Fred Griffiths

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.

  • Title: Fred Griffiths
  • Popularity: 3.588
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1912-03-08
  • Place of Birth: Ludlow, Shropshire, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Frederick David Griffiths
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Fred Griffiths Movies

  • 1972
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    Along the Way

    Along the Way

    1 1972 HD

    A young singer from Wales becomes a pop star but soon tires of his success and returns home.

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  • 1959
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    I'm All Right Jack

    I'm All Right Jack

    6.657 1959 HD

    Naive Stanley Windrush returns from the war, his mind set on a successful career in business. Much to his own dismay, he soon finds he has to start...

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  • 1960
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    Jungle Street

    Jungle Street

    1 1960 HD

    In this crime drama, a mugger accidently kills a man during a robbery and finds himself blackmailed into cracking a nightclub safe. The mugger...

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  • 1954
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    The Sleeping Tiger

    The Sleeping Tiger

    5.615 1954 HD

    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...

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  • 1960
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    There Was a Crooked Man

    There Was a Crooked Man

    6 1960 HD

    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...

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  • 1955
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    Secret Venture

    Secret Venture

    1 1955 HD

    An American is visiting Britain and finds himself in possession of a briefcase full of secret documents that the spies of many different countries...

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  • 2000
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    Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

    Humphrey Jennings: The Man Who Listened to Britain

    5.8 2000 HD

    Documentary about Humphrey Jennings, an English documentary filmmaker from the 1930s to 1950.

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  • 1955
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    Doctor at Sea

    Doctor at Sea

    5.3 1955 HD

    The second of the seven "Doctor" films, based on Richard Gordon's novels and released between 1954 and 1970. A bachelor doctor goes to sea to escape...

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  • 1956
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    The Long Arm

    The Long Arm

    7 1956 HD

    Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The...

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  • 1964
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    Ring of Spies

    Ring of Spies

    6.9 1964 HD

    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...

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  • 1957
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    You Pay Your Money

    You Pay Your Money

    4.9 1957 HD

    Crime drama in which a couple get involved in a web of intrigue surrounding the husband's employer.

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  • 1959
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    Left Right and Centre

    Left Right and Centre

    5.4 1959 HD

    At the Earndale by-election natural history expert and TV personality Bob Wilcot for the Conservatives finds himself up against Billingsgate girl...

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  • 1957
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    Barnacle Bill

    Barnacle Bill

    6.342 1957 HD

    A seasick sea captain commands an amusement pier despite local opposition. Released in the U.S. as 'All at Sea'

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  • 1951
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    Pool of London

    Pool of London

    6.4 1951 HD

    Jewel thieves, murder, and a manhunt swirl around a sailor off a cargo ship in post-war London.

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  • 1958
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    A Cry from the Streets

    A Cry from the Streets

    7.2 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1958
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    Next to No Time

    Next to No Time

    8 1958 HD

    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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  • 1961
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    Carry On Regardless

    Carry On Regardless

    6.4 1961 HD

    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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  • 1973
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    Achilles Heel

    Achilles Heel

    1 1973 HD

    A professional footballer suffers an injury which could jeopardise his career.

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  • 1959
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    Carry On Nurse

    Carry On Nurse

    6.3 1959 HD

    Set in Haven Hospital where a certain men's ward is causing more havoc than the whole hospital put together. The formidable Matron's debut gives the...

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  • 1968
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    The Window Cleaner

    The Window Cleaner

    1 1968 HD

    A window cleaner suffers from a fear of heights, until he is seduced by one of his customers.

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  • 1955
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    The Ladykillers

    The Ladykillers

    7.276 1955 HD

    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...

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  • 1978
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    Slimderella

    Slimderella

    1 1978 HD

    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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  • 1970
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    Perfect Friday

    Perfect Friday

    6.6 1970 HD

    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...

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  • 2013
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    A Box for Rob

    A Box for Rob

    4.7 2013 HD

    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...

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  • 1960
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    Light Up the Sky!

    Light Up the Sky!

