Charles Maitland Hallard (26 October 1865 – 21 April 1942) was a Scottish actor. In 1895 he appeared in the popular drama ''
Trilby
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'' with
Herbert Beerbohm Tree
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree (17 December 1852 – 2 July 1917) was an English actor and theatre manager.
Tree began performing in the 1870s. By 1887, he was managing the Haymarket Theatre in the West End, winning praise for adventurous progra ...
at the
Haymarket Theatre
The Theatre Royal Haymarket (also known as Haymarket Theatre or the Little Theatre) is a West End theatre on Haymarket in the City of Westminster which dates back to 1720, making it the third-oldest London playhouse still in use. Samuel Foote ...
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Selected filmography
* ''
Convict 99
''Convict 99'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Will Hay, Moore Marriott, Graham Moffatt and Googie Withers.
Plot
Incompetent Dr Benjamin Twist (Will Hay) is dismissed from his job as headmaster at St. Micha ...
'' (1919) - Ralph Vickers
* '' The Bridal Chair'' (1919) - Lord Louis Lewis
* ''Faith'' (1919) - Lord Louis Lewis
* ''Gamblers All'' (1919) - John Leighton
* ''
Edge O' Beyond
''Edge O' Beyond'' is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Fred W. Durrant and starring Ruby Miller, Owen Nares and Isobel Elsom. It is an adaptation of the 1908 novel '' The Edge O' Beyond'' by Gertrude Page, one of her bestsellers se ...
'' (1919) - Captain Burnett
* ''
Mrs. Thompson
''Mrs. Thompson'' is a 1919 British silent drama film directed by Rex Wilson and starring Minna Grey, C. M. Hallard and Isobel Elsom. It was released in the United States on 6 April 1923. It was adapted from a 1911 novel by William Babington ...
'' (1919) - Prentice
* ''
The Elder Miss Blossom
''The Elder Miss Blossom'' (also released under the titles ''Wanted a Wife'' and ''Choosing a Wife'') is a 1918 British silent drama film directed by Percy Nash and starring Isobel Elsom, Minna Grey and Owen Nares. It was shot at Isleworth Studio ...
'' (1919) - Andrew Quick
* ''Faith'' (1919) - Lord Louis Lewis
* ''
The Husband Hunter
The Husband Hunter is a 1920 American comedy-drama film directed by Howard M. Mitchell starring Eileen Percy and Emory Johnson
Alfred Emory Johnson (March 16, 1894 – April 18, 1960) was an American actor, director, producer, and writer. A ...
'' (1920) - Sir Robert Chester
* ''
Love in the Wilderness
''Love in the Wilderness'' is a 1920 British silent drama film directed by Alexander Butler and starring Madge Titheradge, C. M. Hallard and Campbell Gullan. It was adapted from Gertrude Page's 1907 novel '' Love in the Wilderness''. The film ...
The Pauper Millionaire
''The Pauper Millionaire'' is a 1922 British silent comedy film directed by Frank Hall Crane and starring C. M. Hallard, Katherine Blair, and John H. Roberts.In the Night'' (1922) - The Stranger
* ''
Carry On
Carry On may refer to:
* ''Carry On'' (franchise), a British comedy media franchise
*Carry-on luggage or hand luggage, luggage that is carried into the passenger compartment
* ''Carry On'' (film), a 1927 British silent film
* ''Carry On'' (novel), ...
'' (1927) - John Peters
* '' A Light Woman'' (1928) - Marquis de Vargas
* ''
Knowing Men
''Knowing Men'' is a 1930 British romantic comedy film directed by Elinor Glyn and starring Carl Brisson, Elissa Landi and Helen Haye. It was made at Elstree StudiosWood p.67 and based on one of Glyn's own novels. Originally shot using an experim ...
'' (1930) - Marquis de Jarnais
* ''
The W Plan
''The W Plan'' is a 1930 British spy film produced and directed by Victor Saville and starring Brian Aherne, Madeleine Carroll, Gibb McLaughlin, and Gordon Harker. The screenplay was written by Saville with Miles Malleson and Frank Launder, ba ...
'' (1930) - Commander-in-Chief
* '' Two Worlds'' (1930) - Col. von Zaminsky
* '' Almost a Honeymoon'' (1930) - Sir James Jephson
* ''
Compromising Daphne
Compromising Daphne is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Jean Colin, Phyllis Konstam, C. M. Hallard and Viola Compton. It was also released under the alternative title ''Compromised!'' and was based on a play by ...
'' (1930) - Mr. Ponsonby
* '' The Woman Between'' (1931) - Earl Bellingdon
* ''
Tell England
''Tell England: A Study in a Generation'' is a novel written by Ernest Raymond and published in February 1922 in the United Kingdom. Its themes are the First World War and the young men sent to fight in it.
The book became a bestseller, some 3 ...
On Secret Service
''On Secret Service'' is a 1933 British thriller film directed by Arthur B. Woods and starring Greta Nissen, Karl Ludwig Diehl, Don Alvarado, and Austin Trevor. It was produced by British International Pictures. It is based on the 1933 German ...
'' (1933) - Colonel von Waldmuller
* ''
Rolling in Money
''Rolling in Money'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Albert Parker and starring Isabel Jeans, Leslie Sarony and John Loder. It was made at Ealing Studios by the British subsidiary of Fox Film.Wood p.83 It was not a quota quickie l ...
'' (1934) - Carter
* ''
The Third Clue
''The Third Clue'' is a 1934 British crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Molly Lamont and Raymond Lovell. The film was based on Neil Gordon's novel ''The Shakespeare Murders'', which also inspired '' The Claydon Tr ...
'' (1934) - Gabriel Wells
* ''
The Riverside Murder
''The Riverside Murder'' is a 1935 British crime film directed by Albert Parker and starring Basil Sydney, Judy Gunn and Zoe Davis. A woman reporter helps an inspector solve the deaths of four financiers on the eve of a group shareout. The f ...
'' (1935) - Dickenson - Norman's Attorney
* ''
Royal Cavalcade
''Royal Cavalcade'', also known as ''Regal Cavalcade'', is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley (Supervising Director), Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, W. P. Kellino and Mar ...
'' (1935) - Winston Churchill
* ''
Night Mail
''Night Mail'' is a 1936 British documentary film directed and produced by Harry Watt and Basil Wright, and produced by the General Post Office (GPO) Film Unit. The 24-minute film documents the nightly postal train operated by the London, Mi ...
'' (1935) - Sir Jacob March
* ''
Moscow Nights
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"Moscow Nights" ( rus, Подмосковные вечера, r=Podmoskovnyje večera, ), later covered as "Midnight in Moscow", is a Soviet Russian song.
Composition and initial success
Composer Vasily Solovyov-Sedoi and poet Mikhai ...
'' (1935) - President of Court Martial
* ''
King of the Damned
''King of the Damned'' is a 1935 British prison film directed by Walter Forde and starring Conrad Veidt, Helen Vinson, Noah Beery and Cecil Ramage.
Plot summary
Convict 83 is a prisoner on an island, where the harsh regime of the Governor push ...
'' (1935) - Commandant Courvin
* ''
Jack of All Trades
Jack of all trades may refer to:
*Jack of all trades, master of none, an aphorism
*"Jack of All Trades", a term to reference one with the ability to be proficient in many areas of life
Film and television
*Jack of All Trades (TV series), ''Jack of ...
'' (1936) - Henry Kilner
* '' The Live Wire'' (1937) - Sir George Dawson
* '' The Sky's the Limit'' (1938) - Lord Morgan (Last appearance)