Ian Selby

Acting

Known For & Full Filmography18 Titles

#1Star Wars

Movie - 1977, 2h 15m as General Hurst Romodi (uncredited)

8.2 / 10
AdventureActionSci-Fi

Princess Leia is captured and held hostage by the evil Imperial forces in their effort to take over the galactic Empire. Venturesome Luke Skywalker and dashing captain Han Solo team together with the loveable robot duo R2-D2 and C-3PO to rescue the beautiful princess and restore peace and justice in the Empire.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#2The Elephant Man

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

8.1 / 10
DramaHistory

A Victorian surgeon rescues a heavily disfigured man being mistreated by his "owner" as a side-show freak. Behind his monstrous façade, there is revealed a person of great intelligence and sensitivity. Based on the true story of Joseph Merrick (called John Merrick in the film), a severely deformed man in 19th century London.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#3Darling

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Model Agency Staff (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
DramaRomance

Diana, a beautiful but shallow and easily distracted model and failed actress, toys with the affections of several men while attempting to gain fame and fortune in Swinging London.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#4There's a Girl in My Soup

Movie - 1970, 2h 15m as Wine Taster (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
ComedyRomance

TV personality Robert Danvers, an exceedingly vain rotter, seduces young women daily, never staying long with one. He meets his match in Marion, an American, 19, who's available but refuses any romantic illusions.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#5Carry On Girls

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

5.7 / 10
Comedy

Local councillor Sidney Fiddler persuades the Mayor to help improve the image of their rundown seaside town by holding a beauty contest. But formidable Councillor Prodworthy, head of the local women's liberation movement, has other ideas. It's open warfare as the women's lib attempt to sabotage the contest.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#6Carry On Teacher

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

6.4 / 10
Comedy

When a well-loved headmaster decides to retire, his scheming pupils have other ideas. The cunning boys unleash a campaign of practical jokes, armed with gin, itching power, and bombs!

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#7We Dive at Dawn

Movie - 1943, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.3 / 10
WarActionDrama

A gripping tale of WWII naval warfare in the Baltics, starring John Mills as Lt. Freddie Taylor, a British submarine Captain. The crew of the Sea Tiger are summoned from leave on shore with their families, and sent on a secret mission to intercept the Nazi battleship Brandenburg. In the ensuing battle the British submarine is damaged by a German destroyer. The submarine is leaking fuel so badly that the crew won't be able to make it back to Britain before running out somewhere along the Danish coast. When it seems that their only option may be to blow up the submarine and try to escape to Denmark, seaman James Hobson hatches a plan...

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#8We Joined the Navy

Movie - 1963, 2h 15m as Shocked Man in Cafe (uncredited)

6.0 / 10
Comedy

Lt Commander Badger, RN: an exceptionally likeable fellow, the Artful Bodger has one besetting sin a shining honesty which compels him to say the right thing at entirely the wrong time! When untimely remarks to some new recruits are splashed across the tabloids, the rush is on to find him a new posting somewhere far away.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#9Quest for Love

Movie - 1971, 2h 15m as Gentlemans Club Member (uncredited)

6.8 / 10
RomanceDramaSci-Fi

After a scientific experiment goes horribly wrong during a demonstration, a scientist finds himself trapped in an alternate reality that bears some similarities to our own, but also has some striking differences. In this other reality the Second World War had never occurred, mankind had not yet traveled into Space and Mt. Everest had not yet been conquered, just to name a few things. Also in this other reality he is no longer a scientist but rather a well known author. After a personal tragedy in this alternate world, he finds himself back in his own world and desperately trying to locate the woman he fell in love with in the other world. Little does she know, however, that her life depends on him finding her.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#1036 Hours

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Police Photographer (Uncredited)

6.1 / 10
CrimeThriller

When his wife stops writing to him and his letters are returned unanswered, Dan becomes extremely concerned about her welfare. He returns home but is only able to meet with her briefly before she is found murdered. Dan is the obvious suspect but has only 36 hours to find out who murdered her. In so doing he uncovers a shocking catalogue of his wife's past affairs and an identity that he knew nothing about.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#11The Intelligence Men

Movie - 1965, 2h 15m as Man at the Ballet (uncredited)

6.1 / 10
Comedy

A chance meeting with a Schlecht agent forces a humble coffee shop manager into the secret world of spies in Swinging London. With the help of his MI5 friend, he poses as the recently dead Major Cavendish who had managed to infiltrate the dreaded organization; he knows that they are intending to assassinate someone - could it be the famous Russian ballerina who has recently arrived for an appearance at Covent Garden?

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#12Who Done It?

Movie - 1956, 2h 15m as Fight Bystander (uncredited)

5.5 / 10
ComedyCrime

This movie debut for saucy British TV comic Benny Hill has Benny leaving his job as a sweeper after winning some money. He becomes a private detective and investigates a plot to assassinate British scientists.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#13Happy Ever After

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m as Guest at Hunt Ball

5.5 / 10
Comedy

The whole village mourns when General O'Leary, owner of a hunting estate in South Ireland, is killed in an accident. His nephew, Jasper O'Leary, takes over the state and soon has aroused the displeasure of all, with the exception of Serena McGluskey, as much a schemer as he is a cad. Led by Thady O'Heggarty, the villagers plot to drive Jasper away. They use the occasion of "O'Leary Night", when the ghost of the first O'Leary walks the halls, to create general chaos.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#14The Saint's Return

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Gambler (uncredited)

5.8 / 10
MysteryCrimeThriller

A private detective goes after the people who murdered his girlfriend.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#15Carrington V.C.

Movie - 1954, 2h 15m Main Cast Role

6.2 / 10
Drama

Major Charles Carrington (David Niven) is arrested for taking £125 from the base safe. He also faces two other charges that could finish his distinguished service career. He decides to act in his own defence at his court martial hearing, his argument being that he is owed a lot of money from the army for his various postings that have cost him out of his own pocket. To further complicate the proceedings, Carrington alleges he told his superior, the very disliked Colonel Henniker, that he was taking the money from the safe. A man's career, his marriage, and quite a few reputations all hang in the balance.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#16School for Secrets

Movie - 1946, 2h 15m as Man at Dance (uncredited)

7.2 / 10
DramaWar

Wartime tale of a group of British scientists efforts to develop the first radar system. They did it just in time for it to be used in the Battle of Britain against the might of the Nazi Luftwaffe. Without it the little island could well have been overrun.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#17Rough Shoot

Movie - 1953, 2h 15m as Lex's Contact (uncredited)

6.7 / 10
CrimeThriller

An American military officer and his wife move to a cottage in what they think is the peaceful English countryside, only to discover the area is a hotbed of spies and secret agents.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
#18Strictly Confidential

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

5.3 / 10
Comedy

Two con-men just released from prison get straight back to their old tricks.

Loading cast carousel...
View Reviews & Details
Ian Selby - Movies & TV Shows | XFlix | XFlix