About Danny Green
Lived 1903 – 1973 (aged 69–70). Danny Green was a British stage actor, film actor and television actor.
Danny Green (26 May 1903 – 1973 ) was an English actor. He was best known for his role as the slow-witted ex-boxer "One-Round" Lawson in The Ladykillers.
He worked regularly in film, television and on the stage, including playing comic gangsters in the original London productions of Guys and Dolls (1953) and Do Re Mi (1961).
One of his last roles was as Lord Surrey in the Randal and Hopkirk episode Just for the Record in 1969.
Filmography
The Crooked Billet (1929) - Rogers Atlantic (1929) - Passenger The Fire Raisers (1934) - Stedding's Henchman (uncredited) Wild Boy (1934) - Driver (uncredited) Things Are Looking Up (1935) - Big Black Fox Crime Over London (1936) - Klemm Silver Blaze (1937) - Barton, Moriarty's Henchman (uncredited) Midnight Menace (1937) - Socks, American Henchman Gangway (1937) - Shorty Jericho (1937) - Sergeant (uncredited) The Squeaker (1937) - Safecracker (uncredited) Non-Stop New York (1937) - Gangster (uncredited) Hey! Hey! USA (1938) - McGuire - Cop (uncredited) Sailors Three (1940) - Nightclub Bouncer (uncredited) Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) - Hank (uncredited) Fiddlers Three (1944) - Lictor Madonna of the Seven Moons (1945) - Scorpi The Echo Murders (1945) - Carl The Man Within (1947) - Smuggler Dancing with Crime (1947) - Sid (uncredited) No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948) - Flyn On the Spot (1948, TV film) - Con O'Hara Good-Time Girl (1948) - Smiling Billy Helter Skelter (1949) - Liftman (uncredited) Someone at the Door (1950) - Price Once a Sinner (1950) - Ticker James State Secret (1950) - Taxi Driver The Lady Craved Excitement (1950) - Boris Her Favourite Husband (1950) - Angel Face Mister Drake's Duck (1951) - Truck driver A Tale of Five Cities (1951) - Levinsky Whispering Smith Hits London (1952) - Cecil Little Big Shot (1952) - Big Mo Laughing Anne (1953) - Nicholas A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) - Bully Bason The Ladykillers (1955) - One-Round Jumping for Joy (1956) - Plug Ugly Assignment Redhead (1956) - Yotti Blum Seven Waves Away (1957) - Joe Woolsek Interpol (1957) - Second Bartender Wideawake (1957, TV film) - 'Professor' Hagen A Santa for Christmas (1957, TV film) A Tale of Two Cities (1958) - Grave Robber (uncredited) The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) - Karim Hidden Homicide (1959) - Cliff Darby Beyond This Place (1959) - Roach In the Wake of a Stranger (1959) - Barnes Girls of the Latin Quarter (1960) - Hodgson Surprise Package (1960) - Nicky Canfield (uncredited) The Barber of Stamford Hill (broadcast 28th. July, 1960) - Mr. O - (ITV Television Playhouse, series 5, episode 47) Man in the Moon (1960) - Lorry driver The Fast Lady (1963) - Bandit The Old Dark House (1963) - Morgan Femm A Stitch in Time (1963) - Ticehurst, Man With Beard. Kiss Me Kate (1964, TV film) - Gangster Doctor in Clover (1966) - Ashby (uncredited) Smashing Time (1967) The Fixer (1968) - The Giggler (uncredited)
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Frequently asked questions
Who was Danny Green?
British actor (1903–1973)
When was Danny Green born?
Danny Green was born on 26 May 1903 in London.
When did Danny Green die?
Danny Green died in 1973.
What was Danny Green's occupation?
Danny Green was a stage actor, film actor and television actor.
What nationality was Danny Green?
Danny Green was British.
Sources & further reading
· DBpedia: Danny Green (actor)
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