List of the best Terry-Thomas movies: Too Many Crooks(1959), Make Mine Mink(1960), Blue Murder at St. Trinian's(1957), His and Hers(1961), Man in a Cocked Hat(1959), The Naked Truth(1957), Kill or Cure(1963), School for Scoundrels(1960), Lucky Jim(1957), Vault of Horror(1973), Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River(1968), Don't Look Now: We're Being Shot At(1966) ... ...
Comedy
UK
1959
85 Minutes
Billy Gordon
Terry-Thomas Brenda De Banzie George Cole Bernard Bresslaw Sidney James Joe Melia Vera Day Nicholas Parsons Rosalie Ashley
millionaire kidnapper criminal wife husband amusing madcap london mansion kidnapping theft family dysfunction incompetency mistaken identity ransom revenge pursuit 1950s
Accident-prone Fingers runs a pretty unsuccessful gang. They try and rob wealthy but tricky Billy Gordon - who distrusts banks and fears the Inland Revenue - but he sees Fingers and the ... See full summary »
Comedy
UK
1960
101 Minutes
Major Albert Rayne
Terry-Thomas Athene Seyler Hattie Jacques Billie Whitelaw Elspeth Duxbury Irene Handl Jack Hedley Kenneth Williams Caroline Leigh Denis Shaw Michael Peake
landlady major maid boarder police officer witty quirky winsome cheeky boarding house england theft unlikely criminal friendship moral dilemma thrill seeking adventure underdog 1960s
A weird mix of social misfits and neighbors becomes a gang of thieves stealing mink coats in order to fund local charities.
Comedy
UK
1957
86 Minutes
Captain Romney Carlton-Ricketts
headmaster driver schemer thief schoolgirl wild hilarious cheery england school france italy pool school trip jewelry theft arranged marriage bad behavior europe growing up adventure
The girls of St. Trinian's School go on a bus tour of Italy chaperoned by a diamond-thief disguised as a woman to elude the police.
Comedy
1961
90 Minutes
Reggie Blake
Terry-Thomas Janette Scott Wilfrid Hyde-White Nicole Maurey Billy Lambert Joan Sims Kenneth Connor Meier Tzelniker
Reggie finds inspiration in the adventures of Charles Lunton, even though most of them are embellished or entirely fictitious.
Comedy
1959
88 Minutes
Cadogan de Vere Carlton-Browne
Terry-Thomas Jeffrey Dell Peter Sellers Luciana Paluzzi Ian Bannen Thorley Walters Raymond Huntley
diplomat prime minister consul soldier princess government official spirited hilarious witty island palace international conflict foreign relations invasion romance death ineptitude forbidden love rivalry adventure
A nitwit British diplomat (Terry-Thomas) oversees a tiny island's prime minister (Peter Sellers), princess (Luciana Paoluzzi) and rich mineral deposits.
Comedy
1957
92 Minutes
Lord Henry Mayley
Terry-Thomas Peter Sellers Peggy Mount Dennis Price Shirley Eaton Joan Sims Miles Malleson Moultrie Kelsall John Stuart
journalist lord model scientist tv personality writer hilarious madcap wild blimp london prison journalism blackmail greed murder plot revenge adventure 1950s
A British lord (Terry-Thomas), a TV star (Peter Sellers) and a novelist (Peggy Mount) want to kill the publisher of a tabloid called The Naked Truth.
Mystery & Thriller, Comedy
1963
88 Minutes
Captain J. (Jeroboam) Barker-Rynde PI
Comedy
UK
1960
94 Minutes
Ian Carmichael Terry-Thomas Alastair Sim Janette Scott Dennis Price Peter Jones Edward Chapman John Le Mesurier Irene Handl Kynaston Reeves Hattie Jacques
A young man finds a very special school. It teaches him how to take advantage of people. He begins to put the lessons into operation.
