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Valentine Dyall

Born: May 1908, London
Died: 24 June 1985, London

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Brief Encounter

Turbulent passion and middle-class restraint combine in uniquely English style when a married woman falls for a doctor she meets at a railway station.
Yellow Canary

There’s romance among spies in this thrilling drama starring Anna Neagle as a Nazi sympathiser.
The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Deborah Kerr and Roger Livesy star in this wondrous British Technicolor classic – one of cinema’s greatest studies of ‘Englishness’.
Henry V

Conceived as a wartime morale-booster, Laurence Olivier’s groundbreaking reimagining of Shakespeare combines cinematic sweep with patriotic fervour.

Filmography

So You Think Your Life's Hell - Wait until You See This!

commentator
1985

Love's Labour's Lost

Marcade
1984

Coriolanus

Adrian
1983

Terminus Episode 3

The Black Guardian
1983

Terminus Episode 4

The Black Guardian
1983

Terminus Episode 2

The Black Guardian
1983

Enlightenment Episode 4

The Black Guardian
1983

Enlightenment Episode 2

The Black Guardian
1983

Enlightenment Episode 3

The Black Guardian
1983

The Intelligence Man

cast member
1983

Mawdryn Undead Episode 1

The Black Guardian
1983

Enlightenment Episode 1

The Black Guardian
1983

Mawdryn Undead Episode 2

The Black Guardian
1983

Mawdryn Undead Episode 3

The Black Guardian
1983

Mawdryn Undead Episode 4

The Black Guardian
1983

Witchsmeller Pursuivant

Lord Three
1983

A Sense of Duty

cast member
1983

Terminus Episode 1

The Black Guardian
1983

Come into the Garden, Eve

on-screen participant
1982

Britannia Hospital

Mr Rochester
1981

Part 2 A Roman Gentleman

Zosimus
1981

All's Well That Ends Well

cast member
1981

Peter and Paul

Seneca
1980

Q9[24/06/80]

cast member
1980

City at the Edge of the World

Norl
1979

The Old Crowd

Oscar
1979

Prisoner

Dr Keldermans
1979

Days of Judgment

Dr Keldermans
1979

Ambush

Dr Keldermans
1979

Just Light the Blue Touch Paper

Dr Keldermans
1979

Collaborator

Dr Keldermans
1979

The Last Run

Dr Keldermans
1979

Ring of Rosies

Dr Keldermans
1979

The Execution

Dr Keldermans
1978

A Child's Voice

narrator
1978

Prisoner of War

Keldermans
1978

Day of Wrath

Keldermans
1978

Lucky Piece

Keldermans
1978

Trapped

Keldermans
1978

Not According to Plan

Keldermans
1978

Scorpion

Keldermans
1978

The Hostage

Keldermans
1978

Russian Roulette

Keldermans
1977

Second Chance

Keldermans
1977

Identity in Doubt

Keldermans
1977

Growing Up

Keldermans
1977

Lisa - Code Name Yvette

Keldermans
1977

Sergeant on the Run

Keldermans
1977

Come Play with Me

minister of finance
1977

A Question of Loyalty

Keldermans
1976

The Slipper and the Rose The Story of Cinderella

2nd major domo
1975

A-haunting We Will Go

film voice
1975

Dutch Schlitz's Shoes

radio voice
1974

The Great McGonagall

various roles
1974

Intensive Care

on-screen participant
1972

The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine[14/01/72]

on-screen participant
1971

1915: Lola

Lord Kitchener
1971

The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine[17/12/71]

on-screen participant
1971

The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine[10/12/71]

on-screen participant
1971

The Marty Feldman Comedy Machine[26/11/71]

on-screen participant
1970

So You Think Your Life's Hell - Wait until You See This!

commentator
1969

Tell Me a Story

narrator
1969

Secrets of Sex

and the voice of [as the mummy]
1968

This Is J. C. B.

commentator
1968

Dick Whittington

narrator
1968

The Emperor's New Clothes

narrator
1968

Puss in Boots

narrator
1968

The Tin Soldier

narrator
1968

Devil in the Fog Part 6 ...This Fell Serjeant, Death...

The stranger
1968

Devil in the Fog Part 1 Some Are Born of Greatness...

The stranger
1968

You'll Catch Your Death

Butler
1967

Latitude 36

Story told by
1967

Casino Royale

[voice of Dr Noah]
1966

Our Incredible World

narrator
1966

Tsar to Lenin

narrator
1966

The Horror of It All

Reginald
1966

The Wrong Box

Oliver Pike Harmsworth
1965

Bash and Grab

commentator
1965

The Naked World of Harrison Marks

narrator
1965

Carousella

narrator
1964

One Mile Square

commentator
1964

The Haunting

Mr Dudley
1963

The Money Makers

narrator
1963

Killian's Cut

cast member
1962

Single or Double Indemnity

inspector
1961

Fate Takes a Hand

Wilson
1961

The Case of the Eilean Mor Light

President of the Court
1961

Libel

Inspector
1961

Spike Milligan A Series of Unrelated Incidents at Current Market Value

on-screen participant
1960

Intent to Defraud

inspector
1960

Night Train for Inverness

Inspector Kent
1960

The City of the Dead

Jethrow Keane
1960

Identity Unknown

Ambrose
1960

The Legacy

Inspector
1958

An Experiment in Towns

commentator
1957

OUR CITY

cast member
1957

Suspended Alibi

Inspector Kayes
1956

A Show Called Fred Ep 4

cast member
1956

A Show Called Fred Ep 1

cast member
1956

A Show Called Fred Ep 5

cast member
1956

A Show Called Fred Ep 2a

cast member
1956

A Show Called Fred[02/05/56]

