List of the best Donald Wolfit movies: Blood of the Vampire(1958), Guilty(1956), Svengali(1955), The Silent Passenger(1935), Satellite in the Sky(1956), Ninety Degrees in the Shade(1966), The Rough and the Smooth(1959), Room at the Top(1959), Life at the Top(1965), A Prize of Gold(1955), Becket(1964), The Hands of Orlac(1960) ... ...
Horror
1958
87 Minutes
Dr. Callistratus
Donald Wolfit Barbara Shelley Vincent Ball Victor Maddern William Devlin Andrew Faulds
mad scientist hunchback patient wife judge guard eerie offbeat outlandish disturbing transylvania asylum cell village medical experiments serial murders vampires superstition blood transfusion reviving the dead
A couple (Barbara Shelley, Vincent Ball) enter the asylum of a mad vampire doctor (Donald Wolfit) and his one-eyed assistant with bangs, Carl.
Mystery & Thriller
1956
93 Minutes
frenchwoman murder suspect solicitor lawyer journalist war hero tense suspenseful intense engaging gripping brooding england guilt murder case court decision murder accusation innocence crimes of passion fall
When a young French girl is accused of murdering her lover, a man steps forward to vouch for her innocence.
Drama
UK
1955
82 Minutes
Hildegarde Neff Donald Wolfit Terence Morgan Derek Bond Paul Rogers David Kossoff Hubert Gregg Noel Purcell Alfie Bass Harry Secombe Peter Illing
hypnotist opera singer creepy campy frightful striking opera house hypnosis opera mind control escape transformation 1950s
The story of a genius who hypnotizes an artist's model into becoming a great concert singer, and how she escapes from his influence only by his death.
Mystery & Thriller
UK
1935
75 Minutes
Henry Camberley
lord peter wimsey killer detective husband murder suspect blackmailer engaging tense intricate train crime scene great britain english channel seaside murder investigation blackmail crime false accusations frame-up
A really well made British murder mystery. Story opens with a dead body found in a trunk. Who's the cold-blooded killer?
Sci-Fi
UK
1956
84 Minutes
Prof. Merrity
Kieron Moore Lois Maxwell Donald Wolfit Bryan Forbes Jimmy Hanley Thea Gregory Barry Keegan Alan Gifford Shirley Lawrence Walter Hudd Donald Gray
The British launch the world's first orbital vehicle. Their military sends a super-bomb along, which goes wrong and threatens the crew and a stowaway.
Romance
1959
96 Minutes
Lord Drewell
Nadja Tiller Tony Britton William Bendix Donald Wolfit Adrienne Corri Joyce Carey Natasha Parry Norman Wooland John Welsh
archaeologist german woman fiancé fiancée emotional melodramatic gutsy tense london pub england united kingdom love love triangle affair scandal love forbidden love growing up
A London archaeologist (Tony Britton) drops his fiancee for a foreign temptress (Nadja Tiller) who has a strange hold over her boss (William Bendix).
Drama
UK
1959
118 Minutes
Mr. Brown
Laurence Harvey Simone Signoret Heather Sears Hermione Baddeley Donald Wolfit Ambrosine Philpotts Donald Houston Wendy Craig Mary Peach
factory worker heiress wife gritty brooding england small town class distinctions suicide forbidden love deception love sacrifice temptation 1940s
An ambitious young accountant plots to wed a wealthy factory owner's daughter, despite falling in love with a married older woman.
Drama
UK
1965
117 Minutes
Abe Brown
Laurence Harvey Jean Simmons Honor Blackman Michael Craig Donald Wolfit Robert Morley Margaret Johnston Nigel Davenport
businessman wife mogul lover tv personality child emotional solemn brooding mill town tv station london family home office england infidelity starting over family marrying for money disillusionment
In this sequel to Room at the Top (1959), Joe Lampton (Laurence Harvey) thinks he has really made it by marrying the boss's daughter in his northern mill town. But he finds he is being sidelined at work and his private life manipulated by his father-in-law.
Action
USA
1955
98 Minutes
Stratton
Richard Widmark Mai Zetterling Nigel Patrick George Cole Donald Wolfit Joseph Tomelty
soldier refugee sergeant pilot orphan thief brooding crafty germany berlin war vulnerability heist gold salvation love sacrifice adventure temptation 1940s
Sgt. Joe Lawrence is an American Army officer who falls in love with a refugee trying to raise enough money to move a group of German orphans to South America, where they can start life ... See full summary »
Drama, History
UK|USA
1964
148 Minutes
Bishop Folliot
Richard Burton Peter O'Toole John Gielgud Gino Cervi Paolo Stoppa Donald Wolfit David Weston Martita Hunt Pamela Brown Sian Phillips
king henry ii archbishop priest courtier brooding dark palace england royal court rome corruption alcoholism royalty salvation religion rivalry revenge 12th century
King Henry II of England comes to terms with his affection for his close friend and confidant Thomas Becket, who finds his true honor by observing God's divine will rather than the King's.
Horror
1960
95 Minutes
Professor Volchett
Mel Ferrer Lucile Saint-Simon Christopher Lee Dany Carrel Felix Aylmer Basil Sydney Donald Wolfit Donald Pleasence
A pianist (Mel Ferrer) thinks surgery his fiancee (Lucile Saint-Simon) arranged has left him with the hands of an executed strangler.
Crime, Drama
UK
1935
69 Minutes
Inspector Greville
James Mason Virginia Cherrill Alastair Sim Ian Colin Clifford McLaglen Cyril Cusack David Horne Antoinette Cellier Donald Wolfit
A newspaper reporter sets out to track down a cop killer.
War
UK|USA
1959
105 Minutes
Dr. Stergion
Robert Mitchum Elisabeth Mueller Stanley Baker Gia Scala Theodore Bikel Sebastian Cabot Peter Illing Leslie Phillips Donald Wolfit Marius Goring Jackie Lane
In 1941, Greek resistance entrusts an American journalist with a Greek double-agent secret list that must reach London and must not fall into Nazi hands.
Adventure, Biography, Drama, History
UK
1962
216 Minutes
Gen. Sir Archibald Murray
Peter O'Toole Alec Guinness Anthony Quinn Omar Sharif Jack Hawkins Jose Ferrer Claude Rains Anthony Quayle Arthur Kennedy Donald Wolfit I.S. Johar
journalist prince soldier military officer spectacular profound army base desert arabia world war i armed conflict culture clash redemption man vs. nature t.e. lawrence quest rise 1910s
The story of T.E. Lawrence, the English officer who successfully united and led the diverse, often warring, Arab tribes during World War I in order to fight the Turks.
Drama, History
UK
1968
128 Minutes
Trevor Howard Vanessa Redgrave John Gielgud Harry Andrews Jill Bennett David Hemmings Peter Bowles Mark Burns Howard Marion-Crawford Mark Dignam Alan Dobie
lord captain british soldier wife spirited brutal gutsy turkey valley crimean war infidelity bravery arrogance military engagement fall forbidden love rivalry 1850s
In 1854, during the Crimean War, poor planning leads to the British Light Brigade openly charging a Russian artillery position with tragic consequences.