Reginald Bach (3 September 1886 – 6 January 1941) was a British actor and theatrical producer.

Early life and career

Born in

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, England, Bach was educated at

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, in

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, the family having moved to

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. After leaving school lived in Cheltenham Spa, where he established a reputation as an amateur actor, making his professional debut in 1905. In 1926 Bach married Olive Thurston, daughter of writer E. Temple Thurston. She had acted in Bach's 1924 production of the Temple Thurston play ''Blue Peter''. Bach took an active part in the actor's union

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and served on the executive committee. At the outbreak of the second world war, Bach moved to the US, where he acted in several plays. He died 6 January 1941 in New York City.

Selected plays

* ''Damaged Goods'' (1917) * ''Havoc'' (1923) *

Our Nell ''Our Nell'' is a musical with a book by Louis N. Parker and Reginald Arkell and music by Harold Fraser-Simson and Ivor Novello. It is based on the life of the English actress Nell Gwynn, mistress of Charles II. It was inspired by an earlier mus ...

'' (1924) * ''Blue Peter'' (1924) (producer) * ''Death Sentence'' (1926) * ''My Lady's Mill'' (1928) * ''The Stranger Within'' (1929) * ''Through A Window'' (1929) * ''Tunnel Trench'' (1929) * ''Twelve Hours'' (1930) (producer) * ''A Song of Sixpence'' (1930) (producer) * ''The Scorpion'' (1930) (producer/actor) * ''The Queen's Husband'' (1931) * ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' (1832) * ''High Temperature'' (1833) * ''The Bride'' (1934> (producer/actor) * ''Treasure Island'' (1934) (producer/actor) "Chit Chat", ''The Stage'', 20 December 1934

Selected filmography

* '' The Chinese Puzzle'' (1919) * ''

Once Aboard the Lugger ''Once Aboard the Lugger'' is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by Gerald Ames and Gaston Quiribet and starring E. Holman Clark, Eileen Dennes and Evan Thomas.Goble p.894 Plot A hard-up student kidnaps his rich uncle's cat. Cast * ...

'' (1920) * '' The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss'' (1920) * ''

Build Thy House ''Build Thy House'' is a 1920 British silent film directed by Fred Goodwins, and starring Henry Ainley, Ann Trevor, Reginald Bach and Claude Rains in his film debut. The screenplay was written by Eliot Stannard from the story by S. Trevor Jones. ...

'' (1920) * '' The Will'' (1921) * '' Empress Josephine; Or, Wife of a Demigod'' (1923) * ''

A Romance of Mayfair ''A Romance of Mayfair'' is a 1925 British romance film directed by Thomas Bentley and starring Betty Faire, Henry Victor and Molly Johnson. It was based on the novel ''The Crime of Constable Kelly'' by J.C. Snaith and made by Stoll Pictures ...

'' (1925) * ''

We Women ''We Women'' is a 1925 British silent comedy film directed by W. P. Kellino and starring Beatrice Ford, Pauline Cartwright and John Stuart. It depicts the adventures of the flappers Billie and Dollie, who work as dance hostesses.Hunter & Port ...

'' (1925) * '' The Girl in the Night'' (1931) * ''

Hobson's Choice A Hobson's choice is a free choice in which only one thing is actually offered. The term is often used to describe an illusion that multiple choices are available. The most well known Hobson's choice is "I'll give you a choice: take it or leave ...

'' (1931) * ''

Let Me Explain, Dear ''Let Me Explain, Dear'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Gene Gerrard and Frank Miller (1891–1950), Frank Miller and starring Gerrard, Viola Lyel and Claude Hulbert. It was adapted from the play ''A Little Bit of Fluff (play), A Litt ...

'' (1932) * '' Account Rendered'' (1932) * ''

The Hound of the Baskervilles ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from August 1901 to April 1902, it is set i ...

'' (1932) * ''

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'' (1934)

References

External links

* * 1886 births 1941 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male silent film actors People from Shepperton 20th-century English male actors {{UK-film-actor-stub