Tom Walls

Biography

From Wikipedia Tom Kirby Walls (18 February 1883 – 27 November 1949) was an English stage and film actor, producer and director, best known for presenting and co-starring in the Aldwych farces in the 1920s and for starring in and directing the film adaptations of those plays in the 1930s. Walls spent his early years as an actor, from 1905, mostly in musical comedy, touring the British provinces, North America and Australia and in the West End. He specialised in comic character roles, typically flirtatious middle aged men. In 1922 he went into management in partnership with the comic actor Leslie Henson. They had an early success in the West End with a long-running farce, Tons of Money, after which Walls commissioned and staged a series of farces at the Aldwych Theatre that ran almost continuously over the next decade. He and his co-star Ralph Lynn were among the most popular British actors of their time. In addition to his work in the theatre, Walls directed and acted in more than forty films between 1930 and 1949. Some of these were screen versions of the successful stage plays, others were specially-written comedies on similar lines, and there were also serious films, particul…

Movies & TV Shows

1. The Halfway House (1944) — Capt. Meadows
2. The Interrupted Journey (1949) — Mr. Clayton
3. They Met in the Dark (1943) — Christopher Child
4. Undercover (1943) — Kossan Petrovitch
5. Spring in Park Lane (1948) — Uncle Joshua Howard
6. Love Story (1944) — Tom Tanner
7. While I Live (1947) — Nehemiah
8. Crackerjack (1938) — Jack Drake
9. Lady in Danger (1934) — Richard Dexter
10. Johnny Frenchman (1945) — Net Pomeroy
11. Me and Marlborough (1935) — John Churchill - Duke of Marlborough
12. A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933) — Maj. George Bone
13. Maytime in Mayfair (1949) — Inspector
14. Second Best Bed (1938) — Victor Garnett
15. Dishonour Bright (1936) — Stephen Champion
16. For Valour (1937) — Doubleday
17. Fighting Stock (1935) — Brig. Gen. Sir Donald Rowley
18. The Master of Bankdam (1947) — Simeon Crowther Sr.
19. Stormy Weather (1935) — Sir Duncan Craggs
20. Leap Year (1932) — Sir Peter Trallion
21. On Approval (1930) — Duke of Bristol
22. Turkey Time (1933) — Max Wheeler
23. This Man Is Mine (1946) — Philip Ferguson
24. Leave It to Smith (1933) — Smith
25. Strange Boarders (1938) — Tommy Blythe
26. Pot Luck (1936)
27. A Cup of Kindness (1934) — Fred Tutt
28. Foreign Affaires (1935) — Capt. the Hon. Archibald Gore
29. The Blarney Stone (1933) — Tim Fitzgerald
30. Canaries Sometimes Sing (1930) — Geoffrey Lymes
31. Rookery Nook (1930) — Clive Popkiss
32. A Night Like This (1932) — Michael Mahoney
33. Plunder (1930) — Freddie Malone
34. Thark (1932) — Sir Hector Benbow
35. Old Iron (1938) — Sir Henry Woodstock

Directed

1. Lady in Danger (1934) — Director
2. A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933) — Director
3. Second Best Bed (1938) — Director
4. For Valour (1937) — Director
5. Dishonour Bright (1936) — Director
6. Fighting Stock (1935) — Director
7. Stormy Weather (1935) — Director
8. Dirty Work (1934) — Director
9. Turkey Time (1933) — Director
10. Leap Year (1932) — Director
11. Leave It to Smith (1933) — Director
12. Pot Luck (1936) — Director
13. A Cup of Kindness (1934) — Director
14. Foreign Affaires (1935) — Director
15. The Blarney Stone (1933) — Director
16. Rookery Nook (1930) — Director
17. Canaries Sometimes Sing (1930) — Director
18. Tons of Money (1930) — Director
19. Plunder (1930) — Director
20. A Night Like This (1932) — Director
21. Thark (1932) — Director
22. On Approval (1930) — Director
23. Old Iron (1938) — Director