The best Henry Wilcoxon’s comedy movies
If you love cinema, you will share this ranking of the best Henry Wilcoxon’s movies, although you may have ordered them differently. In any case, we hope you love it and with a little luck discovering a movie that you still don’t know about Henry Wilcoxon.
Caddyshack
7.2/10
At an exclusive country club, an ambitious young caddy, Danny Noonan, eagerly pursues a caddy scholarship in hopes of attending college and, in turn, avoiding a job at the lumber yard. In order to succeed, he must first win the favour of the elitist Judge Smails, and then the caddy golf tournament which Smails sponsors.
Scaramouche
7.5/10
In 18th-century France, a young man masquerades as an actor to avenge his friend's murder.
Won Ton Ton: The Dog Who Saved Hollywood
4.8/10
A would-be filmmaker and actress shake up the industry with a trick dog who gets discovered by a studio bus driver in the 1920s.
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
6.5/10
A bump on the head sends Hank Martin, 1912 mechanic, to Arthurian Britain, 528 A.D., where he is befriended by Sir Sagramore le Desirous and gains power by judicious use of technology. He and Alisande, the King's niece, fall in love at first sight, which draws unwelcome attention from her fiancée Sir Lancelot; but worse trouble befalls when Hank meddles in the kingdom's politics.
The Private Navy of Sgt. O'Farrell
5.8/10
Sgt. O'Farrell an Army soldier on an island in the South Pacific during World War II is trying to bring the two basics of life to his fellow servicemen, women and beer. The supply ship carrying the beer is torpedoed and the contingent of nurses consists of six males and ugly nurse Nellie Krause. If he could at least try to salvage the shipment of beer.
The Man with Bogart's Face
6.2/10
In this send-up of the Humphrey Bogart detective films of the 1940s, a man idolizes Bogart so much that he has his features altered to look exactly like him and then opens up a detective agency under the name Sam Marlow.
Keep Smiling
6.1/10
Jane breaks into the film business while also reviving the flagging career of her film director uncle and getting him hooked up with his secretary.
Five of a Kind
5.1/10
Rival reporters compete to sign the Wyatt Quintuplets to be guests on their radio shows.
Dragnet
6.4/10
Scotland Yard Inspector Geoffrey James (Henry Wilcoxon) comes to the United States looking for a band of international gem-thieves who have smuggled a rich load of jewels from England to America via a trans-ocean airline. Mary Hogan (Mary Brian), an airline hostess, aids him in his quest.
The Arizona Wildcat
6.2/10
In 1870 Arizona Jane helps her foster-father ex-bandit (Carrillo) who has been accused of gold robbery.
Lord of the Manor
5.8/10
Two aristocrats become engaged but fall in love with people from a lower class.
