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''Kent, the Fighting Man'' is a 1916 British silent
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sports film
A sports film is a film genre in which any particular sport plays a prominent role in the film's plot or acts as its central theme. It is a production in which a sport, sporting event, athlete (and their sport), or follower of sport (and the spor ...
directed by A. E. Coleby and starring Billy Wells
William Thomas Wells, better known as Bombardier Billy Wells (31 August 1889 – 12 June 1967), was an English heavyweight boxer. Fighting under the name "Bombardier Billy Wells", he was British and British Empire Champion from 1911 un ...
, Hetty Payne
Hetty or Hettie is a female first name, often a diminutive form (hypocorism) of Henrietta.
Hetty may refer to:
People
* Hetty Balkenende (born 1939), Dutch former freestyle and synchronized swimmer
* Hettie Vyrine Barnhill, (born 1984), Amer ...
and Arthur Rooke
Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself. ...
. It was based on a novel by George Edgar.
Cast
* Billy Wells
William Thomas Wells, better known as Bombardier Billy Wells (31 August 1889 – 12 June 1967), was an English heavyweight boxer. Fighting under the name "Bombardier Billy Wells", he was British and British Empire Champion from 1911 un ...
... John Westerley
* Hetty Payne ... Constance
* A. E. Coleby ... Adams
* Arthur Rooke
Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself. ...
... Honorable Jimmy Greenback
* Frank Dane
Frank Dane was a British actor of the silent era.
Dane was born Frank Hughbert Thomas Crust on 7 June 1885 in Deal, Kent. He died in 1957 at age 71 in Chichester, Sussex.
Selected filmography
* '' A Daughter of England'' (1915)
* ''Justice'' ( ...
... Brother
* Nelson Phillips ... Col. Rapton
* Harry Lofting ... Jim Dace
* Fred Drummond ... Button
* Tom Coventry
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* Tom (given name), a diminutive of Thomas or Tomás or an independent Aramaic given name (and a list of people with the name)
Characters
* Tom Anderson, a character in ''Beavis and Butt-Head''
* Tom Beck, a character ...
... Clown
References
External links
* 1916 films British boxing films Films directed by A. E. Coleby Films based on American novels British silent feature films British black-and-white films 1910s sports films 1910s English-language films 1910s British films Silent sports films {{sport-film-stub