Celebrating the Comedy Genius, Will Hay.
Finally, Will Hay has been acknowledged as one of the funniest comedians in British comedy history. The character who constantly bluffs his way out of a comic situation, owing to his complete lack of efficiency in anything he does. For 3 years, Hay worked with stooges Moore Marriott and Graham Moffat and together they produced comedy gold. In my opinion, this comedy team is on a par with Laurel and Hardy. With big career changes made by the man himself, Will Hay managed to maintain a high quality to his films - something the majority of comedians fail to do.
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- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill HayMoore MarriottGraham MoffattWith the help of a relative, a hopeless railway employee is made stationmaster of Buggleskelly. Determined to make his mark, he devises a number of schemes to put Buggleskelly on the railway map, but instead falls foul of a gang of gun runners.A masterpiece of British comedy!
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill HayGraham MoffattMoore MarriottThe mirthful adventures of Police Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremiah Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime wave to save their jobs - then find themselves involved in the real thing.Equally as funny as "Oh Mr. Porter."
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill HayMartita HuntPeter GawthorneA schoolteacher and his pupils visit Paris where they outwit a gang of crooks.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill HayMoore MarriottGraham MoffattIn this British comedy, a professor travels up river in Africa to open schools. But his new pupils are not receptive and when the commander of the local base succumbs to malaria, he takes on his duties too. Aided by the crew of the boat he arrived on he starts collecting taxes from the locals!Controversial in today's world.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsWill HayGordon HarkerJimmy HanleyWill Hay is a teacher in a prison, who applies for the Headship of Narkover, a public school. This is the first screen appearance of Hay in his (to be ) famous schoolmaster role, in a story based on Dr Smart-Alec, the character created by John Cameron Andrieu Bingham Michael Morton (J.B. Morton, "Beachcomber")The ideal tailor-made debut for Wil Hay.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill HayMoore MarriottGraham MoffattA hapless fire crew are given the ultimatum: put out a fire successfully or else be sacked. They fail miserably, and their ancient fire engine is stolen by criminals attempting to steal the crown jewels from the Tower of London.The last film from this comedy trio.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill HayMoore MarriottGraham MoffattA disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals. Believing he is being sent to a school rather than a prison, he celebrates accordingly only to find that his drunkenness accidently lands him on the wrong side of the prison bars. The Governorship is eventually restored to him, and he sets about popularising himself amongst the convicts by turning a blind eye to their shady dealings.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsWill HayNancy BurneEsmond KnightA church vicar tries to come up with 1,000 pounds to fix the church's crooked steeple. After a variety of schemes fails to raise the required amount of money, he decides to bet what little savings he has on Dandy Dick, a nag running at the local racetrack who's a 10-to-1 shot.Different character from Hay but a good one.
- DirectorThomas BentleyStarsWill HayIris HoeyAngela BaddeleyA farce based on Arthur Wing Pinero's play "The Magistrate", in which the son of a stern magistrate visits a music hall against the wishes of his father. In true farcical style, the magistrate too ends up at the music hall, and before long, all of the characters are trying not to avoid each other.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsWill HayMoore MarriottGraham MoffattA bragging sea captain's maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways. His tall tales catch him out when he is coerced into commanding an unseaworthy ship by an unscrupulous shipping agent who means to have it wrecked.
- DirectorWilliam BeaudineStarsWill HayGraham MoffattH.F. MaltbyAn incompetent solicitor unwittingly becomes party to a bank robbery.
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill HayEdgar KennedyDavid BurnsDr Twist has to pose on a liner as a famous professor and is asked to tutor Bernie, the son of a millionaire. To avoid awkward US immigration questions, Twist enlists the help of a gangster to smuggle him into the country. But two rival gangs plan to kidnap Bernie - and Twist becomes, er, twisted up!
- DirectorMarcel VarnelStarsWill HayClaude HulbertFelix AylmerA hapless teacher named Will Lamb is hired by a grim school in Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff. Lamb has to unravel the mystery before he becomes the next victim.His best comedy from the later period.
- DirectorBasil DeardenWill HayStarsWill HayCharles HawtreyPeter CroftA bumbling teacher turns out to be the double of a German general. He is flown into Germany to impersonate the general and cause chaos and hilarity in a Hitler Youth college.
- DirectorBasil DeardenWill HayStarsWill HayJohn MillsBasil SydneyProfessor Davis, who teaches at a correspondence school, discovers that a Nazi Agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America. The agent is posing as an economics expert seconded to the trade delegation. The professor must find the real economist and expose the agent.
- DirectorBasil DeardenWill HayStarsWill HayClaude HulbertMervyn JohnsAn insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Fitch is on the list, and co-opts Claude Babbington to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.Finishing on a high note, a different kind of comedy being developed.
- DirectorArthur B. WoodsStarsWill HayHelen ChandlerClifford MollisonThe Director General of the NBG is struggling with his staff as the complaints pile up on his programming.The staff put on a show that could turn the tide, if the DG can thwart a villainous agent and deal with his troublesome daughter.
- DirectorWalter FordeStarsWill HayThora HirdMuriel GeorgeMinistry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs
- DirectorCharles FrendStarsWill HayBernard MilesJohn StuartWartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.
- StarsWill Hay
- DirectorTom MarshallStarsAlan MooreWill HayDale HoltAs well as being one of Britain's most popular stage and screen comedians, Will Hay was an avid astronomer and made history in 1933 when he discovered a spot on Saturn. This short film showcases the lesser known side of this comedy legend.