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Wilson Coleman
Wilson Coleman (1873–1940) was a British actor. He started his stage career in 1891, playing juvenile and heavy parts. He worked with Barry Jackson for five years. He toured both North and South America as well as South Africa. His hobbies were anything mechanical, electrical and optical, giving him the knowledge to invent his own camera for taking moving pictures. This led to him being in the photographic section of the RFC in World War I. Partial filmography * ''Doss House'' (1933) * ''Kentucky Minstrels'' (1934) * ''Borrow a Million'' (1934) * '' Music Hall'' (1934) * '' Flood Tide'' (1934) * '' Say It with Flowers'' (1934) * '' Lest We Forget'' (1934) * '' Blue Smoke'' (1935) * '' A Real Bloke'' (1935) * ''Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle'' (1935) * ''Mother, Don't Rush Me'' (1936) * '' Blind Man's Bluff'' (1936) * '' Toilers of the Sea'' (1936) * ''Doctor Syn'' (1937) * ''Alf's Button Afloat'' (1938) * ''Stepping Toes'' (1938) * ''Where's That Fire? ''Where's T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wilson Coleman
Wilson Coleman (1873–1940) was a British actor. He started his stage career in 1891, playing juvenile and heavy parts. He worked with Barry Jackson for five years. He toured both North and South America as well as South Africa. His hobbies were anything mechanical, electrical and optical, giving him the knowledge to invent his own camera for taking moving pictures. This led to him being in the photographic section of the RFC in World War I. Partial filmography * ''Doss House'' (1933) * ''Kentucky Minstrels'' (1934) * ''Borrow a Million'' (1934) * '' Music Hall'' (1934) * '' Flood Tide'' (1934) * '' Say It with Flowers'' (1934) * '' Lest We Forget'' (1934) * '' Blue Smoke'' (1935) * '' A Real Bloke'' (1935) * ''Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle'' (1935) * ''Mother, Don't Rush Me'' (1936) * '' Blind Man's Bluff'' (1936) * '' Toilers of the Sea'' (1936) * ''Doctor Syn'' (1937) * ''Alf's Button Afloat'' (1938) * ''Stepping Toes'' (1938) * ''Where's That Fire? ''Where's T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mother, Don't Rush Me
''Mother, Don't Rush Me'' is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Robb Wilton, Muriel Aked and Peter Haddon. It was made at the Riverside Studios in Hammersmith.Wood p.85 It is based on a sketch by the celebrated music hall performer Fred Karno, who produced the film. Cast * Robb Wilton as Samuel Honey * Muriel Aked as Amy Andrews * Peter Haddon as Adolphe * Clay Keyes as Detective * Frank Tully as Detective * Bobbie Comber as Louis * Kathleen Kelly as Tilly * Kenneth Kove as Bertie Moon * Wallace Douglas as Jack Honey * Dino Galvani as Tony * Hal Walters as Hal * Nor Kiddie as Commissionaire * Wilson Coleman Wilson Coleman (1873–1940) was a British actor. He started his stage career in 1891, playing juvenile and heavy parts. He worked with Barry Jackson for five years. He toured both North and South America as well as South Africa. His hobbies w ... References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
19th-century British Male Actors
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British Male Film Actors
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British Male Stage Actors
British may refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * British people, nationals or natives of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories, and Crown Dependencies. ** Britishness, the British identity and common culture * British English, the English language as spoken and written in the United Kingdom or, more broadly, throughout the British Isles * Celtic Britons, an ancient ethno-linguistic group * Brittonic languages, a branch of the Insular Celtic language family (formerly called British) ** Common Brittonic, an ancient language Other uses *''Brit(ish)'', a 2018 memoir by Afua Hirsch *People or things associated with: ** Great Britain, an island ** United Kingdom, a sovereign state ** Kingdom of Great Britain (1707–1800) ** United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland (1801–1922) See also * Terminology of the British Isles * Alternative names for the British * English (other) * Britannic (other) * British Isles * Brit (other) * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1940 Deaths
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1873 Births
Events January–March * January 1 ** Japan adopts the Gregorian calendar. ** The California Penal Code goes into effect. * January 17 – American Indian Wars: Modoc War: First Battle of the Stronghold – Modoc Indians defeat the United States Army. * February 11 – The Spanish Cortes deposes King Amadeus I, and proclaims the First Spanish Republic. * February 12 ** Emilio Castelar, the former foreign minister, becomes prime minister of the new Spanish Republic. ** The Coinage Act of 1873 in the United States is signed into law by President Ulysses S. Grant; coming into effect on April 1, it ends bimetallism in the U.S., and places the country on the gold standard. * February 20 ** The University of California opens its first medical school in San Francisco. ** British naval officer John Moresby discovers the site of Port Moresby, and claims the land for Britain. * March 3 – Censorship: The United States Congress enacts the Comstock La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Where's That Fire?
