Walter Byron (11 June 1899 – 2 March 1972) was an English film actor.

Biography

He starred opposite

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in the 1929 film ''

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'' and appeared in more than 60 films between 1926 and 1942. He first sailed to the United States on the R.M.S. ''

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'' under contract with Samuel Goldwyn Productions, in 1928. In 1932, in order to gain permanent legal immigrant status, he crossed the border at Calexico into Mexico and then reentered the United States there under the new status. He became a United States citizen in 1954.

Selected filmography

* ''White Heat'' (1927) - Julian Jefferson * '' Passion Island'' (1927) - Tony * '' One of the Best'' (1927) - Lt. Dudley Keppel * ''

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'' (1928) - Major King * '' Two Little Drummer Boys'' (1928) - Capt. Carsdale * ''

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'' (1928) - Harold * '' The Awakening'' (1928) - Count Karl von Hagen * ''

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'' (1928) * '' The Passenger'' (1928) * ''

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'' (1928) - Bob * '' The Sacred Flame'' (1929) - Colin Taylor * ''

Not Damaged ''Not Damaged'' is a 1930 American pre-Code comedy film directed by Chandler Sprague and written by Harold R. Atteridge and Frank Gay. The film stars Lois Moran, Walter Byron, Robert Ames, Inez Courtney, George Corcoran and Rhoda Cross. The fi ...

'' (1930) - Kirk Randolph * '' The Dancers'' (1930) - Berwin * ''

The Lion and the Lamb ''The Lion and the Lamb'' is a 1931 American Pre-Code comedy thriller film directed by George B. Seitz and starring Walter Byron, Carmel Myers and Raymond Hatton. It is an adaptation of the 1930 novel of the same title by E. Phillips Oppen ...

'' (1931) - Dave * ''

The Reckless Hour ''The Reckless Hour'' is a 1931 pre-Code film directed by John Francis Dillon and produced and distributed by First National Pictures. Cast *Dorothy Mackaill as Margaret Nichols *Conrad Nagel as Edward Adams * H. B. Warner as Walter Nichols *J ...

'' (1931) - Allen Crane * '' The Last Flight'' (1931) - Frink * ''

Left Over Ladies ''Left Over Ladies'' (also written as ''Leftover Ladies'') is a 1931 American drama film starring Claudia Dell, Marjorie Rambeau and Walter Byron.Cocchi p.56 Produced by Tiffany Pictures, it was originally going to be directed by Lloyd Bacon bef ...

'' (1931) - Ronny * ''

The Yellow Ticket ''The Yellow Ticket'' is a 1931 pre-Code American drama film based on the 1914 play of the same name by Michael Morton, produced by the Fox Film Corporation, directed by Raoul Walsh, and starring Elissa Landi, Lionel Barrymore and Laurence Oli ...

'' (1931) - Count Nikolai * ''

Three Wise Girls ''Three Wise Girls'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by William Beaudine and featuring Jean Harlow in her first starring role. The supporting cast features a young Andy Devine. This film is preserved in the Library of C ...

'' (1932) - Jerry Dexter * '' The Menace'' (1932) - Ronald Quayle / Robert Crockett * ''Shop Angel'' (1932) - Don Irwin * '' Vanity Fair'' (1932) - George Osborne * ''

Sinners in the Sun ''Sinners in the Sun'' is a 1932 American pre-Code romantic drama film directed by Alexander Hall, and starring Carole Lombard, Chester Morris, Adrienne Ames, and Alison Skipworth. It was produced and distributed by Paramount Pictures. Plot Do ...

'' (1932) - Eric Nelson * ''

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'' (1932) - Warburton * ''

Week Ends Only ''Week Ends Only'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Alan Crosland and starring Joan Bennett, Ben Lyon and John Halliday. It was made by Fox Film Corporation. The screenplay was written by William M. Conselman and Samuel Hopkins Adam ...