    6.2 1960 HD

    Chaos ensues when a bunch of misfits man a British searchlight battery during World War II.

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  • 1963
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    Murder at the Gallop

    Murder at the Gallop

    7 1963 HD

    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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  • 1943
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    Fires Were Started

    Fires Were Started

    6.1 1943 HD

    British film written and directed by Humphrey Jennings, filmed in documentary style showing the lives of firefighters through the Blitz in World War...

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  • 1959
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    No Trees in the Street

    No Trees in the Street

    5.8 1959 HD

    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...

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  • 1949
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    Passport to Pimlico

    Passport to Pimlico

    6.784 1949 HD

    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...

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  • 1953
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    Street of Shadows

    Street of Shadows

    5.5 1953 HD

    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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  • 1971
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    Dad's Army

    Dad's Army

    4.804 1971 HD

    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...

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  • 1956
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    Lost

    Lost

    7 1956 HD

    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...

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  • 1943
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    Nine Men

    Nine Men

    6.1 1943 HD

    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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  • 1949
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    The Huggetts Abroad

    The Huggetts Abroad

    6.6 1949 HD

    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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  • 1950
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    Double Confession

    Double Confession

    6.1 1950 HD

    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...

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  • 1953
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    The Cruel Sea

    The Cruel Sea

    6.889 1953 HD

    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....

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  • 1953
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    The Final Test

    The Final Test

    6.6 1953 HD

    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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  • 1965
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    The Big Job

    The Big Job

    6.609 1965 HD

    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...

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  • 1953
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    A Day to Remember

    A Day to Remember

    7.2 1953 HD

    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...

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  • 1974
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    The Over-Amorous Artist

    The Over-Amorous Artist

    4.7 1974 HD

    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...

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  • 1972
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    Steptoe & Son

    Steptoe & Son

    6.419 1972 HD

    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...

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  • 1956
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    Sailor Beware

    Sailor Beware

    7 1956 HD

    Battle-axe Emma Hornett dominates her hen-pecked husband Henry, his meek sister Edie and daughter Shirley. Shirley is to marry young sailor...

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  • 1954
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    Bang! You're Dead

    Bang! You're Dead

    7.3 1954 HD

    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...

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  • 1953
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    Genevieve

    Genevieve

    6.6 1953 HD

    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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  • 1973
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    No Sex Please: We're British

    No Sex Please: We're British

    5.1 1973 HD

    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,...

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  • 1967
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    Billion Dollar Brain

    Billion Dollar Brain

    5.6 1967 HD

    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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  • 1953
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    Turn the Key Softly

    Turn the Key Softly

    6.2 1953 HD

    A bitter burglar, a prostitute and an elderly shoplifter spend their first day out of jail.

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  • 1958
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    Dunkirk

    Dunkirk

    6.7 1958 HD

    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...

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  • 1949
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    Golden Arrow

    Golden Arrow

    1 1949 HD

    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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  • 1960
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    Doctor in Love

    Doctor in Love

    5.5 1960 HD

    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...

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  • 1949
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    Stop Press Girl

    Stop Press Girl

    5.7 1949 HD

    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...

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  • 1947
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    It Always Rains on Sunday

    It Always Rains on Sunday

    6.5 1947 HD

    During a rainy Sunday afternoon, an escaped prisoner tries to hide out at the home of his ex-fiance.

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  • 1960
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    The Battle of the Sexes

    The Battle of the Sexes

    6.8 1960 HD

    Angela Barrows is a man-eating business woman sent by her American employer to investigate their export opportunities in Edinburgh. En route she...

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  • 1953
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    Meet Mr. Lucifer

    Meet Mr. Lucifer

    5 1953 HD

    A TV set given as a retirement present is sold on to different households causing misery each time.

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  • 1952
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    I Believe in You

    I Believe in You

    6.1 1952 HD

    A drama about parole officers to follow the successful Ealing police story of "The Blue Lamp"(1950) . Various sub-plots follow the parole officers...

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