Warwick Ward (3 December 1891 – 9 December 1967) was an English actor of the stage and screen, and a film producer. He appeared in more than 60 films between 1919 and 1933. He also produced 19 films between 1931 and 1958. He was born in St. Ives,

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. Ward was a popular

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of the 1920s, although he also played

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s. Ward cultivated a debonair but forceful air in his films. Having made his breakthrough in British productions, the Slump of 1924 dramatically reduced the number of British films being made. Ward increasingly appeared in

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productions, particularly German films. His career gradually tailed-off with the arrival of

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and he began a second career as a film producer. He was an important figure at Associated British and appears in the studio's ''Elstree Story'' (1952).

Filmography

Actor

* '' The Silver Lining'' (1919) * ''

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) * '' Mary Latimer, Nun'' (1920) * ''

Wuthering Heights ''Wuthering Heights'' is an 1847 novel by Emily Brontë, initially published under her pen name Ellis Bell. It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the Lintons, and their turbulent re ...

'' (1920) * '' The Manchester Man'' (1920) * '' The Call of the Road'' (1920) * '' Handy Andy'' (1921) * ''

The Mayor of Casterbridge ''The Mayor of Casterbridge: The Life and Death of a Man of Character'' is an 1886 novel by the English author Thomas Hardy. One of Hardy's Wessex novels, it is set in a fictional rural England with Casterbridge standing in for Dorchester in ...

'' (1921) * '' Corinthian Jack'' (1921) * '' Little Meg's Children'' (1921) * '' Demos'' (1921) * '' The Golden Dawn'' (1921) * '' The Diamond Necklace'' (1921) * '' Belphegor the Mountebank'' (1921) * '' Tell Your Children'' (1922) * '' The Lilac Sunbonnet'' (1922) * '' The Call of the East'' (1922) * ''

Bulldog Drummond Hugh "Bulldog" Drummond is a fictional character, created by H. C. McNeile and published under his pen name "Sapper". Following McNeile's death in 1937, the novels were continued by Gerard Fairlie. Drummond is a First World War veteran who, ...

'' (1922) * ''

Petticoat Loose ''Petticoat Loose'' is a 1922 British silent drama film directed by George Ridgwell and starring Dorinea Shirley, Warwick Ward and Lionelle Howard. It is based on the 1898 novel of the same title by Eliza Humphreys about a playwright who h ...

'' (1922) * '' The Hotel Mouse'' (1923) * '' The Lady Owner'' (1923) * '' The Great Turf Mystery'' (1924) * ''

The Prude's Fall ''The Prude's Fall'' is a 1925 British silent drama film directed by Graham Cutts and starring Jane Novak, Julanne Johnston and Warwick Ward. The film was shot at Islington Studios, produced by a company that would soon develop into Gainsbo ...

'' (1924) * ''

Human Desires ''Human Desires'' is a 1924 British silent romance film directed by Burton George and starring Marjorie Daw, Clive Brook and Juliette Compton. It is also known by the alternative title of ''Love's Bargain''. Plot As described in a film magazi ...

'' (1924) * ''

Southern Love ''Southern Love'' is a 1924 British drama film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Betty Blythe, Herbert Langley and Randle Ayrton. It is based on the verse drama ''The Spanish Student'' by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow. It is known by the alte ...

'' (1924) * ''

The Money Habit ''The Money Habit'' is a 1924 British silent crime film directed by Walter Niebuhr and starring Clive Brook, Annette Benson and Nina Vanna.Low p.411 It was based on a novel by Paul M. Potter. The screenplay concerns a man whose mistress help ...

'' (1924) * '' Hurricane Hutch in Many Adventures'' (1924) * '' Madame Sans-Gene'' (1925) * '' Varieté'' (1925) * ''

The Wooing of Eve ''The Wooing of Eve'' or ''Journey into Adventure'' (german: Die Fahrt ins Abenteuer) is a 1926 German silent film directed by Max Mack and starring Ossi Oswalda, Willy Fritsch and Agnes Esterhazy. The film's sets were designed by the art direc ...

