Harry Towb
Know for: Acting
Born: 1925-07-27
Place of birth: Larne, County Antrim, Northern Ireland
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Patton (1970)
"Patton" tells the tale of General George S. Patton, famous tank commander of World War II. The film begins with Patton's career in North Africa and...
The Scarlet Blade (1963)
A cruel Roundhead Colonel is on the trail of royalist sympathizers, but unaware of his daughters royalist sympathies. When she falls into a love...
Prudence and the Pill (1968)
Prudence Hardcastle is on the pill. So is her sister-in-law, but someone has been swapping aspirin for their pills. Is it the teenage niece, the...
All Night Long (1962)
Over the course of one eventful evening, the anniversary celebration of the musical and romantic partners Aurelius Rex and Delia Lane, a jealous,...
Lassiter (1984)
A handsome jewel thief is arrested and in order to avoid prison, must break into the heavily guarded German Embassy to steal millions in gems.
Trust Me (1992)
Harry plays hoaxes on gullible tabloid journalists. But when he gets ambitious and tries to sell the faked memoirs of a contract killer to a...
The Big Man Coughed and Died (1966)
Louie, a married factory worker, has just been made redundant when he meets a girl in a park and decides to change his life.
All Neat in Black Stockings (1969)
A small comedy drama about the life and sex adventures of an amorous window cleaner, in the hip and swingin' London of the '60s.
Conspiracy of Silence (2003)
When a priest commits suicide and two trainees are expelled from a seminary, a journalist starts to investigate the Vatican’s silence on broken...
The Sleeping Tiger (1954)
A petty thief breaks into the home of a psychiatrist and gets caught in a web of a doctor who wishes to experiment on him and a doctor's wife who...
Sex Play (1974)
Young daughter of High ranking political figure gets into trouble when she and her friends compete at bedding the foreign diplomats.
A Prize of Gold (1955)
A U.S. sergeant, a British sergeant and a British pilot hijack gold for a German refugee's war orphans.
Circus Friends (1956)
A group of circus children and their friends band together to save the show from financial disaster.
Five Go Mad on Mescalin (1983)
On their way to stay with Mrs French at Hot Turkey Farm, the Famous Five hear on the radio their Uncle Quentin's escaped prison. Arriving at the farm...
Moll Flanders (1996)
The daughter of a thief, young Moll is placed in the care of a nunnery after the execution of her mother. However, the actions of an abusive priest...
30 Is a Dangerous Age, Cynthia! (1968)
A 29-year old aspiring composer—still single and without any romantic prospects—vows to both marry and write a hit musical before he...
The Time of His Life (1955)
Mr Pastry's social climbing daughter, president of a society for the rehabilitation for ex-convicts, hides the fact that her father is himself a...
Lamb (1986)
Michael Lamb is a Father questioning his calling, in a Reform School in Ireland. When young epileptic runaway Eoin is sent to the school, the two...
Monsieur Ripois (1954)
While his wife, Catherine, is finalizing their divorce, serial philanderer Andre invites his latest conquest, Catherine’s best friend,...
John Wesley (1954)
Rescued from a burning house as a child, John Wesley believes the experience marked him for a higher purpose, a 'brand from the burning'. The film...
Carson Country (1972)
Play set in Northern Ireland about Carson and the setting up of the Stormont Government of 1918-1920, after strong protests by the Northern Irish...
Clinton: His Struggle with Dirt (1998)
A mockumentary taking a comic-look at how the Lewinsky scandal is perceived in the year 2028.
The Stumbling Block (1972)
Alfred decides to move with the times and improve his family business. However, he finds that it's bad enough to be up against strong-minded...
Who Pays the Piper? (1960)
A dramatised documentary about the lives and work of the performers and administrators of a local orchestra. With the BBC Northern Symphony Orchestra.
Escape Route (1952)
When nuclear scientists are kidnapped and smuggled behind the Iron Curtain, an FBI man and a British agent are assigned to catch the kidnappers.
Rosie Dixon - Night Nurse (1978)
Young Rosie Dixon starts her nurse training at St Adelaide's Hospital, but the student doctors and randy male patients just can't keep their hands...
The Quiet Woman (1951)
The former wife of a criminal moves to a coastal town and takes over the running of a bar known as The Quiet Woman. She becomes outraged when she...
Doctor Who: Terror of the Autons (1971)
The Master, an old adversary of the Doctor, has arrived on Earth to destroy humanity with the aid of the Nestene Consciousness and their army of...
Digby, the Biggest Dog in the World (1973)
Digby consumes a bowl of Project X, a liquid growth formula. Soon, he becomes a sheepdog of gigantic size!
Barry Lyndon (1975)
An Irish rogue uses his cunning and wit to work his way up the social classes of 18th century England, transforming himself from the humble Redmond...
Eyewitness (1956)
After a fight with her husband, Lucy runs out of the house, and into a night of terror. She heads for the local cinema, and in doing so, becomes the...
James Ellis: An Actor's Life (2007)
Documentary tracing the life of James Ellis, one of Northern Ireland’s best loved actors.
Above Us the Waves (1955)
In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to...
Crossroads to Crime (1960)
Crossroads to Crime is about the investigations of a police constable (Anthony Oliver) who, working undercover without support from his colleagues,...
The Girl from Petrovka (1974)
A beautiful Russian ballerina falls in love with an American news correspondent. The KGB is most displeased and does everything it can to break them...
The End of the Line (1957)
The wife of a night club owner frames an American writer for his murder.
Doctor Who: The Seeds of Death (1969)
The TARDIS lands in a space museum on Earth in the late 21st century, where the Second Doctor, Jamie and Zoe learn that contact has been lost between...
The Bliss of Mrs. Blossom (1968)
Harriet Blossom is married to Robert Blossom, a businessman who'd rather spend the night at his bra factory than at home with her. One day, Harriet's...
Carry On at Your Convenience (1971)
At WC Boggs' Lavatory factory, Vic Spanner is the union representative who calls a strike at the drop of a hat. However, eventually everyone gets fed...
The Most Fertile Man in Ireland (2000)
Unimpressive, 24-year-old virgin, Eamonn (Kris Marshall) lives in Belfast with his mother, during the Troubles. Local girl, Mary Malloy (Tara O'Neil)...
The Folk Singer (1972)
A successful folk singer and his entourage are locked down in a Belfast hotel during the Troubles, as the authorities demand he identifies himself as...
Stranger in Town (1957)
A vacationing journalist investigates the mysterious death of a composer and debunks the theory that it was suicide.
Elizabeth Alone (1981)
"Guilty," pleads Elizabeth, "in marriage, in parenthood, in every close relationship. I have failed!" But should we condemn her as she condemns...