Biography: life and films
Terry-Thomas was an English actor whose birth name was Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens. He was born in Finchley, London, England on 10th July 1911 and died in Godalming, Surrey, England on 8th January 1990, aged 78.His best films as an actor include Roy Boulting's comedy Brothers in Law (1957), Mario Zampi's The Naked Truth (1957), John Boulting's I'm All Right Jack (1959), Robert Asher's Make Mine Mink (1960) and Robert Hamer's School for Scoundrels (1960).
Terry-Thomas appeared in 87 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Roy Boulting (3 films), John Boulting (3), Ted Kneeland (2), Robert Fuest (2), Robert Day (2), Maurice Elvey (2), Mario Zampi (2), Ken Annakin (2), Jerry Paris (2), Henry Levin (2), Don Sharp (2) and Arthur B. Woods (2).
His most frequent genres include: comedy (62 films), drama (11), Fantasy (7), War (5), comedy-romance (4), Horror (4), Animation (4), crime-thriller (2), comedy-thriller (2) and Thriller (2).
Our average rating for Terry-Thomas over all films is: 2.9
Filmography
Key: a = actor
Once in a Million (1935) [a]
The Ghost Goes West (1935) [a]
Cheer Up (1936) [a]
It's Love Again (1936) [a]
Rhythm in the Air (1936) [a]
When Knights Were Bold (1936) [a]
Rhythm Racketeer (1937) [a]
Climbing High (1938) [a]
Flying Fifty-Five (1939) [a]
For Freedom (1940) [a]
Under Your Hat (1940) [a]
A Date with a Dream (1948) [a]
Brass Monkey (1948) [a]
Helter Skelter (1949) [a]
Melody Club (1949) [a]
The Green Man (1956) [a]
Blue Murder at St. Trinian's (1957) [a]
Lucky Jim (1957) [a]
Happy Is the Bride (1958) [a]
Tom Thumb (1958) [a]
Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) [a]
School for Scoundrels (1960) [a]
A Matter of WHO (1961) [a]
His and Hers (1961) [a]
Bachelor Flat (1962) [a]
Kill or Cure (1962) [a]
Operation Snatch (1962) [a]
The Wonderful World of the Brothers Grimm (1962) [a]
It's a Mad Mad Mad Mad World (1963) [a]
The Mouse on the Moon (1963) [a]
The Wild Affair (1963) [a]
How to Murder Your Wife (1965) [a]
Strange Bedfellows (1965) [a]
Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines (1965) [a]
You Must Be Joking! (1965) [a]
El Fantástico mundo del doctor Coppelius (1966) [a]
La Grande vadrouille (1966) [a]
Munster, Go Home! (1966) [a]
Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) [a]
Se tutte le donne del mondo (1966) [a]
The Daydreamer (1966) [a]
The Sandwich Man (1966) [a]
Top Crack (1966) [a]
Arabella (1967) [a]
Arrriva Dorellik (1967) [a]
Don't Raise the Bridge, Lower the River (1967) [a]
Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon (1967) [a]
The Karate Killers (1967) [a]
The Perils of Pauline (1967) [a]
Diabolik (1968) [a]
How Sweet It Is! (1968) [a]
Monte Carlo: C'est La Rose (1968) [a]
Sette volte sette (1968) [a]
Where Were You When the Lights Went Out? (1968) [a]
12 + 1 (1969) [a]
2000 Years Later (1969) [a]
Arthur! Arthur! (1969) [a]
Monte Carlo or Bust (1969) [a]
Uno Scacco tutto matto (1969) [a]
Le Mur de l'Atlantique (1970) [a]
The Abominable Dr. Phibes (1971) [a]
Colpo grosso, grossissimo... anzi probabile (1972) [a]
Dr. Phibes Rises Again (1972) [a]
The Cherry Picker (1972) [a]
The Special London Bridge Special (1972) [a]
Gli Eroi (1973) [a]
Robin Hood (1973) [a]
The Vault of Horror (1973) [a]
Chi ha rubato il tesoro dello scia? (1974) [a]
Side by Side (1975) [a]
Spanish Fly (1976) [a]
The Bawdy Adventures of Tom Jones (1976) [a]
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977) [a]
Kingdom of Gifts (1978) [a]
La Isla de las cabezas (1978) [a]
The Hound of the Baskervilles (1978) [a]
Febbre a 40! (1980) [a]
The best of American film noir
The Golden Age of French cinema
Kafka's tortuous trial of love
