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Will Hay

Will Hay was a British comedian, actor, and director who was active during the first half of the 20th century. He was known for his slapstick humor and played a variety of roles both on stage and in film. His most famous films include "Oh, Mr. Porter!" and "Ask a Policeman."

Titles credited to Will Hay

Oh, Mr. Porter!

Oh, Mr. Porter!

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1937 IMDB Rating: 7.4

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. Hilariou...

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Convict 99

Convict 99

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1938 IMDB Rating: 6.7

A 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 rathe...

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Good Morning, Boys!

Good Morning, Boys!

Film Age rating: 3 Year: 1937 IMDB Rating: 6.6

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.

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The Goose Steps Out

The Goose Steps Out

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1942 IMDB Rating: 6.5

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...

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Boys Will Be Boys

Boys Will Be Boys

Film Age rating: 4 Year: 1935 IMDB Rating: 6.5

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...

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Where There's a Will

Where There's a Will

Film Age rating: 7 Year: 1936 IMDB Rating: 6.3

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 magazin...

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Hey! Hey! USA

Hey! Hey! USA

Film Age rating: n/a Year: 1938 IMDB Rating: 5.8

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

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