Will Hay

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William Thomson "Will" Hay (6 December 1888 – 18 April 1949) was an English comedian, actor, film director and amateur astronomer.

Most Popular Will Hay Trailers

Total trailers found: 24

Boys Will Be Boys Trailer (1935)

01 July 1935

Alec Smart, who is engaged teaching in a prison, applies for the job of headmaster at a nearby public school to replace the previous headmaster who has been convicted of writing forged cheques and has just been sent to prison.

Radio Parade of 1935 Trailer (1934)

12 December 1934

One of the first screen outings for Will Hay. Hay plays the Director General of the National Broadcasting Group (NBG) who hides away in his office unaware that the general feeling about his programming is that it is too high-brow and the public are not happy.

Where's That Fire Trailer (1939)

29 June 1939

Capt Viking and his incompetent fire crew accidentally foil a plot to steal the crown jewels.

Dandy Dick Trailer (1935)

01 March 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.

Hitler: The Comedy Years Trailer (2007)

10 May 2007

A documentary about the portrayal of Adolf Hitler in popular culture.

Old Bones of the River Trailer (1938)

01 December 1938

Hay plays Professor Benjamin Tibbetts, representative of the Teaching & Welfare Institution for the Reformation of Pagans (otherwise known as T.

Ask a Policeman Trailer (1939)

29 April 1939

The mirthful adventures of Police-Sergeant Samuel Dudfoot and his two constables, Albert Brown and Jeremias Harbottle, who stage a fabricated crime-wave to save their jobs---and then find themselves involved in the real thing.

Convict 99 Trailer (1938)

26 September 1938

A disgraced school master, Benjamin Twist, is mistaken for a tough prison governor and assigned the charge of a prison for particularly hardened criminals.

Where There's a Will Trailer (1936)

10 August 1936

Will Hay plays the pennyless, bungling solicitor Benjamin Stubbins, who arrives at his office to find his insolent office boy (Graham Moffatt) with his feet up on the desk, reading a wild west magazine, which Hay confiscates so that he can read it later.

Thora Hird Tribute Trailer (2003)

30 March 2003

Friends, colleagues and fans, including Julie Walters, Jonathan Ross, Norman Wisdom, Keith Barron and Victoria Wood, pay tribute to Dame Thora Hird, who died in 2003 at the age of 91.

To See Such Fun Trailer (1977)

01 November 1977

Compilation of classic British comedy moments

My Learned Friend Trailer (1943)

25 October 1943

An insane murderer is on the loose, and gunning for the men who put him away. Will Hay is on the list, and co-opts Claude Hulbert to try and stop him from meeting a grisly end.

Those Were the Days Trailer (1934)

02 April 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 against the wishes of his father.

The Ghost of St. Michael's Trailer (1941)

04 February 1941

Will Hay, back in his role as a hapless teacher, is hired by a grim school in remotest Scotland. The school soon starts to be haunted by a legendary ghost, whose spectral bagpipes signal the death of one of the staff.

Oh, Mr. Porter! Trailer (1937)

05 October 1937

Comedy in which a bungling railway worker is given the job of stationmaster at a rundown station in rural Ireland, where his sidekicks are a toothless old gaffer and a portly young loudmouth.

Go to Blazes Trailer (1942)

01 January 1942

Ministry of Information-sponsored comedy short showing wartime audiences how to deal with the threat of incendiary bombs.

Camera Interviews: Will Hay Trailer (1928)

15 December 1928

Will Hay – the schoolmaster laughter-maker at the recent Command Performance. When the cat's away the mice will play.

Windbag the Sailor Trailer (1936)

01 December 1936

Will Hay plays a bragging sea captain whose maritime experience actually extends to navigating a coal barge down inland waterways.

Hey! Hey! USA Trailer (1938)

01 October 1938

While working as a porter Benjamin Twist mistakenly ends up on a cruise ship heading for the USA. Upon landing on the American coast Twist takes up work as a professor.

Good Morning, Boys! Trailer (1937)

27 May 1937

Dr. Benjamin Twist (Hay) and his pupils become involved with art thieves on a trip to Paris. Hay’s seamy schoolmaster act is supported by a fine cast including Charles Hawtrey and Lilli Palmer.

Will Hay and the Stars Trailer (2016)

07 November 2016

As well as being one of Britain's most popular stage and screen comedians, Will Hay was an avid astronomer who made history in 1933 when he discovered a spot on Saturn.

The Big Blockade Trailer (1942)

19 January 1942

Wartime propaganda piece reporting on the success of the economic blockade of Germany in the early years of the war.

The Black Sheep of Whitehall Trailer (1942)

23 February 1942

A professor teaching at a correspondence school discovers that a Nazi agent is trying to prevent a trade treaty being signed between England and South America.

The Goose Steps Out Trailer (1942)

01 August 1942

Schoolteacher William Potts is the double of a captured German spy, so he is sent to Germany by British Intelligence to obtain the plans of a new secret weapon, causing chaos in a Hitler Youth school in the process.