Jack Dearlove

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography15 Titles

#1Empire of the Sun

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Singing Prisoner

7.5 / 10
DramaHistoryWar

Jamie Graham, a privileged English boy, is living in Shanghai when the Japanese invade and force all foreigners into prison camps. Jamie is captured with an American sailor, who looks out for him while they are in the camp together. Even though he is separated from his parents and in a hostile environment, Jamie maintains his dignity and youthful spirit, providing a beacon of hope for the others held captive with him.

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#2The Mirror Crack'd

Movie - 1980, 2h 15m as Party Guest (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
MysteryCrimeThriller

Jane Marple solves the mystery when a local woman is poisoned and a visiting movie star seems to have been the intended victim.

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#3Carry On Nurse

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as Outpatient (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Comedy

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 every time she walks past, with only Reckitt standing up to her. There's a colonel who's a constant nuisance, a bumbling nurse, a romance between Ted York and Nurse Denton, and Bell wants his bunion removed straight away, so after a couple of pints, the men decide to remove the bunion themselves!

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#4The Long Arm

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.9 / 10
MysteryCrimeThriller

Scotland Yard detectives attempt to solve a spate of safe robberies across England beginning with clues found at the latest burglary in London. The film is notable for using a police procedural style made popular by Ealing in their 1950 film The Blue Lamp. It is known in the US as The Third Key.

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#5The Alphabet Murders

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Policeman (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
ComedyCrimeMystery

The Belgian detective Hercule Poirot investigates a series of murders in London in which the victims are killed according to their initials.

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#6Two-Way Stretch

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Postman (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
ComedyCrime

Three criminals plan to break out of prison the day before their release in order to carry out a daring jewel robbery, intending to establish the perfect alibi by returning to jail afterwards. First however they must get out, a task made more difficult by a new, stricter prison officer.

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#7The China Odyssey: Empire of the Sun

Movie - 1987, 2h 15m as Self (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Documentary

Documentary about the making of director Steven Spielberg's film Empire of the Sun

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#8Steptoe & Son Ride Again

Movie - 1973, 2h 15m as Corpse (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
DramaComedy

Albert Steptoe and his son Harold are rag-and-bone men, complete with horse and cart to tour the neighbourhood. They also live amicably together at the junk yard. Always on the lookout for ways to improve his lot, Harold invests his father's life savings in a greyhound who is almost blind and can't see the hare. When the dog loses a race and Harold has to pay off the debt, he comes up with another bright idea. Collect his father's life insurance. To do this his father must pretend to be dead.

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#9Doctor in Love

Movie - 1960, 2h 15m as Waiter (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
Comedy

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-cold Unit. Hare then takes up a position as junior in a well-healed G.P.'s surgery while Burke continues to sow his doctorial wild oats.

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#10Very Important Person

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Prisoner of War (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
WarComedy

Sir Ernest Pease is a self-important scientist sent undercover on a bombing mission to monitor the effectiveness of his latest invention, a new-fangled radar. When the plane is attacked, he parachutes to safety — only to be sent to a POW camp, where he takes on the alias of Lieutenant Farrow. There, the somewhat happy-go-lucky bunch of Brits suspect their acerbic new fellow prisoner of being a spy, and all sorts of culture clashes and misunderstandings ensue.

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#11Angels One Five

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Flight Controller (Uncredited)

6.1 / 10
DramaWar

The year is 1940 and Pilot Officer T.B. Baird arrives straight out of flight school to join a front line RAF squadron at the height of the Battle of Britain. After an unfortunate start and a drumming down from his commanding officer, Baird must balance the struggle to impress his Group Captain, regain his pride, fit in with his fellow pilots, and survive one of the most intense air battles in history.

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#12Brothers in Law

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Man in Court (uncredited)

7.1 / 10
Comedy

Roger Thursby is an overly keen, newly-qualified barrister who rubs his fellow barristers up the wrong way. When he is thrown in at the deep-end, with a particularly hot-tempered judge and tricky case, Thursby learns how to prove himself not only to the judge and fellow barristers but also to the public gallery.

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#13Doctor at Large

Movie - 1957, 2h 15m as Medical Student (uncredited)

5.7 / 10
ComedyRomance

Losing out to Dr. Bingham (Michael Medwin) in a competition for house surgeon when he offends a member of the board, young Dr. Simon Sparrow (Dirk Bogarde) finds himself going from post to post, filling in for other physicians. At one distant country post, he is taken aback when he works with a patient whose husband died after Simon treated the man years before. In another hospital, Simon examines a surprisingly mature teen and also tries courting devoted nurse Nan McPherson (Shirley Eaton).

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#14The Cracksman

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as Waiter (uncredited)

6.6 / 10
Comedy

Ernest Wright's peerless prowess as a locksmith comes to the attention of a tough big-time crook, who feels that the little man would be a valuable asset to his crime kingdom. In order to inveigle him into a series of jobs, he sets up a beautiful hostess as a trap, into which the hapless Ernest inevitably falls..!

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#15The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones

Movie - 1976, 2h 15m as Servant (uncredited)

3.5 / 10
Comedy

Another stab at Henry Fielding's hilarious novel about the amorous misadventures of a dashing young man in 18th century England. The brilliant 1963 version, starring Albert Finney as the lusty hero, won four Oscars. Joan Collins does a great job as a Wicked Lady style highwaywoman.

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