Mickey Brantford (26 March 1911 – 18 October 1984) was an English actor and film production manager .
Mickey Brantford was born Michael Richard Henry Comerford into a theatrical family, in
London.
[ He began his career in the silent film era as a popular child actor, and appeared in a series of Sexton Blake shorts as the detective's assistant, Tinker.]
Selected filmography
* ''A Man the Army Made
''A Man the Army Made'' is a 1917 British silent war drama film directed by Bertram Phillips and starring Queenie Thomas, Paul R. Hall and H. Agar Lyons.Low p.102
Cast
* Queenie Thomas as Queenie Clarke
* Corporal Paul R. Hall as Dick Clarke ...
'' (1917)
* '' The Game of Life'' (1922)
* ''The Sporting Instinct
''The Sporting Instinct'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Lilian Douglas, Joseph R. Tozer and Mickey Brantford.Low p.457
Cast
* Lilian Douglas as June Crisp
* Joseph R. Tozer as Jerry West
* Mic ...
'' (1922)
* '' The Knockout'' (1923)
* ''This Freedom
''This Freedom'' is a 1923 British silent drama film directed by Denison Clift and starring Fay Compton, Clive Brook
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After making his first ...
'' (1923)
* '' The Rest Cure'' (1923)
* '' Not for Sale'' (1924)
* '' Afraid of Love'' (1925)
* '' Thou Fool'' (1926)
* ‘’ Mare Nostrum’’ (1926)
* '' Second to None'' (1927)
* '' Carry On'' (1927)
* ''The Rolling Road
''The Rolling Road'' is a 1927 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Carlyle Blackwell, Flora le Breton, Clifford Heatherley and A.V. Bramble. The screenplay concerns a young woman in a Cornish fishing village who h ...
'' (1927)
* '' Dawn'' (1928)
* ''The Burgomaster of Stilemonde
''The Burgomaster of Stilemonde'' is a 1929 British silent drama film directed by George Banfield and starring John Martin Harvey, Fern Andra and Robert Andrews. It was made at Walthamstow Studios and on location in Belgium. It was based on ...
'' (1929)
* ''Suspense
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'' (1930)
* '' The Stolen Necklace'' (1933)
* '' Temptation'' (1934)
* '' My Old Dutch'' (1934)
* '' Me and Marlborough'' (1935)
* ''The Phantom Light
''The Phantom Light'' is a 1935 British crime film, a low-budget "quota quickie" directed by Michael Powell and starring Binnie Hale, Gordon Harker, Donald Calthrop, Milton Rosmer and Ian Hunter. The screenplay concerns criminals who try to sca ...
'' (1935)
* '' My Heart is Calling'' (1935)
* ''Strictly Illegal
''Strictly Illegal'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Ralph Ceder and starring Leslie Fuller, Betty Astell and Georgie Harris. It was made at Cricklewood Studios.Wood p.84
Cast
* Leslie Fuller as Bill the Bookie
* Betty Astell as Mrs. ...
'' (1935)
* ''Twice Branded
''Twice Branded'' is a 1936 British drama film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring James Mason, Robert Rendel and Lucille Lisle. It was made at Walton Studios as a quota quickie.
Premise
A man returning home after serving a prison sentence t ...
'' (1936)
* '' The Last Journey'' (1936)
* ''Where There's a Will
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'' (1936)
* ''Darby and Joan
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Usage
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'' (1937)
* '' The Reverse Be My Lot'' (1937)
References
Bibliography
* Holmstrom, John. ''The Moving Picture Boy: An International Encyclopaedia from 1895 to 1995'', Norwich, Michael Russell, 1996, p. 48.
External links
*
1911 births
1984 deaths
Male actors from London
English male film actors
English male silent film actors
English male child actors
20th-century English male actors
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