'' (1926) * '' The Woman Tempted'' (1926) * '' Lady Harrington'' (1926) * ''

The Famous Woman ''The Famous Woman'' (German: ''Die berühmte Frau'') is a 1927 German silent drama film directed by Robert Wiene and starring Lili Damita, Fred Solm and Warwick Ward. It was based on the play '' Die Tänzerin'' by Melchior Lengyel, who also ...

'' (1927) * '' Eva and the Grasshopper'' (1927) * '' The Bordellos of Algiers'' (1927) * ''

Looping the Loop ''Looping the Loop'' (German: ''Die Todesschleife'') is a 1928 German silent thriller film directed by Arthur Robison and starring Werner Krauss, Jenny Jugo and Warwick Ward.Bock & Bergfelder p.228 The film was produced by UFA. It was shot at t ...

'' (1928) * ''

The White Sheik ''The White Sheik'' ( it, Lo sceicco bianco) is a 1952 Italian romantic comedy film directed by Federico Fellini and starring Alberto Sordi, Leopoldo Trieste, Brunella Bovo and Giulietta Masina. Written by Fellini, Tullio Pinelli, Ennio Flaia ...

'' (1928) * '' Maria Marten'' (1928) * '' Odette'' (1928) * ''

The Case of Prosecutor M ''The Case of Prosecutor M'' (German: ''Der Fall des Staatsanwalts M...'') is a 1928 German silent mystery film directed by Rudolf Meinert and Giulio Antamoro and starring Maria Jacobini, Jean Angelo and Gregori Chmara.Krautz p.46 It was rel ...

'' (1928) * '' La venenosa'' (1928) * '' Eva and the Grasshopper'' (1928) * ''

The Most Beautiful Woman in Paris ''The Most Beautiful Woman in Paris'' (german: Die schönste Frau von Paris) is a 1928 German silent film directed by Jacob Fleck and Luise Fleck and starring Elga Brink, Werner Fuetterer, and Warwick Ward.Bock & Bergfelder p. 248 The film's s ...

'' (1928) * '' After the Verdict'' (1929) * ''

The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna ''The Wonderful Lies of Nina Petrovna'' (German: ''Die wunderbare Lüge der Nina Petrowna'') is a 1929 German silent film, silent drama film directed by Hanns Schwarz and starring Brigitte Helm, Francis Lederer and Warwick Ward. It was the last b ...

'' (1929) * '' Her Dark Secret'' (1929) * ''

The Three Kings "The Three Kings", or "Three Kings From Persian Lands Afar", is a Christmas carol by the German composer Peter Cornelius. He set "Die Könige" for a vocal soloist, accompanied by Philip Nicolai's hymn " Wie schön leuchtet der Morgenstern" ("H ...

'' (1929) * '' The Informer'' (1929) * ''

The Way of Lost Souls ''The Way of Lost Souls'' is a 1929 British drama film directed by Paul Czinner and starring Pola Negri, Warwick Ward and Hans Rehmann. It is also known by the alternative title ''The Woman He Scorned''. Location shooting was done in the far ...

'' (1929) * ''

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'' (1930) * '' L'enfant de l'amour'' (1930) * '' The Yellow Mask'' (1930) * ''

To Oblige a Lady ''To Oblige a Lady'' is a 1931 British comedy film directed by H. Manning Haynes and starring Maisie Gay, Warwick Ward, Lilian Oldland, Haddon Mason and James Carew. The film is based on a play by Edgar Wallace. It was produced at Beaconsfield ...

'' (1931) * '' Number, Please'' (1931) * ''

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'' (1931) * ''

A Man of Mayfair ''A Man of Mayfair'' is a 1932 British musical comedy film directed by Louis Mercanton and starring Jack Buchanan, Joan Barry and Warwick Ward. Production It was made at British and Dominions Elstree Studios by the British subsidiary of Param ...

