Danny Green (26 May 1903 – 1 January 1973) was an English character actor. He was best known for his role as the slow-witted ex-boxer "One-Round" Lawson in The Ladykillers.[1]
Danny Green | |
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 Green in The Ladykillers (1955) | |
| Born | 26 May 1903 London, England |
| Died | 1973 (aged 69–70) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1929–1969 |
He worked regularly in film, television and on the stage, including playing comic gangsters in the original London productions of Guys and Dolls (1953) and Do Re Mi (1961).[2][3]
One of his last roles was as Lord Surrey in the Randal and Hopkirk episode Just for the Record in 1969.[4]
Filmography edit
- The Crooked Billet (1929) - Rogers
- Atlantic (1929) - Passenger
- The Fire Raisers (1934) - Stedding's Henchman (uncredited)
- Wild Boy (1934) - Driver (uncredited)
- Things Are Looking Up (1935) - Big Black Fox
- Crime Over London (1936) - Klemm
- Silver Blaze (1937) - Barton, Moriarty's Henchman (uncredited)
- Midnight Menace (1937) - Socks, American Henchman
- Gangway (1937) - Shorty
- Jericho (1937) - Sergeant (uncredited)
- The Squeaker (1937) - Safecracker (uncredited)
- Non-Stop New York (1937) - Gangster (uncredited)
- Hey! Hey! USA (1938) - McGuire - Cop (uncredited)
- Sailors Three (1940) - Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited)
- Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) - Hank (uncredited)
- Fiddlers Three (1944) - Lictor
- Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) - Scorpi
- The Echo Murders (1945) - Carl
- The Man Within (1947) - Smuggler
- Dancing with Crime (1947) - Sid (uncredited)
- No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) - Flyn
- On the Spot (1948, TV film) - Con O'Hara
- Good-Time Girl (1948) - Smiling Billy
- Helter Skelter (1949) - Liftman (uncredited)
- Someone at the Door (1950) - Price
- Once a Sinner (1950) - Ticker James
- State Secret (1950) - Taxi Driver
- The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) - Boris
- Her Favourite Husband (1950) - Angel Face
- Mister Drake's Duck (1951) - Truck driver
- A Tale of Five Cities (1951) - Levinsky
- Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) - Cecil
- Little Big Shot (1952) - Big Mo
- Laughing Anne (1953) - Nicholas
- A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) - Bully Bason
- The Ladykillers (1955) - One-Round
- Jumping for Joy (1956) - Plug Ugly
- Assignment Redhead (1956) - Yotti Blum
- Seven Waves Away (1957) - Joe Woolsek
- Interpol (1957) - Second Bartender
- Wideawake (1957, TV film) - 'Professor' Hagen
- A Santa for Christmas (1957, TV film)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1958) - Grave Robber (uncredited)
- The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) - Karim
- Hidden Homicide (1959) - Cliff Darby
- Beyond This Place (1959) - Roach
- In the Wake of a Stranger (1959) - Barnes
- Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960) - Hodgson
- Surprise Package (1960) - Nicky Canfield (uncredited)
- The Barber of Stamford Hill (broadcast 28th. July, 1960) - Mr. O - (ITV Television Playhouse, series 5, episode 47)
- Man in the Moon (1960) - Lorry driver
- The Fast Lady (1963) - Bandit
- The Old Dark House (1963) - Morgan Femm
- A Stitch in Time (1963) - Ticehurst, Man With Beard.
- Kiss Me Kate (1964, TV film) - Gangster
- Doctor in Clover (1966) - Ashby (uncredited)
- Smashing Time (1967)
- The Fixer (1968) - The Giggler (uncredited)
References edit
- ^ "Danny Green". Archived from the original on 31 May 2017.
- ^ "Danny Green - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Guys and Dolls Original West End Cast - 1953 West End". broadwayworld.com.
- ^ "Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased): S1". aveleyman.com.
External links edit
- Danny Green at IMDb
- Danny Green at AllMovie
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