Fred Griffiths
Fred Griffiths was born on March 8, 1912 in Ludlow, Shropshire, England as Frederick David Griffiths. He was an actor, known for To Sir, with Love (1967), Steptoe and Son(1972) and The Cruel Sea (1953). He was married to Emily Sadler. He died on August 27, 1994 in London, England.
He was a fireman based in Chelsea during the war and broke into acting by accident. He played a taxi driver in no less than 20 films and appeared in over 100 in total. He died a widower and left one son. Often played taxi drivers and was indeed a qualified London Taxi Driver, who kept his badge and worked as a taxi driver between filming jobs. He appeared in a wartime documentary film, and someone saw his character appeal and started a new career. Appeared in a television commercial on top of Saint Paul's Cathederal in 1973 with Chris Sullivan.
| Known For | Acting |
|---|---|
| Most Rating | 0.6973 |
| Birthday | 1912-03-08 |
| Place of Birth | Ludlow, Shropshire, England, UK |
| Also Known As | Frederick David Griffiths, |
1972
Along the Way
0/0
A young singer from Wales becomes a pop star but soon tires of his success and returns home.
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Along the Way
1959
I'm All Right Jack
6.595/83
Naive Stanley Windrush looks for a career in a family business. Much to his dismay, he finds work at a munitions factory where he has to start from th...
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I'm All Right Jack
1960
Jungle Street
7/1
In this crime drama, a mugger accidently kills a man during a robbery and finds himself blackmailed into cracking a nightclub safe. The mugger escapes...
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Jungle Street
1954
The Sleeping Tiger
5.576/33
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 wish...
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The Sleeping Tiger
1960
There Was a Crooked Man
6.6/8
When a law-abiding demolition expert is duped by a gang of criminals into helping them he is caught and jailed. When he is released he goes straight a...
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There Was a Crooked Man
2025
Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
10/1
Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.
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Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain
1955
Secret Venture
6.5/2
An American is visiting Britain and finds himself in possession of a briefcase full of secret documents that the spies of many different countries see...
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Secret Venture
1955
Doctor at Sea
5.8/25
A youthful doctor tires of general practice and signs up to be a ship's doctor in an effort to bring some excitement into his life. Unfortunately, the...
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Doctor at Sea
1956
The Long Arm
6.9/24
Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The fi...
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The Long Arm
1964
Ring of Spies
7/15
The film is based on the actual events of the Portland Spy Ring trial in the U.K. A disgruntled Navy Clerk is transferred to a secret research establi...
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Ring of Spies
1957
You Pay Your Money
5.3/5
Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.
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You Pay Your Money
1959
Left Right and Centre
6.071/14
At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl Stel...
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Left Right and Centre
1957
Barnacle Bill
6.563/24
A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'
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Barnacle Bill
1951
Pool of London
6.568/37
Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.
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Pool of London
1958
A Cry from the Streets
7.1/8
Bittersweet story about London's unwanted children and the good people trying to help them. Ann is a social worker, while Bill is an electrician whose...
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A Cry from the Streets
1958
Next to No Time
7.667/3
Unassuming planning engineer David Webb finds himself on the Queen Elizabeth to New York with instructions to negotiate a high-powered loan. His lack...
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Next to No Time
1961
Carry On Regardless
6.228/57
After a bunch of no-hopers approaches an employment agency, the anarchy mounts as they do a series of odd jobs, including a chimp's tea party, trying...
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Carry On Regardless
1973
Achilles Heel
4/2
A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career.
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Achilles Heel
1959
Carry On Nurse
6.394/66
In Haven Hospital, a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital altogether. The formidable Matron's debut gives everyone a chill...
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Carry On Nurse
1968
The Window Cleaner
0/0
A window cleaner suffers from a fear of heights, until he is seduced by one of his customers.
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The Window Cleaner
1955
The Ladykillers
7.281/572
Five oddball criminals planning a bank robbery rent rooms on a cul-de-sac from an octogenarian widow under the pretext that they are classical musicia...
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The Ladykillers
1978
Slimderella
0/0
Putting on a pantomime, the kids find they must share the Church hall with a rock group. They decide to present a rock panto.
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Slimderella
1970
Perfect Friday
6.242/31
The deputy manager of a London bank has worked out a way to rob the branch of £200,000. When he becomes involved with the attractive Lady Dorset he de...
