Gerald Hamer (16 November 1886 – 6 July 1972)Profile
ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 27 June 2015. was a British actor, born at

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as Geoffrey Earl Watton to John Watton and Evelyn Clara (née Earl). Hamer worked in the United States, where he played primarily British characters in

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films. He made a number of appearances in the Basil Rathbone series of

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films in a variety of different roles.

Selected filmography

* '' Three Witnesses'' (1935) - (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1936) - Eric Lacanistram (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1937) - Barker's Footman (uncredited) * ''

Blond Cheat ''Blond Cheat'' is a 1938 romantic comedy film directed by Joseph Santley and starring Joan Fontaine, Derrick De Marney, and Cecil Kellaway. The film was produced by William Sistrom, and originally released by RKO Radio Pictures. The original sto ...

'' (1938) - Waiter * '' Sweethearts'' (1938) - Harry (uncredited) * '' The Saint Strikes Back'' (1939) - Val's Butler (uncredited) * ''

Bulldog Drummond's Bride ''Bulldog Drummond's Bride'' is an American crime comedy thriller film produced in 1939. It was the last film of Paramount Pictures' Bulldog Drummond film series. Plot In London, a shape charge-wielding master criminal comes up with a foolproof ...

'' (1939) - Garvey * '' The Light That Failed'' (1939) - Soldier (uncredited) * ''

This Above All ''This Above All'' (1941) is a novel by English writer Eric Knight. It was adapted into an Academy Award-winning movie in 1942. Title The title of the novel is derived from a quote by Polonius in William Shakespeare's ''Hamlet'' (Act 1, scene 3) ...

'' (1942) - Porter (uncredited) * '' Sherlock Holmes in Washington'' (1943) - Alfred Pettibone a.k.a. John Grayson (uncredited) * ''

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death ''Sherlock Holmes Faces Death'' is the sixth film in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce series of Sherlock Holmes films. Made in 1943, it is a loose adaptation of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Holmes 1893 story "The Adventure of the Musgrave Ritual." I ...

'' (1943) - Langford * '' The Lodger'' (1944) - Milkman (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1944) - Private (uncredited) * '' The Scarlet Claw'' (1944) - Potts, Tanner, Ramson * ''

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'' (1944) - Doc Marling * ''Hi, Beautiful'' (1944) - One of Bearded Twins (uncredited) * '' The Suspect'' (1944) - Griswold (uncredited) * ''

Pursuit to Algiers ''Pursuit to Algiers'' (1945) is the twelfth entry in the Basil Rathbone/Nigel Bruce Sherlock Holmes film series of fourteen. Elements in the story pay homage to an otherwise unrecorded affair mentioned by Dr. Watson at the beginning of the 1903 ...

'' (1945) - Kingston * ''

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'' (1945) - Waiter (uncredited) * ''

Terror by Night ''Terror by Night'' is a 1946 Sherlock Holmes crime drama directed by Roy William Neill and starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. The story revolves around the theft of a famous diamond aboard a train. The film's plot is a mostly original st ...

'' (1946) - Alfred Shallcross (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1947) - Man from Paris Office (uncredited) * '' Lured'' (1947) - Harry Milton (uncredited) * ''

The Sign of the Ram ''The Sign of the Ram'' is a 1948 American film noir directed by John Sturges and screenplay by Charles Bennett, based on a novel written by Margaret Ferguson. The drama features Susan Peters and Alexander Knox. It also featured Ron Randell. Th ...

'' (1948) - Vicar Woolton (uncredited) * '' The Secret of St. Ives'' (1949) - Hudson - the Footman (uncredited) * '' Challenge to Lassie'' (1949) - Diner (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1951) - Doctor (uncredited) * '' Gaby'' (1956) - Newsboy (uncredited) * ''

Susan Slade ''Susan Slade'' is a 1961 American Technicolor drama film directed by Delmer Daves and starring Troy Donahue, Connie Stevens, Dorothy McGuire and Lloyd Nolan. Based upon the 1961 novel ''The Sin of Susan Slade'' by Doris Hume, concerns a well-t ...

'' (1961) - White's Butler (uncredited)

References

External links

* 1886 births 1972 deaths People from Llandudno British male film actors 20th-century British male actors Place of death missing {{UK-actor-stub