''Where's That Fire?'' is a 1940 British comedy film, produced by Twentieth Century Fox, directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. It was the last film Will Hay made with his most famous comic foils, Moore Marriott and Graham Moffatt. Synopsis Will Hay plays the incompetent Fire Captain Viking who fails to find a large fire, gets lost in the process and ends up on a newspaper headline as 'The engine that never made it'. Finally upon arriving at the location of the fire (discovering it's been put out) he hears that his local town hall is on fire. After failing to appear before the town hall burns down, Fire Captain Viking is told to put out a fire successfully or else he and his men face the sack. Viking and his crew, Albert and Harbottle, proceed to London to gain more experience of an efficient fire station, with Albert and Harbottle "knocking-off" several items. Shortly after embarking on a series of dangerous exploits to improve the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stepping Toes
''Stepping Toes'' is a 1938 British musical film directed by John Baxter and starring Hazel Ascot, Enid Stamp-Taylor and Jack Barty. The screenplay concerns a young girl who achieves her ambition to become a tap dancer. The film was made by Two Cities Films at Shepperton Studios.Wood p.99 Its sets were designed by John Bryan. Cast * Hazel Ascot as Hazel Warrington * Enid Stamp-Taylor as Mrs Warrington * Jack Barty as Joe * Edgar Driver as Tich * Ernest Butcher as Stringer * Richard Cooper as Kenneth Warrington * Ivan Samson as Mr Warrington * Wilson Coleman Wilson Coleman (1873–1940) was a British actor. He started his stage career in 1891, playing juvenile and heavy parts. He worked with Barry Jackson (director), Barry Jackson for five years. He toured both North and South America as well as So ... as Bob Burnham * John Turnbull as Representative * Jo Masters as Chorus References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Alf's Button Afloat
''Alf's Button Afloat'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Alastair Sim and Peter Gawthorne. In the film, the Crazy Gang go to sea, where one of them discovers a button on his uniform is made from the metal of Aladdin's lamp. The film parodies the 1920 novel '' Alf's Button'' by W.A. Darlington and its subsequent film adaptations. Cast * Bud Flanagan as Alf Higgins * Chesney Allen as Ches * Jimmy Nervo as Cecil * Teddy Knox as Teddy * Charlie Naughton as Charlie * Jimmy Gold as Jimmy * Alastair Sim as Eustace * Wally Patch as Sergeant Hawkins * Peter Gawthorne as Captain Driscol * Agnes Lauchlan as Lady Driscol * Glennis Lorimer as Frankie Driscol * James Carney as Lieutenant John Hardy * Wilson Coleman Wilson Coleman (1873–1940) was a British actor. He started his stage career in 1891, playing juvenile and heavy parts. He worked with Barry Jackson (director), Barry Jackson for five years. He t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Doctor Syn (film)
''Doctor Syn'' (''Dr. Syn'' in the United States) is a 1937 British black-and-white historical dramatic adventure film, directed by Roy William Neill for Gainsborough Pictures. It stars George Arliss (in his last feature film), Margaret Lockwood, Graham Moffatt, and Ronald Shiner. The film is based on the ''Doctor Syn'' novels of Russell Thorndike, set in 18th century Kent. The character of Syn and the events at the film's climax were both softened considerably in comparison to Thorndike's original storyline. Plot Led by Captain Collyer, a detachment of Royal Navy tax revenue collectors arrive in the village of Dymchurch on Romney Marsh. The area is known for liquor-smuggling, and they are on the trail of the culprits. They find a peaceful village of apparently honest, pious, and simple folk, looked after benevolently by their philanthropic vicar, Doctor Syn. Dr Syn is in fact The Scarecrow, the leader of the band of parish smugglers. He uses his cover as a man of the cloth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toilers Of The Sea (1936 Film)
''Toilers of the Sea'' is a 1936 British historical drama film directed by Ted Fox and Selwyn Jepson and starring Mary Lawson, Cyril McLaglen and Andrews Engelmann. It is an adaptation of the novel of the same title by Victor Hugo. It was made at Wembley Studios.Wood p.93 Cast * Mary Lawson as Deruchette * Cyril McLaglen as Gilliatt * Andrews Engelmann as Capt. Clubin * Wilson Coleman as Lethierry * Ian Colin Ian Colin (1912–1987) was a British film and television actor. During the 1930s, Colin was a leading man in Quota quickies. He later acted predominantly in television shows such as ''The Quatermass Experiment'', '' Emergency-Ward 10'' and '' C ... as Peter Caudray * William Dewhurst as Landois * Walter Sondes as Rataine References Bibliography * Low, Rachael. ''Filmmaking in 1930s Britain''. George Allen & Unwin, 1985. * Wood, Linda. ''British Films, 1927-1939''. British Film Institute, 1986. External links * 1936 films British drama films 1936 drama fi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