'' (1932) - Jimmy Brigg * '' Exposure'' (1932) - Andy Bryant * ''

This Sporting Age ''This Sporting Age'' is a 1932 American sports drama film directed by Andrew Bennison and A.F. Erickson and starring Jack Holt, Evalyn Knapp and Walter Byron.Dooley p.540 Synopsis A top polo player's daughter is in love with a worthy young m ...

'' (1932) - Charles Morrell * '' The Crusader'' (1932) - Joe Carson * '' Slightly Married'' (1932) - Jimmie Martin * ''

'' (1932) - Prince Wolfram * ''

The Savage Girl ''The Savage Girl'' is a 1932 American pre-Code film directed by Harry L. Fraser. Plot A white jungle goddess is protected by a fierce killer gorilla. Cast *Rochelle Hudson as The Girl *Walter Byron as Jim Franklin, misspelled Franklyn in o ...

'' (1932) - Jim Franklin * ''

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'' (1933) - Barney Starr (uncredited) * ''

What Price Decency ''What Price Decency'' is a 1933 American drama film directed by Arthur Gregor and starring Dorothy Burgess, Alan Hale and Walter Byron. The director adapted the story from one his own plays.Goble p.192 It is now considered a lost film. Cast * ...

'' (1933) - Tom O'Neil * ''

Kiss of Araby ''Kiss of Araby'' is a 1933 American Pre-Code adventure film directed by Phil Rosen and starring Maria Alba, Walter Byron and Claire Windsor.Pitts p.158 It is an action melodrama set in the Middle East. Plot A British Army officer is forced t ...

'' (1933) - Lt. W. B. Lawrence * '' Charlie Chan's Greatest Case'' (1933) - Henry Jennison * ''

Big Time or Bust ''Big Time or Bust'' is a 1933 American comedy-drama directed by Sam Newfield, which stars Regis Toomey, Gloria Shea, and Walter Byron. Plot Jimmy Kane is a high diver in a carnival, with his wife, Betty Roberts as his assistant. Before every d ...

'' (1933) - John Hammond * ''

East of Fifth Avenue ''East of Fifth Avenue'' is a 1933 American drama film directed by Albert S. Rogell and starring Wallace Ford, Mary Carlisle and Dorothy Tree.Dick p.237 It was produced and distributed by Columbia Pictures. The plot revolves around the inhabitant ...

'' (1933) - Paul Baxter * '' Man of Two Worlds'' (1934) - Eric Pager * '' Once to Every Woman'' (1934) - Dr. Preston * ''

All Men Are Enemies ''All Men Are Enemies'' is a 1934 American pre-Code drama film directed by George Fitzmaurice and written by Lenore J. Coffee. The film stars Helen Twelvetrees, Mona Barrie, Hugh Williams, Herbert Mundin, Henry Stephenson and Walter Byron. The ...

'' (1934) - Walter Ripton * ''

British Agent ''British Agent'' is a 1934 American romantic espionage film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Leslie Howard and Kay Francis. It is based on ''Memoirs of a British Agent'', the 1932 autobiography of R. H. Bruce Lockhart, who worked for ...

'' (1934) - Under Secretary Stanley * ''

Folies Bergère de Paris ''Folies Bergère de Paris'' is a 1935 American musical comedy film produced by Darryl Zanuck for 20th Century Films, directed by Roy Del Ruth and starring Maurice Chevalier, Merle Oberon and Ann Southern. At the 8th Academy Awards, the “Stra ...

'' (1935) - Marquis René de Lac * ''

Don't Bet on Blondes ''Don't Bet on Blondes'' is a 1935 American romantic comedy film. Plot summary When top Broadway bookmaker Odds Owen (Warren William) loses $50,000 on a horse owned by Everett Markham (Clay Clement), he investigates and finds out that the horse ...

'' (1935) - Dwight Boardman * ''

If You Could Only Cook ''If You Could Only Cook'' (1935) is a screwball comedy of mistaken identity starring Herbert Marshall as a frustrated automobile executive and Jean Arthur as a young woman who talks him into posing as her husband so they can land jobs as a butle ...