Comedy
UK
1957
91 Minutes
Bertrand Welch
Ian Carmichael Terry-Thomas Hugh Griffith Sharon Acker Jean Anderson Maureen Connell Clive Morton Reginald Beckwith Kenneth Griffith Jeremy Hawk John Welch
Jim Dixon feels anything but lucky. At the university he has to do the bidding of absent-minded and boring Professor Welch to have any hope of keeping his job. Worse, he has managed to get ... See full summary »
Horror
1973
87 Minutes
Anna Massey Terry-Thomas Curt Jurgens Daniel Massey Erik Chitty Michael Craig Edward Judd Robin Nedwell Dawn Addams Ishaq Bux Glynis Johns
vampire magician wife englishman painter priest chilling campy frightening basement vault london india nightmares evil unhappy marriage murder double-cross storytelling revenge
Five tales: "Midnight Mess," "The Neat Job," "This Trick'll Kill You," "Bargain in Death," "Drawn and Quartered."
Comedy
1968
99 Minutes
Jerry Lewis Terry-Thomas Jacqueline Pearce Bernard Cribbins Patricia Routledge Nicholas Parsons Michael Bates Colin Gordon John Bluthal Sandra Caron
entrepreneur wife con artist dentist suitor steward playful madcap london lisbon, portugal country house get rich quick scam marital problems espionage theft quest pursuit discovery 1960s
A dreamer (Jerry Lewis) and a British con man (Terry-Thomas) plot to steal an oil-drill invention and sell it to the Arabs.
War, Comedy
France|UK
1966
130 Minutes
Sir Reginald
Bourvil Louis De Funès Terry-Thomas Marie Dubois Claudio Brook Benno Sterzenbach Colette Brosset Andréa Parisy Pierre Bertin Henri Genes Gabriel Gobin
conductor house painter german soldier amusing france paris escape french resistance world war ii escape 1940s
Several ordinary Frenchmen, helping British pilots avoid Nazi captivity, go on an epic voyage through the occupied country to the free zone.
Comedy
USA
1957
94 Minutes
Alfred Green
Richard Attenborough Ian Carmichael Terry-Thomas Eric Barker
A housewife suspects that her seemingly perfect eight-year-old daughter is a heartless killer.
Comedy
UK
1957
80 Minutes
Charles Boughtflower
Alastair Sim George Cole Terry-Thomas Jill Adams Avril Angers John Chandos Dora Bryan Colin Gordon Eileen Moore Raymond Huntley Cyril Chamberlain
assassin dictator millionaire politician salesman love interest cheeky dark playful england house restaurant political rally soccer field hotel hired killers suspicion bomb plot mistaken identity
An assassin is annoyed by a vacuum cleaner salesman determined to stop him.
Comedy
UK
1960
104 Minutes
Major Hitchcock
Ian Carmichael Peter Sellers Terry-Thomas Richard Attenborough Margaret Rutherford Dennis Price Irene Handl Miles Malleson Liz Fraser
assembly line worker communist industrialist businessperson cheeky lighthearted witty factory england family home wealth labor strike deception quest 1960s
A naive aristocrat in search of a career becomes caught up in the struggles between his profit-minded uncle and an aggressive labor union.
Horror
UK
1971
93 Minutes
Dr. Longstreet
Vincent Price Joseph Cotten Terry-Thomas Hugh Griffith Virginia North Aubrey Woods Susan Travers Alex Scott Peter Gilmore Edward Burnham Peter Jeffrey
organist assistant surgeon nurse creepy shocking england mansion scotland yard hospital murder disfigurement plagues incompetency torture vengeance revenge wretched excess 1920s
A doctor, scientist, organist, and biblical scholar, Anton Phibes, seeks revenge on the nine doctors he considers responsible for his wife's death.
Comedy
USA
1965
118 Minutes
Charles
Jack Lemmon Virna Lisi Terry-Thomas Eddie Mayehoff Claire Trevor Sidney Blackmer
cartoonist bombshell lawyer judge dark amusing witty new york city courtroom party missing persons marriage murder false accusations love transformation 1960s
A dedicated bachelor drunkenly marries a young woman and immediately lives to regret it.
Kids & Family, Fantasy
UK|USA
1958
92 Minutes
Ivan
Russ Tamblyn Alan Young Terry-Thomas Peter Sellers Jessie Matthews June Thorburn Bernard Miles Ian Wallace Peter Butterworth Peter Bull
tiny person adoptive mother fairy shoemaker thief playful lighthearted village fair forest swamp adoption magic theft underdog adventure unknown era
A boy, no bigger than a thumb, manages to outwit two thieves determined to make a fortune from him.
