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Occupation
  
Actor

Name
  
Vernon Steele

Spouse(s)
  
Vivia Steele

Role
  
Actor

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Full Name
  
Arturo Romeo Antonietti

Born
  
18 September 1882 (
1882-09-18
)
Santiago, Chile

Years active
  
1906-1949 (including stage years)

Died
  
July 23, 1955, Los Angeles, California, United States

Movies
  
Bonnie Scotland, Where Sinners Meet, Hearts in Exile

Parents
  
Daniel Antonietti, Emma Bolton

Similar People
  
James W Horne, Art Lloyd, J Searle Dawley, William Wyler, James Young

Vernon Steele (18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steel was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Daniel Antonietti, a professor of music, and his English wife, the former Grace Emma Bolton. Vernon Steel was christened Arturo Romeo Antonietti and his family eventually settled in London, England.

Filmography

Actor
1949
The Life of Riley (TV Series) as
Judge
- Night School (1949) - Judge
1949
Madame Bovary as
Priest
1948
Joan of Arc as
Boy's Father (uncredited)
1948
To the Ends of the Earth as
Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)
1947
The Lone Wolf in London as
Sir John Klemscott
1945
They Were Expendable as
Army Doctor
1943
Riders of the Northwest Mounted as
Capt. Blair (uncredited)
1942
Mrs. Miniver as
Glee Club Member (uncredited)
1939
The Witness Vanishes as
Nigel Partridge
1939
The Bill of Rights (Short) as
Thomas Jefferson
1939
North of the Yukon as
RCMP Insp. Wylie
1938
Flight to Fame as
Officer (uncredited)
1938
Kidnapped as
Captain
1937
Step Lively, Jeeves! as
Lord Fenton (uncredited)
1937
Time Out for Romance as
Count Michael Montaine
1936
Lloyd's of London as
Sir Thomas Lawrence
1936
Dracula's Daughter as
Squires (uncredited)
1935
Captain Blood as
King James
1935
No matarás
1935
I Found Stella Parish as
Slave in Play (uncredited)
1935
Te quiero con locura as
Dr. Preston
1935
Bonnie Scotland as
Col. Gregor McGregor
1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as
Wedding Guest (uncredited)
1934
The Great Flirtation as
Bigelow
1934
Where Sinners Meet as
Saunders - the Chauffeur
1933
Design for Living as
Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)
1933
The Silk Express as
Dr. Harold Rolph
1933
The King's Vacation as
Mac Barstow
1929
Big News as
Reporter
1924
The House of Youth as
Rhodes Winston
1924
Discontented Husbands as
Jack Ballard
1923
The Wanters as
Tom Armstrong
1923
Forgive and Forget as
Ronnie Sears
1923
What Wives Want as
Austin Howard
1923
Alice Adams as
Arthur Russell
1923
Temptation as
John Hope
1922
Thelma as
Sir Phillip Errington (as Vernon Steel)
1922
The Danger Point as
Duncan Phelps (as Vernon Steel)
1922
The Girl Who Ran Wild as
The Schoolmaster
1922
The Hands of Nara as
Adam Pine
1922
For the Defense as
Christopher Armstrong
1922
When the Devil Drives as
Robert Taylor (as Vernon Steel)
1922
A Wonderful Wife as
Alaric Lewin
1921
Beyond Price as
Philip Marrio (as Vernon Steel)
1921
Out of the Chorus as
Ross Van Beekman
1921
The Highest Bidder as
Hastings
1920
His House in Order as
Hillary Jesson
1919
Human Desire as
Jasper Norton
1919
Mind the Paint Girl as
Lord Francombe (as Victor Steele)
1919
The Phantom Honeymoon as
Captain Bob Lambert
1919
The Witness for the Defense as
Dick Hazelwood
1919
The Firing Line as
John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III (as R. Vernon Steele)
1919
The Eternal Magdalene as
The Preacher
1918
The Panther Woman as
Beverly Peale
1918
Fields of Honor as
Robert Vorhis
1917
Bab's Matinee Idol as
Adrian Egleston
1917
Polly of the Circus as
John Douglas the Minister
1916
Little Lady Eileen as
Stanley Churchill / Sir George Churchill
1916
Silks and Satins as
Jacques Desmond
1916
The Supreme Sacrifice as
Reverend Philip Morton
1915
The Stubbornness of Geraldine
1915
Her Great Match as
Prince Adolph (as Vernon Steel)
1915
The Vampire as
Robert Sterling (as Vernon Steel)
1915
Hearts in Exile as
Paul Pavloff
Archive Footage
1939
Land of Liberty as
Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'The Bill of Rights')

References

Vernon Steele Wikipedia