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Cecil Humphreys
British actor (1883-1947) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 64
Cecil Humphreys (1883-1947) was a British film and theatre actor who played in 46 films between 1916 and 1948, mostly in supporting roles as doctors, aristocrats, and generals.
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Desire MeFilm, 1947Dr. André Leclair1939
Wuthering HeightsFilm, Judge Linton1936
AccusedFilm, Prosecuting Counsel1935Adventure Ltd.Film, General Baroda1933
Dick TurpinFilm, Sir Luke Rookwood1932
It's a KingFilm, Count Yendoff1931
77 Park LaneFilm, Paul1929
The Broken MelodyFilm, Gen. Delange1922
Dick Turpin's Ride to YorkFilm, Lytton Glover1921
The Dying DetectiveFilm1920The Tavern KnightFilm, Joseph Ashburn1917The Sorrows Of SatanFilm, Prince Ramirez1916The LifeguardsmanFilm, Valet1883Born21 July 1883People around Cecil
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Maurice Elvey Directed The Dying Detective (1922)
Herbert Wilcox Directed The Woman in White (1929)
David Niven Duets: Percy Blakeney- Teddy Arundell Also in The Romance of Lady Hamilton (1919)
William Wyler Directed Wuthering Heights (1939)
Samuel Goldwyn Produced Wuthering Heights (1939)
Leslie Howard Duets: Percy Blakeney
Adolph Zukor Produced Irish Luck (1925)
Anthony Asquith Directed Unfinished Symphony (1934)
Blanche Sweet Also in The Woman in White and The Bondman
Jesse Louis Lasky Produced Irish Luck (1925)
Zoë Akins Wrote Accused and Desire Me
Willi Forst Directed Unfinished Symphony (1934)
Holmes Herbert Duets: Percy Blakeney
Marius Goring Duets: Percy Blakeney
Eille Norwood Also in The Dying Detective (1922)- Esme Percy Also in Unfinished Symphony and Accused
- Frank Vosper Also in Dick Turpin and Crimson Dynasty
Sydney Howard Also in It's a King and Chick
Clifford Heatherley Also in The Tavern Knight and Adventure Ltd.
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About this person
Among his best-known roles were Judge Linton, in the 1939 version of Wuthering Heights (1939) with Laurence Olivier, and the mysterious "Holy Man" in The Razor's Edge (1946), the first film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel. In addition, he was also a notable Broadway actor between the 1920s and 1940s, appearing in 17 plays. Humphreys's grandson is actor Chris Humphreys.
