Edward J. Ratcliffe (10 March 1863 – 28 September 1948) was an English actor of stage and screen. He had an established stage career behind him when he came to films in 1915. He then spent nearly twenty years before the cameras before making his last film in 1933. He can be seen in many surviving silent and sound films. In the early Warner Brothers sound extravaganza ''
The Show of Shows
''The Show of Shows'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. The all-talking Vitaphone production cost $850,000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor.
''The Show o ...
'' he plays Henry VI in the excerpted vignette from that play opposite
John Barrymore
John Barrymore (born John Sidney Blyth; February 14 or 15, 1882 – May 29, 1942) was an American actor on stage, screen and radio. A member of the Drew and Barrymore theatrical families, he initially tried to avoid the stage, and briefly att ...
's Richard III.
Ratcliffe played
Theodore Roosevelt
Theodore Roosevelt Jr. ( ; October 27, 1858 – January 6, 1919), often referred to as Teddy or by his initials, T. R., was an American politician, statesman, soldier, conservationist, naturalist, historian, and writer who served as the 26t ...
in three films: ''
The Fighting Roosevelts'' (1919), ''
Sundown'' (1924), and ''
I Loved a Woman'' (1933).
New York barman Patrick Duffy claimed Ratcliffe brought the
highball
A highball is a mixed alcoholic drink composed of an alcoholic base spirit and a larger proportion of a non-alcoholic mixer, often a carbonated beverage. Examples include the Seven and Seven, Scotch and soda, gin and tonic, screwdriver (a.k.a ...
from England to the U.S. in 1894.
Selected filmography
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The Struggle Everlasting'' (1918)
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Out of a Clear Sky
''Out of a Clear Sky'' is a lost 1918 American silent romantic drama film starring Marguerite Clark and directed by Marshall Neilan. Based upon a novel by Maria Thompson Daviess, Famous Players-Lasky produced the film and Paramount Pictures distri ...
'' (1918)
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The Divorcee
''The Divorcee'' is a 1930 American pre-Code drama film written by Nick Grindé, John Meehan, and Zelda Sears, based on the 1929 novel ''Ex-Wife'' by Ursula Parrott. It was directed by Robert Z. Leonard, who was nominated for the Academy ...
'' (1919)
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A Daughter of Two Worlds'' (1920)
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Even as Eve'' (1920)
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Love, Honor and Obey'' (1920)
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The Great Adventure'' (1921)
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The Idol of the North
''The Idol of the North'' is a lost 1921 American silent drama film directed by Roy William Neill and written by Frank S. Beresford and Tom McNamara based upon a story by J. Clarkson Miller. The film stars Dorothy Dalton, Edwin August, E.J. R ...
'' (1921)
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Experience
Experience refers to conscious events in general, more specifically to perceptions, or to the practical knowledge and familiarity that is produced by these conscious processes. Understood as a conscious event in the widest sense, experience involv ...
'' (1921)
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Disraeli
Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, (21 December 1804 – 19 April 1881) was a British statesman and Conservative Party (UK), Conservative politician who twice served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom. He played a centr ...
'' (1921)
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Miss 139
''Miss 139'' is a 1921 American silent crime drama film produced by A. H. Fischer and distributed by Jans Film Service and Sherman Productions Corporation. B. A. Rolfe was the director and Charles A. Logue wrote the story and the screenplay. ...
'' (1921)
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Wine of Youth
''Wine of Youth'' is a 1924 American silent comedy drama film directed by King Vidor, and released by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, shortly after the merger which created MGM in April 1924. Vidor did not consider it important enough to mention in his aut ...
'' (1924)
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Sundown'' (1924) (as Teddy Roosevelt)
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Introduce Me'' (1925)
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The Marriage Whirl'' (1925)
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The Thrill Hunter
''The Thrill Hunter'' is a 1933 American pre-Code comedy film directed by George B. Seitz. Buck Jones stars as a habitual teller of tall tales, while Dorothy Revier plays the film star he tries to impress.
Plot
Braggart Buck Crosby rescues mov ...
'' (1926)
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The Black Pirate
''The Black Pirate'' is a 1926 American silent action adventure film shot entirely in two-color Technicolor about an adventurer and a "company" of pirates. Directed by Albert Parker, it stars Douglas Fairbanks, Donald Crisp, Sam De Grasse, an ...
'' (1926)
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Skinner's Dress Suit'' (1926)
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Rolling Home'' (1926)
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The Winning of Barbara Worth
''The Winning of Barbara Worth'' is a 1926 American silent Western film directed by Henry King, and starring Ronald Colman, Vilma Bánky and Gary Cooper (who replaced Monte Blue). Based on Harold Bell Wright's novel ''The Winning of Barbara W ...
'' (1926)
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The Notorious Lady'' (1927)
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Smile, Brother, Smile'' (1927)
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Framed'' (1927)
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Cheating Cheaters'' (1927)
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The Prince of Headwaiters
''The Prince of Headwaiters'' is a 1927 American silent drama film directed by John Francis Dillon.
Premise
A maitre d' at the Hôtel Ritz Paris
The Ritz Paris is a hotel in central Paris, overlooking the Place Vendôme in the city's 1st ...
'' (1927)
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The Four Feathers
''The Four Feathers'' is a 1902 adventure novel by British writer A. E. W. Mason that has inspired many films of the same title. In December 1901, ''Cornhill Magazine'' announced the title as one of two new serial stories to be published in th ...
'' (1929)
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The Jazz Age'' (1929)
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The Show of Shows
''The Show of Shows'' is a 1929 American pre-Code musical revue film directed by John G. Adolfi and distributed by Warner Bros. The all-talking Vitaphone production cost $850,000 and was shot almost entirely in Technicolor.
''The Show o ...
'' (1929)
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Sally
Sally may refer to:
People
*Sally (name), a list of notable people with the name
Military
* Sally (military), an attack by the defenders of a town or fortress under siege against a besieging force; see sally port
*Sally, the Allied reporting na ...
'' (1929)
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The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland
''The Cohens and the Kellys in Scotland'' is a 1930 American comedy film. It is one of '' The Cohens and Kellys'' series, and is also the series' first sound film. It was directed by William James Craft and produced and released by Universal Pic ...
'' (1930)
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I Loved a Woman'' (1933) (as Teddy Roosevelt)
See also
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List of actors who played President of the United States
This is a list of actors who have played the role of a real or fictitious president of the United States.
Presidents who played themselves
Films
* Reagan and Trump were not President at the time.
Television
* Was not President at the time.
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References
External links
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''E. J. Ratcliffe (page)'': North American Theatre Online- website offered to most colleges and universities free
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1863 births
1948 deaths
Male actors from London
English male film actors
English male stage actors
20th-century English male actors
British expatriate male actors in the United States