Full Name Randle Ayrton Years active 1890 – 1937 | Name Randle Ayrton Role Actor | |
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Born 9 August 1869 ( 1869-08-09 ) Chester, England, UK Occupation Actor, producer and director Died May 28, 1940, Stratford-upon-Avon, United Kingdom Movies The Manxman, Nell Gwyn, My Sweetheart, Southern Love Similar People Eliot Stannard, Herbert Wilcox, Arthur Wing Pinero, Alfred Hitchcock, Carol Reed | ||
Randle Ayrton (9 August 1869 – 28 May 1940) was a British actor, producer and director.
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Career
Ayrton was educated at The King's School, Chester and Geneva University. In 1890 he made his stage debut at the Old Avenue Theatre in London and was successful on stage in London and in America into the late 1930s. In 1913 he began his film career with the old London Film Company, going from silents to talkies for a number of film companies thereafter. He also produced and directed several films.
Filmography
Actor
1939
England's Shakespeare (Documentary short) as
Shylock
1936
Talk of the Devil as
John Findlay
1936
Debt of Honour as
Captain Turner
1935
Me and Marlborough as
King Louis XIV
1934
Power (uncredited)
1931
The Dreyfus Case as
Court-martial president
1930
The Great Game as
Henderson
1930
Two Worlds as
Simon Goldscheider (British Version)
1929
The Hate Ship as
Captain MacDonnell
1929
The Feather as
Rizzio
1929
High Seas as
Captain Jeffrey
1929
The Romance of Seville as
Ruffo
1929
The Manxman as
Caesar Cregeen
1928
Glorious Youth
1927
One of the Best as
Gen. Gregg
1927
Passion Island as
Paolo Bernatti
1927
The Little People as
Lyn
1926
Nell Gwyn as
Charles II
1924
Decameron Nights as
Ricciardo
1924
A Woman's Secret as
Count de Silva
1923
Chu-Chin-Chow as
Kasim Baba
1921
No. 5 John Street as
I. Azreal
1921
The Wonderful Year as
The Happiness Dispenser
1918
The Hanging Judge as
Reginald Tamlyn
1918
My Sweetheart as
Joe Shotwell
1917
Profit and the Loss as
Jenkins
Director
1928
His House in Order
1919
The Sands of Time
1919
Tower of Strength
Self
1930
Comets as
Self
References
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