Forgotten Actors: March 2023

Friday 31 March 2023

Adolphe Le Prince

Born: 1872, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK

Died: 1901, Fire Island, New York, USA

Adolphe Le Prince was the son of Louis Aimé Augustin Le Prince and he appeared in several of his father's film experiments. Although Adolphe was not an actor he was one of the first people to appear on a truly moving image.

Roundhay Garden Scene (1888) as Himself

Adolphe is on the left as one of the four participants of this early film experiment. The two older members of the party on the right of the picture are his grandparents. This was filmed on 14th October 1888.

Accordian Player (1888) as Accordian Player

This was probably also filmed at the Roundhay house.

Rose Marie

Born: 15 August 1923, New York City, New York, USA

Died: 28 December 2017, Van Nuys, California, USA

After her initial success as a child singer and actress, Rose Marie re-emerged in the 1950s as an actress, most notably on over 150 episodes of the Dick Van Dyke Show.

Sea Sore (1934) as Baby Rose Marie (Credited as Baby Rose Marie)

Tuesday 28 March 2023

Nan Kearns

Born: 1894, UK

Died: 1966

The Lady Vanishes (1938) as Dancing Woman (uncredited)

Michael Redgrave is on the left, playing the clarinet.

Emile Boreo holds his throat as Nan Kearns dances.

Josephine Wilson

Born: 5 July 1904, Bromley, England, UK

Died: 7 November 1990, London, England, UK

The Lady Vanishes (1938) as Madame Kummer

Charles Oliver

Born: 21 June 1907, County Cork, Ireland

Died: 29 March 1983, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK

The Lady Vanishes (1938) as The Officer

Emile Boreo

Born: 1885, Poland

Died: 27 July 1951, New York City, New York, USA

The Lady Vanishes (1938) as Hotel Manager

With Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne.

Jeanne Macintyre

Born: 1920 or 1921, London, England, UK

Died: 18 March 2015, Sun City West, Arizona, USA

French Without Tears (1940) as The Schoolgirl (uncredited)

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Nurse Peters (uncredited)

Jeanne Macintyre is on the right, with Beatrice Varley.

On the left, with Lesley Brook and Beatrice Varley.

John McHugh

Born: 23 July 1911, Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, England, UK

Died: 5 June 2004, Penn, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

John McHugh was a singer who appeared in one film in the 1940s.

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Soloist

Hilda Bayley

Born: 29 June 1889, London, England, UK

Died: 26 May 1971, London, England, UK

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Mrs. Tremayne

Percy Marmont

Born: 25 November 1883, London, England, UK

Died: 3 March 1977, London, England, UK

Percy Marmont was a silent screen actor who spent many years in Hollywood working with some of the big stars of the day before returning to his native England and appearing in character roles, often as men of stature such as vicars, lords and politicians.

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Vicar

Percy Marmont looks down to the much shorter Leonard Sharp.

Leslie Bradley

Born: 1 September 1907, Aldershot, Hampshire, England, UK

Died: 20 July 1974, Desert Hot Springs, California, USA

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Tom Booth

Hugh Miller

Born: 22 May 1889, Berwick-upon-Tweed, Northumberland, England, UK

Died: 1 November 1976, St. Pancras, London, England, UK

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Dr. Stevenson

Jack Vyvyan

Born: 31 March 1889, Fulham, London, England, UK

Died: 28 December 1955, Chiswick, London, England, UK

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Pub Customer (uncredited)

Kay Lewis

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Mavis (uncredited)

Richard Bird

Born: 4 April 1895, Liverpool, England, UK

Died: December 1979, Northwood, London, England, UK

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as John Brent

Sylvia Marriott

Born: 29 May 1917, London, England, UK

Died: July 1995, London, England, UK

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Joan Tremayne

Lesley Brook

Born: 18 February 1917, London, England, UK

Died: 7 February 2009, Odiham, Hampshire, England, UK

I'll Walk Beside You (1943) as Ann Johnson

John Penrose

Born: 4 May 1914, Southsea, England, UK

Died: 22 May 1983, London, England, UK

The Spy in Black (1939) as Newlywed at Kiel Hotel (uncredited)

John with an unidentified actress.

Monday 27 March 2023

Bryan Herbert

Born: 24 April 1894, Dublin, Ireland, UK

Died: 1963, New York, USA

The Spy in Black (1939) as Corporal Guarding POW's on Ferry (uncredited)

Bryan is standing in the middle of this picture.

Margaret Moffat

Born: 7 January 1873, Spittal, Northumberland, England, UK

Died: 19 February 1943, Cape Town, South Africa

The Spy in Black (1939) as Kate (Credited as Margaret Moffatt)

Robert Rendel

Born: 2 December 1884, St. Marys Abbots, London, England, UK

Died: 9 May 1944, Marylebone, London, England, UK

Robert Rendel was a stage actor who appeared on Broadway. During the silent era he dabbled in film but was not fully committed to the medium until the early 1930s.

The Spy in Black (1939) as Admiral

George Summers

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

The Spy in Black (1939) as Captain Walter Ratter

Athole Stewart

Born: 25 June 1879, Ealing, London, England, UK

Died: 18 October 1940, Buckinghamshire, England, UK

The Spy in Black (1939) as The Rev. Hector Matthews

Marius Goring

Born: 23 May 1912, Newport, Isle of Wight, England, UK

Died: 30 September 1998, Rushlake Green, Heathfield, East Sussex, England, UK

The Spy in Black (1939) as Lieutenant Felix Schuster

Sebastian Shaw

Born: 29 May 1905, Holt, Norfolk, England, UK

Died: 23 December 1994, Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK

The Spy in Black (1939) as Ashington

Grant Sutherland

Born: unknown

Died: unknown

Grant Sutherland made a handful of films in the 1930s and early 1940s before serving in WWII, after which he went into business and never acted again.

The Spy in Black (1939) as Bob Bratt, Special Constable