Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble (16 December 1882 – 27 August 1945) was a British

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and

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. Gamble was born on 16 December 1882 in London and acted on stage professionally as early as 1905. His work on stage included a season of acting with the Theater Guild Repertory Company in San Francisco. He debuted on Broadway in ''Love and the Man'' (1905) and last performed on Broadway in ''Tonight or Never'' (1930). Gamble's film debut occurred in ''The Unforseen'' (1917). He spent a number of years working in

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during the silent and early

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eras. He played the role of

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in the 1933

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film ''

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''. His final two films were at

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. Gamble was married to English actress Gillian Scaife. He died on 27 August 1945 in London.

Filmography

Bibliography

* Hardy, Phil. ''The BFI Companion to Crime''. University of California Press, 1997.

References

External links

* * * Warburton Gamble (striped pants) in the 1915 Broadway pla
''Outcast''
with costars Charles Cherry,

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, and J. Woodall Birde (University of Washington, Sayre Digital Collection) 1882 births 1945 deaths English male film actors English male silent film actors English male stage actors Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors {{UK-actor-stub