Arthur Chesney
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Arthur Chesney was a British actor. He was the brother of the actor Edmund Gwenn
and the cousin of the actor Cecil Kellaway
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Edmund Gwenn
Edmund Gwenn was an English theatre and film actor.-Background:Born Edmund John Kellaway in Wandsworth, London , and educated at St. Olave's School and later at King's College London, Gwenn began his acting career in the theatre in 1895...
and the cousin of the actor Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Kellaway
Cecil Lauriston Kellaway was a South African-born character actor.Cecil Kellaway spent many years as an actor, author, and director in the Australian film industry until he tried his luck in Hollywood in the 1930s. Finding he could get only gangster bit parts, he got discouraged and returned to...
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Selected filmography
- The Lure of Crooning WaterThe Lure of Crooning WaterThe Lure of Crooning Water is a 1920 British silent comedy romance film directed by Arthur Rooke and starring Guy Newall, Ivy Duke and Hugh Buckler. It is adapted from a novel by Marion Hill. It was one of several rural romances that Rooke directed...
(1920) - Hindle WakesHindle Wakes (1927 film)Hindle Wakes is a 1927 British silent film drama, directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Estelle Brody and John Stuart. The film is adapted from Stanley Houghton's 1912 stage play of the same name, and reunites Brody and Stuart following their hugely popular pairing in the previous year's...
(1927) - French Leave (1930)
- The Shadow BetweenThe Shadow BetweenThe Shadow Between is a 1931 British romantic drama film directed by Norman Walker and starring Godfrey Tearle, Kathleen O'Regan, Olga Lindo and Ann Casson.-Cast:* Godfrey Tearle as Paul Haddon* Kathleen O'Regan as Margaret Haddon...
(1931) - Lord BabsLord BabsLord Babs is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Walter Forde and starring Bobby Howes, Jean Colin and Pat Paterson. It was based on a play by Keble Howard...
(1932) - Fires of FateFires of Fate (1932 film)Fires of Fate is a 1932 British adventure film directed by Norman Walker and starring Lester Matthews, Kathleen O'Regan and Dorothy Bartlam. It was adapted from the play Fires of Fate by Arthur Conan Doyle which was in turn based on his 1898 novel The Tragedy of the Korosko.-Cast:* Lester Matthews...
(1932) - Night of the GarterNight of the GarterNight of the Garter is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Sydney Howard, Winifred Shotter and Elsie Randolph. It was based on the play Getting Gertie's Garter by Avery Hopwood and Wilson Collison.-Cast:...
(1933) - The Fortunate FoolThe Fortunate FoolThe Fortunate Fool is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Norman Walker and starring Hugh Wakefield, Joan Wyndham and Jack Raine.-Cast:* Hugh Wakefield - Jim Falconer* Joan Wyndham - Helen* Jack Raine - Gerald* Elizabeth Jenns - Mildred...
(1933) - Chelsea LifeChelsea LifeChelsea Life is a 1933 British drama film directed by Sidney Morgan and starring Louis Hayward, Molly Johnson and Anna Lee.-Cast:* Louis Hayward - David Fenner* Molly Johnson - Lulu* Anna Lee - Honourable Muriel Maxton* Kathleen Saxon - Mrs...
(1933) - Colonel BloodColonel Blood (film)Colonel Blood was a British film written and directed by W.P. Lipscomb. It was a dramatised account of Thomas Blood, a 17th-century adventurer in England.-Plot:...
(1934) - Please TeacherPlease TeacherPlease Teacher was a 1937 British film, based on a play by KRG Browne, Bert Lee and RP Weston. This was adapted into a screenplay by Stafford Dickens, who also directed. The cast included Bobby Howes, René Ray and Wylie Watson....
(1937) - Song of the ForgeSong of the ForgeSong of the Forge is a 1937 British musical film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Stanley Holloway, Lawrence Grossmith and Eleanor Fayre...
(1937) - The Flamingo Affair (1948)