Gerald Ames
Actor, director, olympic fencer (1880-1933) · United Kingdom · On the map · Actors · Died at 52
Gerald Ames was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905.
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1933Died2 July 19331928
A Light WomanFilm, Don Andrea
The Rising GenerationFilm, 1928John Parmoor1927The King's HighwayFilm, Lord Mauleverer1924
The Loves of Mary, Queen of ScotsFilm, Bothwell1923A Royal DivorceFilm, Marques de Beaumont1922The House in the ForestFilm1921
TansyFilm, Clem Fordrough1920
Alf's ButtonFilm, Lt. Denis Allen1919
Broken in the WarsFilm, Lord Howard1918Adam BedeFilm, Arthur Donnithorne1917Masks and FacesFilm, Fencing Master1916Arsène LupinFilm, Arsène Lupin1915Love in a WoodFilm, OrlandoRupert of HentzauFilm, 1915Rupert of Hentzau1880Born12 September 1880
A Light WomanFilm, Don AndreaThe Rising GenerationFilm, 1928John Parmoor1927The King's HighwayFilm, Lord Mauleverer1924The Loves of Mary, Queen of ScotsFilm, Bothwell1923A Royal DivorceFilm, Marques de Beaumont1922The House in the ForestFilm1921TansyFilm, Clem Fordrough1920Alf's ButtonFilm, Lt. Denis Allen1919Broken in the WarsFilm, Lord Howard1918Adam BedeFilm, Arthur Donnithorne1917Masks and FacesFilm, Fencing Master1916Arsène LupinFilm, Arsène Lupin1915Love in a WoodFilm, OrlandoRupert of HentzauFilm, 1915Rupert of Hentzau1880Born12 September 1880People around Gerald
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Cecil Hepworth Produced Alf's Button and Tansy
James Carew Also in Alf's Button and Tansy
George Loane Tucker Directed Arsène Lupin and Rupert of Hentzau
Maurice Elvey Directed Comradeship and Love in a Wood
Alma Taylor Also in Alf's Button and Tansy
Chrissie White Also in Aylwin (1920)
Henry Edwards Directed Aylwin (1920)- Mary Dibley Also in Red Pottage and Aylwin
Frank Stanmore Also in Love in a Wood and God's Prodigal
E. Phillips Oppenheim Wrote The Game of Liberty (1916)
Michael Balcon Produced A Light Woman (1928)- Jean Cadell Also in Anna the Adventuress and Alf's Button
Harold M. Shaw Directed Brother Officers (1915)- Adrian Brunel Directed A Light Woman (1928)
Matheson Lang Also in Masks and Faces and The King's Highway
Mary Brough Also in Masks and Faces (1917)
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About this person
He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema, appearing in more than sixty films between his debut in 1914 and his retirement from the screen in 1928 in a career entirely encompassing the silent era. He was also a regular stage actor who took on many leading roles in the theatre.
Country
United Kingdom
Category
Actors
Type
Actor
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1880 to 1933 · aged 52
