C. Aubrey Smith
British actor (1863-1948) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 85
Sir Charles Aubrey Smith was an English test cricketer and actor of stage and screen. During his acting career, he acquired a niche as the officer-and-gentleman type, as in the first sound version of The Prisoner of Zenda (1937).
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1960Star on Hollywood Walk of FameAward1948Died20 December 19481947
UnconqueredFilm, Lord Chief Justice1946
Cluny BrownFilm, Charles "Duff" Graham1944Knight BachelorAward
The White Cliffs of DoverFilm, 1944Walter Forsythe1943
Flesh and FantasyFilm, Dean of Norwalk (segment 2)1941
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFilm, The Bishop1940
Beyond TomorrowFilm, Allan 'Chad' Chadwick1938Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1937
The HurricaneFilm, Father Paul1936
Little Lord FauntleroyFilm, Earl of Dorincourt1935
China SeasFilm, Sir Guy Wilmerding1934
CleopatraFilm, Enobarbus1932
Love Me TonightFilm, Duke d'Artelines1931
Trader HornFilm, St. Clair (uncredited)1928
Show PeopleFilm, Man at Movie Preview (uncredited)1863Born21 July 1863
UnconqueredFilm, Lord Chief Justice1946Cluny BrownFilm, Charles "Duff" Graham1944Knight BachelorAwardThe White Cliffs of DoverFilm, 1944Walter Forsythe1943Flesh and FantasyFilm, Dean of Norwalk (segment 2)1941Dr. Jekyll and Mr. HydeFilm, The Bishop1940Beyond TomorrowFilm, Allan 'Chad' Chadwick1938Commander of the Order of the British EmpireAward1937The HurricaneFilm, Father Paul1936Little Lord FauntleroyFilm, Earl of Dorincourt1935China SeasFilm, Sir Guy Wilmerding1934CleopatraFilm, Enobarbus1932Love Me TonightFilm, Duke d'Artelines1931Trader HornFilm, St. Clair (uncredited)1928Show PeopleFilm, Man at Movie Preview (uncredited)1863Born21 July 1863Known for
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Rebecca 1940
Waterloo Bridge 1940
The Prisoner of Zenda 1937
Little Women 1949
Trouble in Paradise 1932
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David O. Selznick Produced Rebecca and The Garden of Allah
Irving Thalberg Produced Tarzan the Ape Man and Romeo and Juliet
Darryl F. Zanuck Produced The House of Rothschild (1934)
W. S. Van Dyke Directed Tarzan the Ape Man and Trader Horn
Kenneth Macgowan Produced Lloyd's of London (1936)
Lumsden Hare Also in The House of Rothschild and The Crusades
John Ford Directed The Hurricane and Wee Willie Winkie
Cecil B. DeMille Produced The Crusades and Unconquered
Rouben Mamoulian Directed Queen Christina and We Live Again
John Cromwell Directed The Prisoner of Zenda (1937)
Sidney Franklin Produced Madame Curie and Waterloo Bridge
Herbert Wilcox Directed Forever and a Day (1943)
Hunt Stromberg Produced Another Thin Man and Bombshell
Forrester Harvey Also in Tarzan the Ape Man and The Gilded Lily
John Carradine Also in Cleopatra and Morning Glory
Herbert Stothart Wrote Queen Christina and Madame Curie
Billy Bevan Also in Rebecca and Lloyd's of London
Samuel Goldwyn Produced The Hurricane and We Live Again
Charles Boyer Produced Flesh and Fantasy (1943)
Josef von Sternberg Produced The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Alexander Korda Produced The Four Feathers and An Ideal Husband
Reginald Owen Also in Madame Curie and The House of Rothschild
Virginia Field Also in Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Gilbert Emery Also in Waterloo Bridge (1940)
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In Hollywood, he organised British actors into a cricket team, much intriguing local spectators.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1863 to 1948 · aged 85
