''Rob Roy'' is a 1922 British
silent historical film
A historical drama (also period drama, costume drama, and period piece) is a work set in a past time period, usually used in the context of film and television. Historical drama includes historical fiction and romances, adventure films, and swa ...
directed by
W. P. Kellino and starring
David Hawthorne,
Gladys Jennings
Gladys Jennings (1903–1994) was an English actress.
Selected filmography
* '' The Lady Clare'' (1919)
* '' The Face at the Window'' (1920)
* '' The Shuttle of Life'' (1920)
* '' The Prey of the Dragon'' (1921)
* '' Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills' ...
and
Simeon Stuart
Simeon Stuart (15 May 1864 – 25 November 1939) was a British film actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* '' Snow in the Desert'' (1919)
* '' The Lady Clare'' (1919)
* '' The Face at the Window'' (1920)
* ''Inheritance'' (1920)
* '' ...
. It depicts the life of the early 18th century
outlaw
An outlaw, in its original and legal meaning, is a person declared as outside the protection of the law. In pre-modern societies, all legal protection was withdrawn from the criminal, so that anyone was legally empowered to persecute or kill them ...
Rob Roy MacGregor
Robert Roy MacGregor ( gd, Raibeart Ruadh MacGriogair; 7 March 1671 – 28 December 1734) was a Scottish outlaw, who later became a folk hero.
Early life
Rob Roy was born in the Kingdom of Scotland at Glengyle, at the head of Loch Katrine, a ...
.
Cast
*
David Hawthorne as Rob Roy MacGregor
*
Gladys Jennings
Gladys Jennings (1903–1994) was an English actress.
Selected filmography
* '' The Lady Clare'' (1919)
* '' The Face at the Window'' (1920)
* '' The Shuttle of Life'' (1920)
* '' The Prey of the Dragon'' (1921)
* '' Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills' ...
as Helen Campbell
*
Simeon Stuart
Simeon Stuart (15 May 1864 – 25 November 1939) was a British film actor of the silent era.
Selected filmography
* '' Snow in the Desert'' (1919)
* '' The Lady Clare'' (1919)
* '' The Face at the Window'' (1920)
* ''Inheritance'' (1920)
* '' ...
as
Duke of Montrose
Duke of Montrose (named for Montrose, Angus) is a title that has been created twice in the Peerage of Scotland. The title was created anew in 1707, for James Graham, 4th Marquess of Montrose, great-grandson of famed James Graham, 1st Marquess ...
*
Wallace Bosco
Wallace Charles Bosco (31 January 1880 in St Pancras, London – 1973 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey) was an English film actor and screenwriter
A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer ...
as James Grahame
* Alec Hunter as The Dougal Creature
* Tom Morris as Sandy the Biter
* Eva Llewellyn as Mother MacGregor
*
Roy Kellino
Roy Kellino (born Philip Roy Gislingham; 22 April 1912 – 18 November 1956) was an English film director, producer and cinematographer.
Biography
He was born Philip Roy Gislingham in Lambeth, South London, the son of the silent-era direct ...
as Ronald MacGregor, the Child
Bibliography
* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film, 1918–1929''. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
External links
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1922 films
1920s historical drama films
British silent feature films
British historical drama films
Cultural depictions of Rob Roy MacGregor
Films directed by W. P. Kellino
Films set in Scotland
Films set in the 18th century
Films based on works by Walter Scott
British black-and-white films
1922 drama films
1920s English-language films
1920s British films
Silent historical drama films
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