Comedy
UK|France|Italy
1969
125 Minutes
Sir Cuthbert Ware-Armitage
Sam Itzkovitch Tony Curtis Susan Hampshire Terry-Thomas Eric Sykes Gert Froebe Peer Schmidt Peter Cook Dudley Moore Walter Chiari Lando Buzzanca
industrialist race car driver gambler army officer escaped convict lord charming playful rousing monte carlo, monaco country road countryside house europe car racing gambling treasure love interest deception chase
An international car rally across Europe is complicated by smuggling, cheating, love at first sight, etc. etc.
Comedy
USA
1968
94 Minutes
Ladislaus Walichek
During a blackout, a New York executive crosses paths with a Broadway actress and her husband.
Comedy
USA
1961
91 Minutes
Professor Bruce Patterson
Tuesday Weld Richard Beymer Terry-Thomas Celeste Holm Francesca Bellini Howard McNear Ann Del Guercio Roxanne Arlen Alice Reinheart Stephen Bekassy Margo Moore
professor fiancée daughter neighbor student airy playful madcap cool malibu, calif. apartment beach surprise visit vacation secret marriage college life young love discovery transformation 1960s
British college professor seeks peace in a California beach house but has nothing but trouble from an uninvited female 'juvenile delinquent', a neighbor with a mischievous dog, and a bevy of amorous American woman.
Musical, Comedy
UK
1975
94 Minutes
Mr. Square
Tom Jones, a maid's son adopted by the nobleman she worked for, now all grown up must run away from home when he is set up by his jealous cousin. He has several adventures and women on his way to town where his possible salvation awaits.
Comedy
1967
98 Minutes
Sten Martin
Pat Boone Pamela Austin Terry-Thomas Edward Everett Horton Hamilton Camp Doris Packer Kurt Kaszner Vito Scotti Leon Askin Aram Katcher
orphan adventurer traveler lover young woman young man amusing airy cheeky uplifting wild playful united states arabia europe asia world travel kidnapping lovers adventure
The world's richest man (Pat Boone) follows his childhood sweetheart (Pamela Austin) around the world and into the future.
Comedy
1965
99 Minutes
Maj. Foskett
Michael Callan Lionel Jeffries Terry-Thomas Denholm Elliott Wilfrid Hyde-White Bernard Cribbins James Robertson Justice Leslie Phillips Gabriella Licudi Patricia Viterbo
scientist military officer american aristocrat wife singer frenetic hilarious endearing emotional england air force base maze racetrack apartment military service experiments scavenger hunt new love leadership
A psychiatrist (Terry-Thomas) sends five soldiers on a London scavenger hunt for such things as a Rolls-Royce hood ornament.
Comedy
USA
1968
99 Minutes
Gilbert Tilly
James Garner Debbie Reynolds Maurice Ronet Terry-Thomas Paul Lynde Marcel Dalio Gino Conforti
Photographer Grif Henderson is assigned a photo shoot in Paris. He decides to take his wife Jenny and his hippie son Davey with him on the shoot. Jenny unknowingly rents a house that ... See full summary »
Sci-Fi
Italy|France
1968
98 Minutes
Minister of Finance
John Phillip Law Marisa Mell Michel Piccoli Adolfo Celi Terry-Thomas Mario Donen Annie Gorassini Caterina Boratto
International man of mystery Diabolik and his sensual lover Eva Kant pull off heist after heist, all while European cops led by Inspector Ginko and envious mobsters led by Ralph Valmont are closing in on them.
Fantasy
UK
1963
85 Minutes
Maurice Spender
Margaret Rutherford Bernard Cribbins Ron Moody David Kossoff Terry-Thomas June Ritchie John Le Mesurier John Phillips Eric Barker Roddy McMillan Tom Aldredge
prime minister scientist russian american duchess astronaut playful amusing grand fenwick castle laboratory bathroom moon space race scam cold war national security wine underdog rivalry
A tiny country persuades the Americans and Soviets that they're starting a space program, when they really just want some money for new plumbing.