'' (1931) * '' Stamboul'' (1931) * '' Life Goes On'' (1932) * '' Blind Spot'' (1932) * '' The Callbox Mystery'' (1932) * ''

F.P.1 ''F.P.1'' ( ger, F.P.1 antwortet nicht) is a 1932 German film directed by Karl Hartl. The film was based on the 1931 novel of the same name by Kurt Siodmak. The plot concerned a permanent air station in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. The fil ...

'' (1933) * '' Kind, ich freu' mich auf Dein Kommen'' (1933)

Producer

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The Man at Six ''The Man at Six'' is a 1931 British mystery film directed by Harry Hughes and starring Anne Grey, Lester Matthews and Gerald Rawlinson. It was released in America the following year under the alternative title ''The Gables Mystery''. It was pr ...

'' (1931) *'' The Last Chance'' (1937) * '' French Leave'' (1937) * '' Saturday Night Revue'' (1937) * ''

Save a Little Sunshine ''Save a Little Sunshine'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Norman Lee and starring Dave Willis, Pat Kirkwood and Tommy Trinder. Plot After he is sacked from his job, Dave Smalley buys a share in a hotel, but has to resort to workin ...

'' (1938) * '' Night Alone'' (1938) * '' Almost a Honeymoon'' (1938) * '' The Gables Mystery'' (1938) * '' Me and My Pal'' (1939) * ''

Dead Men Are Dangerous ''Dead Men are Dangerous'' is a 1939 British noir crime film directed by Harold French and starring Robert Newton, Betty Lynne, John Warwick, and Peter Gawthorne. It was released in the U.S. as ''Dangerous Masquerade''. Its plot concerns an u ...

'' (1939) * ''

Suspected Person ''Suspected Person'' is a 1942 British drama film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Clifford Evans, Patricia Roc and David Farrar. The film was made at Welwyn Studios by Associated British, one of the two leading British studios of ...

'' (1942) * ''

Women Aren't Angels ''Women Aren't Angels'' is a 1943 black and white British comedy film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Aldwych Theatre farceurs Robertson Hare and Alfred Drayton, with Polly Ward and Joyce Heron. It was made at Welwyn Studios and bas ...

'' (1943) * ''

Warn That Man ''Warn That Man'' is a 1943 British comedy thriller film directed by Lawrence Huntington and starring Gordon Harker, Raymond Lovell and Finlay Currie. It was based on the 1941 play '' Warn That Man!'' by Vernon Sylvaine which had run for te ...

'' (1943) * ''

The Man from Morocco ''The Man from Morocco'' is a 1945 British action adventure film directed by Mutz Greenbaum as Max Greene and starring Anton Walbrook, Margaretta Scott andMary Morris. The film was shot at Welwyn Studios of Associated British. Plot A group o ...

'' (1945) * ''

Quiet Weekend ''Quiet Weekend'' is a 1946 British comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Derek Farr, Frank Cellier, Marjorie Fielding, George Thorpe and Barbara White. A family try to relax during a weekend holiday in the country.

'' (1946) * ''

My Brother Jonathan ''My Brother Jonathan'' is a 1948 British drama film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Denison, Dulcie Gray, Ronald Howard and Beatrice Campbell. It is adapted from the 1930 novel '' My Brother Jonathan'' by Francis Brett Young, ...

'' (1948) * ''

The Dancing Years ''The Dancing Years'' is a musical with book and music by Ivor Novello and lyrics by Christopher Hassall. The story takes place in Vienna, from 1911 until 1938. It follows the life of a penniless Jewish composer and his love for two women of di ...

'' (1950) * ''

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'' (1953) * '' The Young and the Guilty'' (1958)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ward, Warwick 1891 births 1967 deaths 20th-century English male actors English male film actors English male silent film actors English film producers People from St Ives, Cornwall