Roy Emerton

British actor

Roy Emerton
Born9 October 1892
Burford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Died30 November 1944(1944-11-30) (aged 51)
Hendon, London, England, United Kingdom
Other namesHugh Fitzroy Emerton
OccupationFilm actor
Years active1931–1944

Roy Emerton (9 October 1892 – 30 November 1944) was a British film actor.[1]

Earlier in his life, he was a sailor, stoker, docker, railway worker, and miner and served in the First World War. He played in a great number of popular London stage plays and shows, including Shakespeare, as well as film work.

Partial filmography

  • Shadows (1931) - Captain
  • The Sign of Four (1932) - The Tattooed Man
  • That Night in London (1932) - Captain Paulson
  • The Lash (1934) - Steve
  • Java Head (1934) - Broadrick
  • Lorna Doone (1934) - Carver Doone
  • The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935) - Boss McGinty
  • It Happened in Paris (1935) - Gendarme
  • Tudor Rose (1936) - Squire (uncredited)
  • Pot Luck (1936) - Berkeley
  • Everything Is Thunder (1936) - Kostner
  • The Great Barrier (1937) - Moody
  • Big Fella (1937) - Spike
  • Doctor Syn (1937) - Capt. Howard Collyer, R.N.
  • The Last Adventurers (1937) - John Arkell
  • I, Claudius (1937) - Octavius
  • The Drum (1938) - Wafadar
  • Convict 99 (1938) - Colonial
  • The Gang Show (1938) - Pearson, Theatre Royal Proprietor
  • Everything Happens to Me (1938)
  • Q Planes (1939) - Viking First Mate (uncredited)
  • Home from Home (1939) - Bill Burton
  • The Good Old Days (1940) - Grimes
  • Busman's Honeymoon (1940) - Noakes
  • The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) - Gilder
  • The Thief of Bagdad (1940) - Jailer
  • Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941) - Santley, circus owner
  • The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) - Dan Mendoza
  • The Man in Grey (1943) - Gamekeeper (uncredited)
  • The Adventures of Tartu (1943) - Plant Guard / Member of Underground (uncredited)
  • Time Flies (1944) - Capt. John Smith
  • Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944) - Selby
  • Love Story (1944) - Cornish Fisherman
  • Henry V (1944) - Lieutenant Bardolph (final film role)

References

  1. ^ BFI.org

External links

  • Roy Emerton at IMDb
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