Comedy, Mystery & Thriller
UK
1978
78 Minutes
Dr. Mortimer
Peter Cook Dudley Moore Denholm Elliott Joan Greenwood Terry-Thomas Max Wall Irene Handl Kenneth Williams Hugh Griffith Roy Kinnear Prunella Scales
A Sherlock Holmes spoof about a family that has been haunted for years by the curse of a horrible hound.
Romance
1970
95 Minutes
Albert
Sharon Tate Orson Welles Vittorio Gassman Vittorio De Sica Terry-Thomas Gregoire Aslan Mylène Demongeot John Steiner
young man beautiful woman stranger heir love interest amusing madcap london antique shop new york city rome paris search inheritance road trip romance money adventure quest love
Interested parties search London, Paris and Rome for an antique chair, one of a set, stuffed with a family fortune.
Comedy
USA
1966
96 Minutes
Freddie Munster
Fred Gwynne Yvonne De Carlo Al Lewis Butch Patrick Debbie Watson Terry-Thomas Hermione Gingold
The Munsters travel to England after Herman discovers he's the new Lord of the Munster Hall.
Comedy
UK
1959
84 Minutes
Policeman
Ian Carmichael Janette Scott Cecil Parker Nicholas Parsons Elvi Hale Athene Seyler Thorley Walters Terry-Thomas
englishwoman young man brother sister father aunt cheeky lighthearted unrestrained england small town household road church marriage family mistaken identity interrogation elopement love
In a quiet summer corner of Wiltshire that is forever England, David and Janet decide to tie the knot. Unfortunately this is the cue for everyone else to take over proceedings, to the ... See full summary »
Comedy
USA
1977
84 Minutes
Governor
Ann-Margret Marty Feldman Michael York Peter Ustinov James Earl Jones Trevor Howard Henry Gibson Terry-Thomas Roy Kinnear Spike Milligan Avery Schreiber
An aging Sir Hector Geste (Trevor Howard) takes a young greedy wife who's after his famed Blue Water sapphire, but his sons hide the gem and join the French Foreign Legion in North Africa.
Comedy
UK
1965
132 Minutes
Sir Percy Ware-Armitage
Stuart Whitman Sarah Miles James Fox Alberto Sordi Robert Morley Gert Froebe Jean-Pierre Cassel Eric Sykes Terry-Thomas Tony Hancock Benny Hill
pilot newspaper owner beautiful woman american englishman villain madcap lighthearted airplane england aviation racing love triangle sportsmanship competition money quest rivalry love sacrifice
Hoping to push Britain to the forefront of aviation, a London publisher organizes an international air race across the English Channel, but must contend with two entrants vying for his daughter, as well as national rivalries and cheating.
Comedy
UK
1967
95 Minutes
Capt. Sir Harry Washington Smythe
Burl Ives Troy Donahue Gert Froebe Hermione Gingold Lionel Jeffries Daliah Lavi Dennis Price Stratford Johns Graham Stark Terry-Thomas Jimmy Clitheroe
circus manager young man spy fiancée inventor airy amusing charming hilarious heartwarming inspiring england circus hot air balloon moon inventions moon debt kidnapping friendship
In Victorian England, an American showman uses a wealthy Frenchman's finances to build a German explosives expert's giant cannon designed to fire a people-filled projectile to the Moon but spies and saboteurs endanger the project.
Horror
UK|USA
1972
89 Minutes
Vincent Price Robert Quarry Valli Kemp Hugh Griffith John Thaw Keith Buckley Lewis Fiander Gerald Sim Milton Reid Peter Jeffrey John Cater
mad scientist assistant explorer lover inspector campy gory amusing egypt desert schemes murder resurrection exploration investigation science revenge rivalry quest 1920s
The vengeful doctor rises again, seeking the Scrolls of Life in an attempt to resurrect his deceased wife.
Fantasy
1962
129 Minutes
Laurence Harvey Karl Boehm Claire Bloom Walter Slezak Barbara Eden Oscar Homolka Arnold Stang Martita Hunt Betty Garde Bryan Russell
writer brother duke child old woman cobbler creative winsome intricate positive germany small town the brothers grimm fairy tales writing imagination dreams determination discovery quest
The German brothers' (Laurence Harvey, Karl Boehm) story bridges fairy tales: "The Dancing Princess," "The Cobbler and the Elves," "The Singing Bone."