Dan Cressey

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography19 Titles

#1Dunkirk

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as Joe

6.8 / 10
DramaWar

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 somehow. Meanwhile, British civilians are being dragged into the war with Operation Dynamo, the scheme to get the French and British forces back from the Dunkirk beaches. Some come forward to help, others were less willing.

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#2The Man in the White Suit

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Lab Technician (uncredited)

6.9 / 10
ComedySci-Fi

The unassuming, nebbishy inventor Sidney Stratton creates a miraculous fabric that will never be dirty or worn out. Clearly he can make a fortune selling clothes made of the material, but may cause a crisis in the process. After all, once someone buys one of his suits they won't ever have to fix them or buy another one, and the clothing industry will collapse overnight. Nevertheless, Sidney is determined to put his invention on the market, forcing the clothing factory bigwigs to resort to more desperate measures...

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#3Sailor Beware

Movie - 1952, 2h 15m as Petty Officer (uncredited)

6.3 / 10
Comedy

Meeting in a navy recruiting line, Al Crowthers and Melvin Jones become friends. Al has tried to enlist before, but was always rejected. He keeps trying so that he can impress women. Melvin, is allergic to women's cosmetics and his doctor prescribed ocean travel, so he decided to join the navy.

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#4Danger Within

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

6.3 / 10
War

Drama set in an Italian prisoner of war camp during World War 2, where a group of British soldiers find their plans for escape thwarted by a mysterious traitor in their midst.

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#5Pool of London

Movie - 1951, 2h 15m as Customs Officer (uncredited)

6.6 / 10
CrimeDramaThriller

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

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#6The Man Upstairs

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as P.C. Maclean

6.5 / 10
Drama

The mental breakdown of a guilt-ridden man provides the drama in this fascinating psychological profile starring Richard Attenborough as a scientist who can't live with himself after he accidently kills the brother of his fiancee.

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#7Doctor at Sea

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Crewman (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
Comedy

A youthful doctor tires of general practice and signs up to be a ship's doctor in an effort to bring some excitement into his life. Unfortunately, the cargo boat he joins is skippered by a formidable martinet captain and, worse still, there are only two women on board. Luckily for the fun-loving medic, one of them, a beautiful French girl, is more than impressed with his bedside manner.

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#8The Square Peg

Movie - 1958, 2h 15m as German Soldier (uncredited)

6.5 / 10
WarComedy

Norman Pitkin and Mr Grimsdale are council workmen mending the road outside an Army base when they come into conflict with the military. Shortly afterwards, they get drafted and fall into the clutches of the Sergeant they have just bested. They are sent to France to repair roads in front of the Allied advance but get captured. Pitkin takes advantage of a useful similarity to impersonate General Schreiber and manages to return a hero

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#9The Baby and the Battleship

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Officer

6.4 / 10
Comedy

After a quayside mix-up with the Italian family of his fiancée, Able Seaman Knocker White finds himself literally left holding the baby. Unable to return it before his ship sails he enlists the help of best mate Puncher Roberts to smuggle the child aboard. But babies are surprisingly demanding and gradually the whole crew is drawn into helping keep it fed and washed - and undiscovered. Even so, the officers above deck start to puzzle over the increasingly strange happenings on board.

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#10The Teckman Mystery

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Drake

6.1 / 10
Mystery

A fiction writer begins working on a biography of a pilot who went down during the test flight of a new plane and finds himself soon involved in a series of murders.

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#11Rag Doll

Movie - 1961, 2h 15m as Police Officer in Search Operation

5.5 / 10
DramaCrime

A British drama about a girl becoming a woman after she relocates to London. She and her young boyfriend become tempted by one of her older admirers money.

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#12Up in the World

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Police Constable (uncredited)

6.4 / 10
Comedy

Norman is a window cleaner who has to clean a manor house with hundreds of windows. He is distracted by the son of the house who persuades him to go into town. When some villains try and kidnap the young heir Norman fights them off but the heir has banged his head and can't remember Norman's heroic stand

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#13Trouble in Store

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Police Constable / Onlooker (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
ComedyFamily

Norman is working in the stock room of a large London department store, but he has ambition (doesn't he always !!), he wants to be a window dresser making up the public displays. Whilst trying to fulfill his ambition, he falls in love (doesn't he always !!), with one of the shopgirls. Together they discover a plot to rob the store and, somehow, manage to foil the robbers.

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#14Go to Blazes

Movie - 1962, 2h 15m as Policeman

6.3 / 10
Comedy

A gang of aspiring bank robbers involve themselves with arsonists and purchase their very own fire truck in an attempt to create the ultimate diversion. But posing as firemen leads them to disaster.

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#15Follow a Star

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

6.2 / 10
ComedyMusic

Norman Truscott is a store worker who dreams of stardom. Vernon Carew is a singer whose star is fading. Vernon manages to get a recording of Norman singing and passes it off as himself.

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#16Desert Mice

Movie - 1959, 2h 15m as Soldier on Troopship (uncredited)

6.2 / 10
ComedyWar

A World War II farce that follows the antics of an ENSA (Entertainment National Service Association) group. Fresh from the music halls, they bumble their way from army camp to camp.

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#17Man of the Moment

Movie - 1955, 2h 15m as Guest (uncredited)

6.6 / 10
Comedy

Norman is a file clerk who accidentally becomes a British delegate to a diplomatic conference, befriends the queen of a remote island, and winds up a knight. Norman leaves rooms in shambles, tailors in shreds, and diplomats in bandages. Chased by gunmen and assassins of foreign powers, Norman finds himself running through active TV studio sets and interrupts various programs and performances in progress

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#18Jackpot

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

6.0 / 10
CrimeDrama

Back in London after serving time, an ex-convict learns that his wife is not willing to return to him. He plans to crack a safe at a club.

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#19The Dover Road Mystery

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

7.0 / 10
Crime

A British short film about Scotland Yard investigating a group of bank robbers who take normal sedan cars and transform them into race cars.

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