Desmond Tester

Desmond Tester

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Desmond Tester (17 February 1919 – 31 December 2002) was an English and Australian film actor and television actor, host and executive. He was born in London, England. Among his most notable roles was that of the ill-fated boy Stevie in the Alfred Hitchcock film Sabotage (1936). Tester made his first stage appearance at the age of 12, receiving positive reviews from London critics. He was known more as a child actor in film in his native England. Tester's characters often met with doomed fates, in such early films as Carol Reed's Midshipman Easy (1935), Tudor Rose (1936), The Stars Look Down (1939), and Sabotage. He also appeared in The Drum (1938). After World War II, he moved to Australia and embarked in careers in radio, theater and television. As television broadcasting began in Australia, Tester soon found work with Channel Nine's What's My Line and in a variety of children's programs including Kaper Kops with Reg Gorman and Rod Hull. He spent fifteen years at Channel Nine, taking charge of children's programming, and became more involved behind the scenes in production and publicity. He later moved to Reg Grundy Productions, eventually leaving the industry entirely due to a dislike of the overall management culture. In 1974 he revived his stage acting career. He also had occasional minor roles in various films, such as Barry McKenzie Holds His Own (1974) and The Wild Duck (1983). Tester died in Sydney on 31 December 2002. Description above from the Wikipedia article Desmond Tester, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.​

  • Title: Desmond Tester
  • Popularity: 2.026
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1919-02-17
  • Place of Birth: London, England
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  • Also Known As: Десмонд Тестер
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Desmond Tester Movies

  • 1937
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    Sabotage

    Sabotage

    6.7 1937 HD

    Karl Anton Verloc and his wife own a small cinema in a quiet London suburb where they live seemingly happily. But Mrs. Verloc does not know that her...

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  • 1984
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    The Wild Duck

    The Wild Duck

    6.7 1984 HD

    Ibsen's play, adapted to Australia, concerns a couple forced to answer for their daughter's legitimacy.

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  • 1940
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    The Stars Look Down

    The Stars Look Down

    6.521 1940 HD

    Davey Fenwick leaves his mining village on a university scholarship intent on returning to better support the miners against the owners. But he falls...

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  • 1935
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    Midshipman Easy

    Midshipman Easy

    6.1 1935 HD

    Set during the Peninsular Campaign of the Napoleonic War, Mr Midshipman Easy has just joined the Royal Navy. He is very keen to do well but luckily...

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  • 1938
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    The Drum

    The Drum

    5.675 1938 HD

    Set in the India of the British Raj, the evil and untrustworthy Prince Guhl (Raymond Massey) plans to wipe out the British troops as they enjoy the...

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  • 1936
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    The Beloved Vagabond

    The Beloved Vagabond

    5.4 1936 HD

    Flying from one charming lady---eluding another---and almost losing both!

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  • 1974
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    Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

    Barry McKenzie Holds His Own

    5.4 1974 HD

    Barry McKenzie's Aunt Edna is kidnapped by Count Von Plasma, the vampire head of an isolated Eastern European dictatorship who mistakes her for the...

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  • 1936
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    Tudor Rose

    Tudor Rose

    8.1 1936 HD

    The tragic story of Lady Jane Grey, the young queen who reigned in England for nine days before she was executed.

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  • 1940
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    An Englishman's Home

    An Englishman's Home

    1 1940 HD

    A German spy is dispatched to Britain to search out targets for a planned invasion.

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  • 1947
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    The Turners of Prospect Road

    The Turners of Prospect Road

    6 1947 HD

    A London cabby finds a greyhound puppy in his cab, and gives it to his daughter. She raises it and trains it up at the race tracks; and in spite of...

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  • 1937
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    Non-Stop New York

    Non-Stop New York

    6.3 1937 HD

    A young woman finds herself as the intended victim of a murder plot on a transatlantic flight from London to New York.

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  • 1987
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    Rafferty's Rules

    Rafferty's Rules

    6 1987 HD

    Rafferty's Rules was an Australian television drama series which ran from 1987 to 1990 on the Seven Network. Rafferty's Rules was one of the first...

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