Ronald Frankau
Know for: Acting
Born: 1894-02-22
Place of birth: London, England, UK
Also know as:
The Skin Game (1931)
An old traditional family and a modern family battle over land in a small English village.
Dual Alibi (1947)
A French PR man and his girlfriend steal a lottery ticket from twin trapeze artists, prompting murder.
What Do We Do Now? (1946)
Lesley and Wesley, comedians awaiting their turn at the Skewball Hippodrome, appoint themselves amateur detectives to find a stolen diamond brooch.
The Other Mrs. Phipps (1931)
'Broke lord poses as widow's lady companion and saves girl from kidnap.' (British Film Catalogue)
His Brother’s Keeper (1940)
“A successful human target act of two brothers is sorely tried by the efforts of a gold digging blues singer to split them up.” - BFI.
Potiphar's Wife (1931)
'A good-looking chauffeur, employed by an aristocratic married lady is tempted to misconduct. His indifference arouses her wrath and he is charged...
Let's Love and Laugh (1931)
A young bachelor gets drunk on the eve of his wedding - and marries a dancer.
Movie Mixture (1945)
An inventor shows off his new machine which can relay any event or portray any person at the touch of a button.
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)
The ghosts of two stupid 18th-century officers are doomed to haunt a Berkeley Square mansion until the unlikely event of a reigning monarch paying...
The Pictorial Revue (1936)
'Compilation of turns from Pathetones and Pictorials, compered by comedian Ronald Frankau.' (British Pathé)
Much Too Shy (1942)
A simple handyman, who also is an amateur artist, gets into trouble when the head and shoulders portraits of some prominent local females are sold...