Tony Wager

Tony Wager

Wager is best known for portraying the role of the young "Pip" in David Lean's 1946 film of Great Expectations. Wager was born in Willesden, London and grew up in Mill Hill, Hendon. Wager’s father was a plumber and decorator. He studied at Christ's College. In 1945, Wager auditioned call for the role of ’Pip’ in the film Great Expectations. Wager won the role and was praised by critics for his performance. He won a Film Daily Critics Award for Best Performance For a Juvenile for his role in the film. After appearing in Great Expectations, Wager continued working in films and television in England. In the late 1950s, Wager moved to Sydney, Australia where he continued his career in both film and television but occasionally returned to England for acting jobs. He made his final onscreen appearance in the 1988 Australian television movie The Boardroom.

  • Title: Tony Wager
  • Popularity: 4.892
  • Known For: Acting
  • Birthday: 1932-06-24
  • Place of Birth: Willesden, London, England, UK
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  • Also Known As: Anthony Wager, Anthony Alexander Wager
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Tony Wager Movies

  • 1946
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    Great Expectations

    Great Expectations

    7.274 1946 HD

    In this Dickens adaptation, orphan Pip discovers through lawyer Mr. Jaggers that a mysterious benefactor wishes to ensure that he becomes a...

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  • 1965
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    The Night Caller

    The Night Caller

    5.3 1965 HD

    The inhabitants of Ganymede need to find mates from another world or they will become extinct. They soon discover a suitable breeding stock amongst...

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  • 1958
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    The Wind Cannot Read

    The Wind Cannot Read

    6.3 1958 HD

    A British officer falls in love with his Japanese instructor at a military language school. They start a romance, but she is regarded as the enemy...

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  • 1962
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    Night of the Prowler

    Night of the Prowler

    4.5 1962 HD

    An avaricious, ambitious fellow, desiring to hold the reins for a major auto company, must frame someone for murder before he can get what he wants....

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  • 1989
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    Daisy and Simon

    Daisy and Simon

    1 1989 HD

    Daisy, a gun-toting grumpy old battle-axe, eeking out her life in a tumbledown shack in the middle of nowhere. Into her life stumbles Simon, a...

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  • 1960
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    The League of Gentlemen

    The League of Gentlemen

    7 1960 HD

    Involuntarily-retired Colonel Hyde recruits seven other dissatisfied ex-servicemen for a special project. Each of the men has a skeleton in the...

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  • 1947
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    Fame Is the Spur

    Fame Is the Spur

    6.5 1947 HD

    A politician rises rapidly to fame and fortune and discovers that power corrupts and ultimately becomes the very type of politician he had set out to...

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  • 1963
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    The Hi-Jackers

    The Hi-Jackers

    7.1 1963 HD

    A self-employed lorry driver is determined to find the criminals responsible for hijacking him.

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  • 1965
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    The Counterfeit Man

    The Counterfeit Man

    1 1965 HD

    On Jupiter's moon Ganymede, an alien life-form has taken over the body of a human astronaut, creating an almost perfect copy. It then begins the long...

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  • 1973
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    ...And Millions Die!

    ...And Millions Die!

    4 1973 HD

    A former Nazi living in Hong Kong has developed a nerve gas that he's hidden in a sewer attached to a time bomb. Police race against time to find the...

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  • 1947
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    Hungry Hill

    Hungry Hill

    5.4 1947 HD

    Life becomes a tragedy for the wife of an Irish heir to a 19th-century family feud and fortune.

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  • 1948
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    The Guinea Pig

    The Guinea Pig

    7.05 1948 HD

    A working-class boy wins a scholarship to a public school, as part of a post-World War Two experiment in bringing boys of different social classes...

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  • 1951
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    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    7.434 1951 HD

    Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show...

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  • 1950
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    No Place for Jennifer

    No Place for Jennifer

    5.8 1950 HD

    A young girl goes through the trauma of her parent's divorce and seperate re-marriages.

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  • 1955
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    Above Us the Waves

    Above Us the Waves

    6.1 1955 HD

    In World War II, the greatest threat to the British navy is the German battleship Tirpitz. While anchored in a Norwegian fjord, it is impossible to...

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  • 1956
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    The Battle of the River Plate

    The Battle of the River Plate

    6.2 1956 HD

    In the early years of the World War II, the Royal Navy is fighting a desperate battle to keep the Atlantic convoy routes open to supply the British...

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  • 1948
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    The Secret Tunnel

    The Secret Tunnel

    8 1948 HD

    Storyline Roger Henderson, the young son of a wealthy British gentleman, lives in one of those grand British country estates surrounded by huge...

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  • 1965
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    Be My Guest

    Be My Guest

    6.3 1965 HD

    A couple inherit a hotel with no guests until their son's pop group turns things around.

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  • 1951
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    Scrooge

    Scrooge

    7.434 1951 HD

    Ebenezer Scrooge malcontentedly shuffles through life as a cruel, miserly businessman; until he is visited by three spirits on Christmas Eve who show...

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  • 1973
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    The Evil Touch

    The Evil Touch

    5.5 1973 HD

    The Evil Touch is an Australian-produced television series, originally broadcast in Australia in 1973. It was an anthology series where each episode...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1958
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    Ivanhoe

    Ivanhoe

    6.3 1958 HD

    Ivanhoe is a British television series first shown on ITV in 1958-59. The show features Roger Moore in his first starring role, as Sir Wilfred of...

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  • 1970
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    McCloud

    McCloud

    7.1 1970 HD

    Deputy Marshal Sam McCloud of the small western town of Taos, New Mexico is assigned to the metropolitan New York City Police Department (NYPD) as a...

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  • 1959
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    No Hiding Place

    No Hiding Place

    3.7 1959 HD

    No Hiding Place is a British television series that was produced at Wembley Studios by Associated-Rediffusion for the ITV network between 16...

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  • 1963
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    First Night

    First Night

    1 1963 HD

    A series of contemporary television dramas by new writers.

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  • 1974
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    Silent Number

    Silent Number

    1 1974 HD

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  • 1965
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    Out of the Unknown

    Out of the Unknown

    6.8 1965 HD

    Out of the Unknown is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1962
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    The Saint

    The Saint

    7.3 1962 HD

    Simon Templar is The Saint, a handsome, sophisticated, debonair, modern-day Robin Hood who recovers ill-gotten wealth and redistributes it to those...

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  • 1974
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    Rush

    Rush

    5 1974 HD

    Rush was an Australian television series produced by the Australian Broadcasting Corporation between 1974 and 1976. The first 13 episodes were...

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