'' (1935) - Roy - Pianist at Wedding Rehearsal (uncredited) * '' The Bridge of Sighs'' (1936) - Arny Norman * '' Mary of Scotland'' (1936) - Walsingham * ''

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'' (1937) - Nightclub Patron (uncredited) * ''

As Good as Married ''As Good as Married'' is a 1937 American comedy film directed by Edward Buzzell and starring John Boles, Doris Nolan and Walter Pidgeon. The film was distributed by Universal Pictures. Filming started in December 1936.Of Local Origin New York ...

'' (1937) - Server (uncredited) * ''

Back in Circulation ''Back in Circulation'' is a 1937 American film directed by Ray Enright and starring Pat O'Brien and Joan Blondell. Based on the short story "Angle Shooter" by Adela Rogers St. Johns, Blondell plays a fast-moving newspaper reporter who senses ...

'' (1937) - Carlton Whitney * ''

Mr. Boggs Steps Out ''Mr. Boggs Steps Out'' is a 1938 American romantic comedy film directed by Gordon Wiles. The film is based on the Clarence Budington Kelland Saturday Evening Post short story ''Face the Facts''. The working titles of the film were ''Face the ...

'' (1938) - Dennis Andrews * '' Frontier Scout'' (1938) - Lt. Adams * ''

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'' (1938) - Bob (uncredited) * ''

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'' (1939) - Actor (uncredited) * ''

Death Goes North ''Death Goes North'' is an American-Canadian action western film directed by Frank McDonald and starring Edgar Edwards, Sheila Bromley Sheila Bromley (born Sheila LeGay; October 31, 1911 – July 23, 2003), (The reference work ''Obituari ...

'' (1939) - Al Norton * '' Crashing Thru'' (1939) - McClusky * ''

A Girl, a Guy and a Gob ''A Girl, a Guy and a Gob'' is a 1941 film produced by Harold Lloyd and starring George Murphy, Lucille Ball, and Edmond O'Brien. Plot summary When Stephen Herrick, a sedate, mild-mannered shipping magnate, loses his opera tickets, Mrs. Grange, ...

'' (1941) - Opera Patron (uncredited) * ''

One Night in Lisbon ''One Night in Lisbon'' is a 1941 American thriller film directed by Edward H. Griffith and starring Fred MacMurray, Madeleine Carroll and Patricia Morison. It was one of a cycle of pro-British films produced in Hollywood before the United Stat ...

'' (1941) - Dinner Guest (uncredited) * '' Confirm or Deny'' (1941) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''

Nazi Agent ''Nazi Agent'' is a 1942 American spy film directed by Jules Dassin, in his first feature-length film for MGM. It stars Conrad Veidt playing identical twins, one loyal to the United States (U.S.), the other a dedicated German Nazi. Plot The U. ...

'' (1942) - Officer (uncredited) * ''

Mrs. Miniver ''Mrs. Miniver'' is a 1942 American romantic war drama film directed by William Wyler, and starring Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon. Inspired by the 1940 novel '' Mrs. Miniver'' by Jan Struther, it shows how the life of an unassuming British h ...

'' (1942) - Man in Tavern (uncredited) * ''

The Mummy's Tomb ''The Mummy's Tomb'' is a 1942 American horror film directed by Harold Young and starring Lon Chaney Jr. as Kharis the mummy. Taking place 30 years after the events of ''The Mummy's Hand'', where Andoheb (George Zucco) has survived and plans reve ...

'' (1942) - Searcher (uncredited) * ''

Once Upon a Honeymoon ''Once Upon a Honeymoon'' is a 1942 romantic comedy/drama starring Cary Grant, Ginger Rogers, and Walter Slezak, directed by Leo McCarey, and released by RKO Radio Pictures. It was nominated for the Oscar for Best Sound Recording (Stephen Dunn) ...

'' (1942) - Guard (uncredited) * '' Gentleman Jim'' (1942) - Ringside Telegrapher (uncredited)

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Byron, Walter 1899 births 1972 deaths English male film actors English male silent film actors People from Leicester 20th-century English male actors Male actors from Leicestershire English emigrants to the United States People from Signal Hill, California