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Perfect Friday
2013
A Box for Rob
4.7/3
Rob Spencer's world begins to unravel when a murder takes place in his town, bringing back a flood of disturbing childhood memories. But things only g...
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A Box for Rob
1943
Fires Were Started
6.1/51
British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War I...
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Fires Were Started
1960
Light Up the Sky!
6/8
Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.
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Light Up the Sky!
1963
Murder at the Gallop
7.103/189
Miss Marple and Mr. Stringer are witnesses to the death by heart attack of elderly, rich Mr. Enderby. Yet they have their doubts about what happened....
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Murder at the Gallop
1959
No Trees in the Street
5.8/11
Based on the play by Ted Willis, the film is set in the years just before World War II, when England hadn't completely dug itself out of the worldwide...
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No Trees in the Street
1949
Passport to Pimlico
6.9/102
When an unexploded WWII bomb is accidentally detonated in Pimlico, it reveals a treasure trove and documents proving that the region is in fact part o...
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Passport to Pimlico
1953
Street of Shadows
5.636/11
A saloon owner falls in love with the abused wife of a heavy gambler. He is snared into a web of intrigue when an ex-girlfriend is found murdered in...
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Street of Shadows
1971
Dad's Army
5.005/92
Dad's Army was a 1971 feature film based on the BBC television sitcom Dad's Army. Directed by Norman Cohen, it was filmed between series three and fou...
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Dad's Army
1956
Lost
6.833/6
U.S. Embassy employee Lee Cochrane and his wife, Sue, receive a shock when they discover that their 18-month-old son, Simon, has disappeared in London...
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Lost
1950
Double Confession
6.233/15
The hero discovers his estranged wife dead and tries to frame her lover for the murder. He becomes involved with the criminals who make various unsucc...
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Double Confession
1949
The Huggetts Abroad
6.833/6
Life is not going well for the Huggetts. Father has lost his job. Jimmy and his wife cannot get to South Africa where he has a new job. So the family...
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The Huggetts Abroad
1943
Nine Men
6.4/12
The Nine men of the title are a British WWII Army patrol stuck in a desert fort during the African campaign. The Men must defend the fort against the...
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Nine Men
1953
The Cruel Sea
6.94/84
At the start of World War II, Cmdr. Ericson is assigned to convoy escort HMS Compass Rose with inexperienced officers and men just out of training. Th...
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The Cruel Sea
1953
The Final Test
6.667/7
Legendary England cricketer Sam Palmer (Jack Warner) is due to bat in his final test match against Australia. He is desperate for his son Reggie (Ray...
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The Final Test
1965
The Big Job
6.741/27
A gang of hapless crooks, led by Sidney James, successfully perpetrate a robbery only to be caught after the fact. Fifteen years later they emerge fro...
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The Big Job
1953
A Day to Remember
7.4/6
A group of men from a London pub are going on a darts team outing to Boulogne. Various members of the party have different reasons for going and get i...
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A Day to Remember
1974
The Over-Amorous Artist
4.143/7
Sexploitation comedy about an aspiring artist. Alan and Sue switch roles: she goes out to work while he looks after the home and concentrates on his p...
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The Over-Amorous Artist
1972
Steptoe & Son
6.303/38
Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live together at the junk ya...
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Steptoe & Son
1956
Sailor Beware
7.5/6
Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor Albert,rai...
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Sailor Beware
1954
Bang! You're Dead
7.25/4
Two small boys are playing in a wood. The younger boy has a revolver and, not understanding that the gun differs from his toy pistol, plays 'highwayma...
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Bang! You're Dead
1953
Genevieve
6.663/52
Two friends driving in the London to Brighton vintage car rally bet on which of them will be the first to arrive back home.
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Genevieve
1973
No Sex Please - We're British
5.238/21
A porn-store owner orders some new stuff from his supplier, but the delivery address gets mixed with the address of the local Barclays Bank. Here, Dav...
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No Sex Please - We're British
1967
Billion Dollar Brain
5.65/127
A former British spy stumbles into in a plot to overthrow Communism with the help of a supercomputer. But who is working for whom?
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Billion Dollar Brain
1953
Turn the Key Softly
6.267/15
A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.
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Turn the Key Softly
1958
Dunkirk
6.849/76
A British Corporal in France finds himself responsible for the lives of his men when their officer is killed. He has to get them back to Britain someh...
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Dunkirk
1949
Golden Arrow
7/1
On a journey from Paris to London, a Briton, a Frenchman and an American bond with each other and indulge in a romantic fantasy about a girl they see.
