Julian Royce (26 March 1866 – 10 May 1946), born William Leonard Gardener, was a British stage and, later, film actor.
[ Gänzl, Kurt]
"Ivy: the girl who married Sherlock Holmes"
Kurt of Gerolstein, 19 June 2018
Life and career
Royce was christened in
Chorlton-upon-Medlock
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Historically in Lancashire, Chorlton-on-Medlock is bordered to the north by the River Medlock, which runs immediately south of Manchester city centre. I ...
. In 1889 he married an actress, Elizabeth Mary Day ("Nora Day"). The two toured together in 1891, by which time he had adopted the stage name Julian Royce. They appeared together in 1897 in ''The New Magdalen'', and in 1898 they appeared in ''Sporting Life'', by
Seymour Hicks
Sir Edward Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 – 6 April 1949), better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, actor-manager and producer. He became known, early in his career, for writing, starring in and p ...
and
Cecil Raleigh, at the
Shaftesbury Theatre
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History
The theatre was ...
in London, with Royce as the evil Malet de Carteret. In 1898 Nora died, of cancer, aged 40.
[ The next year, Royce married Ivy Herzog, who had been in the cast of ''Sporting Life''. The two then sometimes performed and toured together. In 1900, they travelled to America with ]Lillie Langtry
Emilie Charlotte, Lady de Bathe (née Le Breton, formerly Langtry; 13 October 1853 – 12 February 1929), known as Lillie (or Lily) Langtry and nicknamed "The Jersey Lily", was a British socialite, stage actress and producer.
Born on the isla ...
, and played Sir William and Lady Saumarez in ''The Degenerates'' on Broadway
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. After they returned to Britain, they toured in ''The Messenger Boy
''The Messenger Boy'' is a musical comedy in two acts by James T. Tanner and Alfred Murray, lyrics by Adrian Ross and Percy Greenbank, with music by Ivan Caryll and Lionel Monckton, with additional numbers by Paul Rubens. The story concerne ...
'', with Julian as the villainous Pyke. For Charles Frohman
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, he played the title character in William Gillette
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's play '' Sherlock Holmes'' several times over the next years. He and Herzog also toured with Mrs Patrick Campbell
Beatrice Rose Stella Tanner (9 February 1865 – 9 April 1940), better known by her stage name Mrs Patrick Campbell or Mrs Pat, was an English stage actress, best known for appearing in plays by Shakespeare, Shaw and Barrie. She also toured th ...
.[ He returned to Broadway in ''Detective Sparks'' (1909), '' Caste'' (1910), ''Passers-by'' (1911), ''Declassee'' (1919–1920) and ''Death Takes a Holiday'', as Duke Lambert (1931).
He began a film career in the ]silent film
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era and continued making films through the 1930s.
Royce died at Hailsham
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in 1946, aged 80. His wife died later the same year.[
]
Selected filmography
* '' Iron Justice'' (1915)
* '''' (1916)
* '' Derelicts'' (1917)
* '' Not Negotiable'' (1918)
* '' The Bigamist'' (1921)
* '' The Persistent Lovers'' (1922)
* ''Running Water
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'' (1922)
* ''The Knockout
''The Knockout'' is a 1914 American silent comedy film starring Roscoe "Fatty" Arbuckle. It also features Charlie Chaplin in a small role, his seventeenth film for Keystone Studios. It is one of only a few films in which Chaplin's Little ...
'' (1923)
* '' God's Clay'' (1928)
* '' This Is the Life'' (1933)
* ''Call Me Mame
''Call Me Mame'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by John Daumery and starring Ethel Irving, John Batten and Dorothy Bartlam. It was made at Teddington Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.271
Cast
* Ethel Irving as Mame
* John Batt ...
'' (1933)
* ''She Was Only a Village Maiden
''She Was Only a Village Maiden'' is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Arthur Maude and starring Anne Grey, Lester Matthews and Carl Harbord. It was made at Shepperton Studios as a quota quickie.Chibnall p.269
Cast
* Anne Grey as Priscilla ...
'' (1933)
* ''Leave It to Blanche
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*** Annual leave, allowance of time aw ...
'' (1934)
* ''Two Hearts in Harmony
''Two Hearts in Harmony'' is a 1935 British comedy drama film directed by William Beaudine and starring Bernice Claire, George Curzon and Enid Stamp-Taylor.
Plot
A singer becomes the governess to the son of a widowed aristocrat.
Cast
* Bern ...
'' (1935)
* '' So You Won't Talk'' (1935)
* '' Birds of a Feather'' (1936)
References
External links
Julian Royce
at the Internet Broadway Database
*
Julian Royce
at the BFI database
1866 births
1946 deaths
English male film actors
English male silent film actors
Male actors from Bristol
20th-century English male actors
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