80 The Undying Monster ( 1942 )

  This  werewolf  film  is  well-made  , with  some  interesting  arty  camera  angles  , but  it's  seriously  lacking  in  real  chills  especially  when  it's  obvious  so  early  on  who  the  culprit  is.

It  centres  around  a  family  called  Hammond  who  have  a  Gothic  mansion  and  a  history  of  strange  deaths. A  police  scientist Curtis  ( James  Ellison )  and  his  female  assistant  investigate  the  latest  incident.

Heather  Angel  ( as  Helga  Hammond )

Sex  : No

Death : Survives

Heather  came  from  Oxfordshire  originally  and  her  first  film  roles  were  in  British  pictures. She  went  to  Hollywood  in  the  early  thirties. Her  career  mainly   ended  in  1944  but  she  did  some  voice-overs  for  Disney  in  the  fifties. In  1970  her  husband  Robert  Sinclair  was  murdered  by  a  burglar  in  her  presence. She  died  in  1986  aged  77.

Heather  Wilde  ( as  Millie )

Sex :  No

Death : Survives

Heather  was  a  bit  part  actress  often, as  here, playing  maids.

Valerie  Traxler  ( as  Kate  O' Malley )

Sex : No

Death : Dies  of  a  head  injury  sustained  in  an  attack  by  the  werewolf

Valerie  was  also  a  bit  part  actress  with  barely  a  credited  role  to  her  name. She  died  in  1963  aged  47.