Jimmy Godden
Know for: Acting
Born: 1879-08-11
Place of birth: Maidstone, Kent, England, UK
Also know as:
The Farmer's Wife (1941)
Eden Philpotts' "provincial" comic novel and play The Farmer's Wife was first filmed in the silent era by Alfred Hitchcock. The 1940 talkie version...
King of the Castle (1936)
A family butler tries to find the missing heir to a title.
Once in a Million (1936)
Fantasy of a bank clerk who accepts a deposit of a million too late to put it in the bank and has to guard it over the weekend.
For the Love of Mike (1932)
A useless secretary and his private detective friend try to help an heiress from being swindled by her guardian.
My Song Goes Round the World (1934)
Set in Venice, the touching and sometimes comic story of a diminutive tenor who falls in love whilst striving for success. Also filmed in German as...
Over the Garden Wall (1934)
An aunt objects to the romance between her niece and a neighbour's nephew, and steps in to put an end to the love affair – with comic...
Crime on the Hill (1933)
In this murder mystery, Vicar Casson looks into the poisoning of a wealthy man. He soon finds that the man they convicted, the fiance of the rich...
Feather Your Nest (1937)
A worker at a gramphone record factory surprisingly creates a hit song.
The Great Defender (1934)
Sir Douglas Rolls is a highly respected defence lawyer of many years experience. Now in rapidly failing health, he is advised to retreat from the...
His Wife's Mother (1932)
A newlywed has a trying time proving his innocence when his mother-in-law catches him kissing another girl!
Meet My Sister (1933)
'Poor lord tells future father-in-law that his ex-fiancée is his sister.' (British Film Catalogue)
Spare a Copper (1940)
George is an inept reserve policeman working in wartime Liverpool, who is chosen by a gang of Nazi saboteurs as the stooge for their planned...
Money Talks (1932)
This exuberant comedy about Jewish domestic life tells the story of an old man who is to inherit a legacy if he can prove he is in need, and who thus...
Those Were the Days (1934)
A farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play 'The Magistrate' in which the son (John Mills) of a stern magistrate (Will Hay) visits a music hall...
Someone at the Door (1936)
When Sally inherits a country house, her young brother Ronald, an aspiring journalist, hits on a sensational way to make his first big scoop: Sally...
Happy (1933)
A young musician invents an anti-theft device for cars, but works as a jazz conductor while waiting for his invention to be successful.
Living Dangerously (1936)
The dramatic story of a normal, intelligent man of good principles driven to contemplate thoughts of murder.
The Luck of a Sailor (1934)
In this romantic comedy, the king of Ruritania marries an impoverished commoner after he is exiled. Trouble shows up when the king must return to his...
A Star Fell from Heaven (1936)
In this comedy, a talented singer is hired to dub the voice of a star who has lost his own. During the film's premiere, news that he sang the songs...
Their Night Out (1933)
An evening of cocktails and frolicking lands a chap in hot water when he's suspected of masterminding a criminal gang!
I Give My Heart (1935)
The Loves of Madame du Barry was the American title of the 1935 British operetta I Give My Heart, based on the stage musical The Du Barry. German...
The Student's Romance (1935)
A Student's Romance was based on the operetta I Lost My Heart in Heidelburg, which in turn owed a lot to that old chestnut The Student Prince. In...
It's a Bet (1935)
A young English reporter makes a bet with a wealthy publisher that he can disappear for a month. In his absence the publisher makes much of the...
The Last Coupon (1932)
A frugal coal miner turns into a spendthrift when he wins £20,000 on the football pools!
Big Business (1930)
A Musical film Directed by Oscar M. Sheridan.
My Wife's Family (1931)
Farcical confusions ensue when newlywed bride Peggy Gay overhears her husband Jack discussing the purchase of a piano, and somehow interprets what he...
Dandy Dick (1935)
The Very Reverend Richard Jedd has a problem: the church spire, now in a parlous state of repair, will cost nearly £1,000 to fix. When various...
The Outcast (1934)
A music-hall star and his best mate are conned out of their earnings (twice!) and left with nothing but a beloved greyhound.
Lend Me Your Wife (1935)
'Bachelor has his friend's wife pose as his own to fool rich uncle.' (British Film Catalogue)
Give Her a Ring (1934)
A telephonist falls for her employer.