British actor, Roland Culver

Roland Culver

(1900–84)

British actor (d. 83) | Dead of Night (1945), The Vicious Circle (1957), Secret Mission (1942)

British stage actor of impeccable English types, usually comic

Mini Biography

Born in London, Roland Culver worked for an optical company before studying at RADA, and was on stage from 1924. In the late 1940s he worked in Hollywood, under contract for two years to Paramount before returning to England. Married twice.

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British actor, Roland Culver
  • 22nd January, 2016
Roland Culver
Roland Culver, British actor
Roland Culver (Richard Halton) sits up in bed in On Approval as Googie Withers (Helen Hale) looks on
  • 31st May, 2015
Roland Culver, Googie Withers
Roland Culver sits up in bed in On Approval as Googie Withers looks on
Screenshot from Give us the Moon (1944) (3)
  • 12th August, 2007
Roland Culver
Give us the Moon (1944) screenshot (3)

Select Roland Culver Filmography

There Goes the Bride (1932)
Jacques
Night Train to Munich (1940) opening credits
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Roberts
Quiet Wedding (1941) opening credits
Quiet Wedding (1941)
Boofy Ponsonby
Old Bill and Son (1941) opening credits (5)
Old Bill and Son (1941)
Colonel
This England (1941) opening credits (6)
This England (1941)
Steward
Secret Mission (1942) opening credits
Secret Mission (1942)
Capt Red Gowan
The First of the Few (1942) opening credits
The First of the Few (1942)
Commander Bride
Unpublished Story (1942) opening credits (2)
Unpublished Story (1942)
Stannard
The Day Will Dawn (1942) opening credits (8)
The Day Will Dawn (1942)
Cdr Pittwaters
The Day Will Dawn (1942) opening credits (8)
Dear Octopus (1943)
Felix Martin
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) opening credits (2)
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943)
Colonel Betteridge
Give us the Moon (1944) opening credits
Give us the Moon (1944)
Ferdinand
English Without Tears (1944) opening credits (4)
English Without Tears (1944)
Sir Cosmo Brandon
Roland Culver sits up in bed in On Approval as Googie Withers looks on
On Approval (1944)
Richard Halton
Dead of Night (1945) opening credits
Dead of Night (1945)
Eliot Foley
Dead of Night (1945) opening credits
Perfect Strangers (1945)
Richard
Wanted for Murder (1946) opening credits (4)
A Voice in the Night (1946)
Ch Insp Conway
To Each His Own (1946) opening credits (2)
To Each His Own (1946)
Lord Desham
The Great Lover (1949) opening credits (4)
The Great Lover (1949)
Grand Duke Maximillian
Trio (1950) opening credits (3)
Trio (1950)
Mr Ashenden
The Magic Box (1951) opening credits
The Magic Box (1951)
1st Company Promoter
Hotel Sahara (1951) opening credits (3)
Hotel Sahara (1951)
Major Bill Randall
The Late Edwina Black (1951) opening credits (3)
The Late Edwina Black (1951)
Inspector
Encore (1951) opening credits (1)
Encore (1951)
George Ramsay
The Holly and the Ivy (1952) opening credits (3)
The Holly and the Ivy (1952)
Lord B.
Folly to Be Wise (1952) opening credits (4)
Folly to Be Wise (1952)
George Prout
The Teckman Mystery (1954) opening credits (4)
The Teckman Mystery (1954)
Inspector Harris
Touch and Go (1955) opening credits
Touch and Go (1955)
Fairbright
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) opening credits
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955)
Maj Fordyce
The Ship That Died of Shame (1955) opening credits
An Alligator Named Daisy (1955)
Col Geoffrey Weston
The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955) opening credits (3)
The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
Major Oscar Philipson
Safari (1956) opening credits
Safari (1956)
Sir Vincent Brampton
The Hypnotist (1957) opening credits (3)
The Hypnotist (1957)
Doctor Francis Pelham
The Vicious Circle (1957) opening credits
The Vicious Circle (1957)
Detective Inspector Dane
The Vicious Circle (1957) opening credits
The Truth About Women (1957)
Charles Tavistock
The Vicious Circle (1957) opening credits
Bonjour Tristesse (1958)
Mr Lombard
Rockets Galore (1958) opening credits (3)
Rockets Galore (1958)
Capt Waggett
The Iron Maiden (1962) opening credits
The Iron Maiden (1962)
Lord Upshott
The Iron Maiden (1962) opening credits
A Pair of Briefs (1962)
Sir John Pilbright
Fragment of Fear (1970) opening credits (4)
Fragment of Fear (1970)
Mr Vellacot
The Legend of Hell House (1973) opening credits (2)
The Legend of Hell House (1973)
Mr Deutsch
The MacKintosh Man (1973) opening credits (5)
The MacKintosh Man (1973)
Judge
The Uncanny (1977) opening credits (5)
The Uncanny (1977)
Wallace
Rough Cut (1980) opening credits (7)
Rough Cut (1980)
Mr Lloyd Palmer
The Missionary (1982) opening credits (2)
The Missionary (1982)
Lord Fermleigh
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982) opening credits (2)
The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1982)
Bishop of Paris
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Personal Details

Born
Died
Nan Hopkins
Wife  m. 1947–1984 (his death)

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