cast member
1956

A Show Called Fred[30/05/56]

cast member
1956

A Show Called Fred[09/05/56]

cast member
1956

A Show Called Fred[16/05/56]

cast member
1956

A Show Called Fred[23/05/56]

cast member
1956

The Idiot Weekly Price 2d [24/02/56]

cast member
1956

The Idiot Weekly Price 2d [06/04/56]

cast member
1956

The Artist

cast member
1956

The Tony Hancock Show[01/06/56]

cast member
1956

Son of Fred[17/09/56]

cast member
1955

Ingot Pictorial No. 22

commentator
1955

Secombe Here!

cast member
1954

Knights of the Round Table

[Narrator]
1954

Nigerian Pattern

narrator
1954

The Devil's Jest

Director of Military Intelligence
1954

Johnny on the Spot

Tyley
1953

Strange Stories

narrator
1953

The Final Test

[man in black in TV play]
1952

Salute the Toff

Inspector Grice
1952

Hammer the Toff

Inspector Grice
1952

Paul Temple Returns

Superintendant Bradley
1952

Ivanhoe

Norman guard
1951

Report from East Africa

commentator
1951

A Story of Achievement

commentator
1951

Long John Silver

Dr Livesey
1951

Aboard the Hispaniola

Dr Livesey
1951

The Plot to Mutiny

Dr Livesey
1951

The Plot to Mutiny

Dr Livesey
1951

Going Ashore

Dr Livesey
1951

Going Ashore

Dr Livesey
1951

The Stockade

Dr Livesey
1951

The Stockade

Dr Livesey
1951

Captain Jim

Dr Livesey
1951

The Treasure Hunt

Dr Livesey
1951

The Treasure Hunt

Dr Livesey
1951

The Man Who Was Caliph for a Day

Vizier Mesrour
1951

Long John Silver

Dr Livesey
1951

The Old Buccaneer

Dr Livesey
1951

The Old Buccaneer

Dr Livesey
1950

Filming for Fun

commentator
cast member
1950

Stranger at My Door

Paul Wheeler
1950

Room to Let

Doctor Fell
1950

The Body Said No!

Sutherland
1950

The Man in Black

storyteller
1950

Golden Salamander

Sidi Ben Ahrim (uncredited)
1949

Diamond City

[Recording]
[Opening Narration]
1949

Helter Skelter

[radio announcer]
1949

Doctor Morelle The Case of the Missing Heiress

Dr Morelle
1949

The Case of Charles Peace

Sir Clement Barnes KC (storyteller)
1949

Miss Pilgrim's Progress

superintendent of manuscripts
1949

The Queen of Spades

St. Germain's messenger
1949

Man on the Run

judge advocate
1949

For Them That Trespass

Sir Archibald
1949

Christopher Columbus

narrator (uncredited)
1948

Vengeance Is Mine

Charles Heywood
1948

The Story of Shirley Yorke

cast member
1948

Woman Hater

George Spencer
1948

Corridor of Mirrors

counsel for defence (uncredited)
1948

My Brother's Keeper

inspector at Milton Wells
1947

North and South of the Niger

commentator
1947

Appointment with Fire

narrator
1947

The World Is Rich

[Narration] Spoken by
1947

Night Comes Too Soon

cast member
1947

The White Unicorn

Storton
1946

The Dover Road

commentator
1946

Cyprus Is an Island

narrator
1946

Fight for Life

narrator
1946

Pool of Contentment

Mr Perfect (uncredited)
1946

Latin Quarter

prefecture of police
1946

Brief Encounter

[Stephen Lynn]
1946

Night Boat to Dublin

Sir George Bell
1946

Pink String and Sealing Wax

police inspector
1945

The Last Shot

commentator
1945

Today and Tomorrow A Story of the Middle East

commentator
1945

"I Know Where I'm Going!"

Mr Robinson
1945

Caesar and Cleopatra

1st guardsman
1944

Penicillin

Commentary Spoken by
1944

Henry V

Duke of Burgundy
1943

La MAIN DU DIABLE

Voice in English dubbed version
1943

Hotel Reserve

Warren Skelton
1943

Yellow Canary

German commander
1943

The Silver Fleet

Markgraf
1943

The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

von Schönborn
1942

The Missing Million

Mr Collett
1942

Much Too Shy

defendant's counsel
1942

The Day Will Dawn

[German guard at cell door hatchway]
1938

The Great Heart

commentator

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