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Golden Arrow
1960
Doctor in Love
5.472/18
Doctors Burke and Hare leave the confines of St Swithins for the world of general practice, stopping off on the way as patients at the Foulness Anti-c...
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Doctor in Love
1949
Stop Press Girl
5.875/8
A young woman leaves her backwards hometown to go to London to find a runaway suitor. What she doesn't know is that she has inherited a strange abili...
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Stop Press Girl
1947
It Always Rains on Sunday
6.615/74
During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.
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It Always Rains on Sunday
1960
The Battle of the Sexes
6.591/33
Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she meets...
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The Battle of the Sexes
1953
Meet Mr. Lucifer
5.206/17
A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.
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Meet Mr. Lucifer
1952
I Believe in You
6.8/10
A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers an...
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I Believe in You
1970
Carry On Loving
5.7/50
The Wedded Bliss computer dating agency aims to bring together the lonely hearts of Much-Snoggin-in-the-Green. Its owner, Sidney Bliss, has enough com...
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Carry On Loving
1953
Wheel of Fate
5.5/2
Two brothers work in their invalid father's repair garage. Johnny is the quiet, reliable one while Ted is younger and wilder. The brothers feud over L...
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Wheel of Fate
1958
The Horse's Mouth
6.77/50
Gulley Jimson is a boorish aging artist recently released from prison. A swindler in search of his next art project, he hunkers down in the penthouse...
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The Horse's Mouth
1961
Over the Odds
10/1
A bookmaker struggles to cope with his two mothers-in-law.
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Over the Odds
1956
23 Paces to Baker Street
6.73/87
Philip Hannon, a blind playwright living in London, overhears part of a conversation , that leads him into a desperate race, to find a kidnapped child...
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23 Paces to Baker Street
1954
Carrington V.C.
6.217/23
Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distingui...
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Carrington V.C.
1955
John and Julie
4.938/8
The adventures of two children who runaway to London to see the coronation of Queen Elizabeth.
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John and Julie
1956
Up in the World
6.4/16
Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go i...
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Up in the World
1957
Just My Luck
6.1/12
Norman works in a jewellers workshop and fantasises (in the nicest way) about meeting the window dresser across the road from his workshop. He wants t...
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Just My Luck
1955
One Good Turn
6.2/12
Norman is the oldest orphan at Greenwood Children's Home and now acts as their caretaker. All the orphans are very happy and well cared for. The adven...
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One Good Turn
1958
The Square Peg
6.5/33
Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly after...
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The Square Peg
1962
On the Beat
7.7/33
Norman Pitkin wants to be a policeman like his father was, but he fails the height test (amongst others). One day he gets out his father's old uniform...
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On the Beat
1963
A Stitch in Time
7.4/36
An accident in the butchers shop leads Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale to the hospital where, after causing the normal amount of chaos, Pitkin finds Li...
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A Stitch in Time
1965
The Early Bird
7.6/36
Norman Pitkin is the assistant helping to run a small, old fashioned dairy which is threatened by a larger, modern organisation. Pitkin does his best...
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The Early Bird
1972
Up the Chastity Belt
4.1/22
A funny thing happened to Lurkalot, serf to Sir Coward de Custard, on the way to Custard Castle. Lurkalot sells lusty love potions and rusty chastity...
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Up the Chastity Belt
1959
The Captain's Table
6/6
A captain is promoted by his company from tramp steamers to their flagship passenger liner. Although he is a thoroughly competent sailor ready to take...
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The Captain's Table
1977
That's Carry On!
5.8/25
Celebrating twenty years of classic Carry On films, two of the films’ best-loved stars, Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor return to Pinewood film s...
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That's Carry On!
1954
Doctor in the House
6.516/31
The first of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. Simon Sparrow is a newly arrived medical...
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Doctor in the House
1998
What's a Carry On?
7.667/6
Documentary commemorating the 40th anniversary of the 'Carry On' comedy film series. Archive clips and out-takes are mixed with interviews with the ca...
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What's a Carry On?
1967
To Sir, with Love
7.447/361
A British Guianese engineer starts a job as a high school teacher in London’s East End, where his uninterested and delinquent pupils are in desperate...
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To Sir, with Love
1961
No Love for Johnnie
6.667/9
Johnnie Byrne is a member of the British Parliament. In his 40s, he's feeling frustrated with his life and his personal as well as professional proble...
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