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Roy Emerton (1893–1944)

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Roy Emerton was a big, brawny character actor whose scarred face and resounding deep voice made him a natural for menacing roles. One of his best and most typical was as the evil Boss McGinty in The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes. See full bio »

Born:

Hugh Fitzroy Emerton
in Burford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Died:

(age 51) in England, UK
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1944 Henry V
Lieutenant Bardolph
 
1944 A Lady Surrenders
Cornish Fisherman
 
1944 Welcome, Mr. Washington
Selby
 
1944 Time Flies
Capt. John Smith
 
1943 The Adventures of Tartu
Member of Underground (uncredited)
 
1943 The Man in Grey
Gamekeeper (uncredited)
 
1942 The Young Mr. Pitt
Dan Mendoza
 
1941 Old Mother Riley's Circus
Santley, circus owner
 
1940 The Thief of Bagdad
Jailer
 
1940 The Frightened Lady
Gilder
 
1940 Haunted Honeymoon
Noakes
 
1940 The Good Old Days
Grimes
 
1939 Home from Home
Bill Burton
 
1939 Clouds Over Europe
Viking First Mate (uncredited)
 
1938 Everything Happens to Me
 
1938 The Gang
Proprietor
 
1938 Convict 99
Colonial
 
1938 Drums
Wafadar
 
1937 The Last Adventurers
John Arkell
 
1937 Doctor Syn
Capt. Howard Collyer, R.N.
 
1937 Big Fella
Spike
 
1937 Silent Barriers
Moody
 
1937 I, Claudius
Octavius
 
1936 Everything Is Thunder
Kostner
 
1936 Pot Luck
Berkeley
 
1936 Nine Days a Queen
Squire (uncredited)
 
1935 It Happened in Paris
Gendarme
 
1935 The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
Boss McGinty
 
1934 Lorna Doone
Carver Doone
 
1934 Java Head
Broadrick
 
1934 The Lash
Steve
 
1932 Over Night
Captain Paulson
 
1932 The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case
The Tattooed Man
 
1931 Shadows
Captain
 
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1936 Nine Days a Queen (performer: "Aftime with Goode Companie" - uncredited)
 

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(April 14,1926-June 1926) He acted in George and Ira Gershwin's musical, "Lady, Be Good!," at the Empire Theatre in London, England with Fred Astaire, Adele Astaire, Cyril Stowell, George VOllaire, Buddy Lee, William Kent, Sylvia Leslie, Irene Russell, Glori Beaumont, and Ewart Scott in the cast. See more »
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