Hamilton Revelle (31 May 1867 – 11 April 1958) was a British-born stage and later silent screen actor.

Biography

He was born Arthur Lloyd Hamilton Engstrom at Moorish Castle in

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, an overseas territory of the United Kingdom. His parents were George Lloyd Engström, an officer in the

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, and his wife Louisa Maria Revell. Revelle famously was arrested on 5 March 1900, along with his female co-star

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, for performing the play '' Sapho'' which was considered salacious for the time for its depiction of a woman who has love affairs with men to whom she is not married. Their theatre was padlocked by the New York Police. Two plays replaced ''Sapho'', ''The Second Mrs. Tanqueray'' and ''The Profligate''. Eventually, the two were freed and the play was allowed to continue. The trial for ''Sapho'' and Nethersole began on 3 April 1900 and Nethersole and Revelle were acquitted on 7 April. The play was allowed to continue.
- Stanley Appelbaum (ed.), ''Great Actors & Actresses of the American Stage in Historic Photographs'', page 27 c.1983 The following year, 1901, he costarred with

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in "Du Barry".

Filmography

*'' Doctor Antonio'' (1914) *''The Last of the Caldieros'' (1914)*short *''Hamlet'' (1914) *'' DuBarry'' (1915) w/

*''

The Masque of Life The Masque of Life is a 1916 thrill picture, made during World War 1, centering around circus life and a kingdom. It was directed by Alfred Lind with an international cast with familiar names Hamilton Revelle and Rita Jolivet starring in the film.< ...

'' (1915) *''Cuore ed arte'' (1915) *''An Enemy to Society'' (1915) *''The Price of Malice'' (1916) *''

Monna Vanna ''Monna Vanna'' (russian: Монна Ванна) is an unfinished opera by Sergei Rachmaninoff after a play by Maurice Maeterlinck. Rachmaninoff had completed Act I in short vocal score, with piano accompaniment, and then he went to ask for permis ...

'' (1916) *''The Half Million Bribe'' (1916) *''Ultima rappresentazione di gala del circo Wolfson'' (1916) *''

The Black Stork ''The Black Stork'', also known as ''Are You Fit To Marry?'', is a 1917 American motion picture film both written by and starring Harry J. Haiselden, who was the chief surgeon at the German-American Hospital in Chicago. ''The Black Stork'' ...

'' (1917) *'' Thais'' (1917) with

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*'' Lest We Forget'' (1918) *'' The Splendid Sinner'' (1918) *''A Star Over Night'' (1919) *short *'' Kismet'' (1920) with Otis Skinner * ''

Good Women ''Good Women'' is a 1921 American silent drama film directed by Louis J. Gasnier and starring Rosemary Theby, Hamilton Revelle and Earl Schenck.Munden p.307 Cast * Rosemary Theby as Katherine Brinkley * Hamilton Revelle as Nicolai Brouevitch * ...

'' (1921) *'' The Telephone Girl'' (1927)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Revelle, Hamilton 1867 births 1958 deaths 19th-century Gibraltarian people British male film actors British male stage actors 20th-century Gibraltarian people