)

Danny Jackson in Mutiny in the County (1940) (Identified 14 June 2020)

Mary Halsey in Bombardier (1943) (Identified in May 2014)

Hazel Boyne in Magic Town (1947) (Identified in May 2022)

Lester Dorr in Everything's on Ice (1939) (Identified 6 December 2022)

Lester Dorr in Harvest Melody (1943) (Identified 3 May 2017)

Dorothy Vernon in Magic Town (1947) (Identified in May 2022)

Charles McAvoy in The Big Street (1942) (Identified in May 2022)

Edmund Mortimer in Honeymoon Deferred (1940)

Jill Curzon in Danger by My Side (1962) (Identified on 19 May 2020)

Chester Clute in Invisible Stripes (1939) (Identified in September 2016)

Lyle Tayo in Number, Please? (1920) (Identified on 3 December 2022)

Libby Taylor in The Cole Case (1932) (Identified on 26 April 2023)

Sally Yarnell in The Big Noise (1944) (Identified in 2022)

Harry Cording in The Night of the Hunter (1955) (Possible identification 2 Sep 2024)

 

 

 

 

 

 

Billy Quirk

Born: 27 March 1873, Jersey City, New Jersey, USA

Died: 20 April 1926, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Gibson Goddess (1909) as An Admirer/Masher

 

George Nichols watches Billy Quirk, in the hat, walk away.
 

Jeanie Macpherson

Born: 18 May 1886, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Died: 26 August 1946, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

Her First Biscuits (1909) as Secretary

 

Jeanie Macpherson is seated on the left.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Gertrude Robinson

Born: 7 October 1890, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 19 March 1962, Hollywood, California, USA

 

The Gibson Goddess (1909) as Lady on Sidewalk

 

The ladies in the background from left to right are: Kate Bruce, Gertrude Robinson and Mary Pickford.

 

 

Adele DeGarde

Born: 3 May 1899, Brooklyn, New York, USA

Died: 7 January 1966, Valley Stream, New York, USA

 

The Country Doctor (1909) as The Poor Mother's Sick Daughter

Adele DeGarde lies in bed, attended to by Frank Powell. Mary Pickford and Kate Bruce look on.

Kate Bruce

Born: 17 February 1860, Columbus, Indiana, USA

Died: 2 April 1946, New York City, New York, USA

 

The Country Doctor (1909) as The Poor Mother

 

Kate Bruce is in between Frank Powell and Mary Pickford. Adele DeGarde lies in bed.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Gibson Goddess (1909) as Lady on Sidewalk

The ladies in the background from left to right are: Kate Bruce, Gertrude Robinson and Mary Pickford.

Rose King

Born: 22 February 1884, Eau Claire, Wisconsin, USA

Died: July, 1967, USA

 

The Country Doctor (1909) as The Maid

 

Rose King on the left reaches out to the doctor, Frank Powell. On the right is Mary Pickford and Kate Bruce. Adele DeGarde lies in bed.
 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

John R. Cumpson

Born: 30 August 1866, Buffalo, New York, USA

Died: 15 March 1913, New York City, New York, USA

 

Her First Biscuits (1909) as Mr. Jones

Anthony O'Sullivan

Born: 1855, Ireland

Died: 5 July 1920, The Bronx, New York, USA

 

Her Fist Biscuits (1909) as Workman

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

The Gibson Goddess (1909) as Commodore FItzmaurice

 

With Marion Leonard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Dorothy West

Born: 29 August 1891, Griffin, Georgia, USA

Died: 11 December 1980, Davenport, Florida, USA

 

The Gibson Goddess (1909) as A Maid

 

Dorothy West is on the left, with Marion Leonard.
 

Marion Leonard

Born: 9 June 1881, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA

Died: 9 January 1956, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA

 

The Gibson Goddess (1909) as Nanette Ranfrea

 

Marion Leonard is on the right, with Dorothy West.
 

Bob Minford

Born: 27 March 1895, Lincoln, Nebraska, USA

Died: 21 September 1959, Sacramento County, California, USA

 

Another Fine Mess (1930) as Policeman (uncredited)

Bob Minford is on the left. The other actors are James Finlayson, Harry Bernard and Bill Knight.

Here he is close up.