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C. Aubrey Smith (1863–1948)

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Movie roles are sometimes based upon what the audience expects to see. If the role called for the tall stereotypical Englishmen with the stiff upper lip and stern determination, that man would be C. Aubrey Smith, graduate of Cambridge University,a leading freemason and a test cricketer for England. Smith was 30 by the time he embarked upon a career on the stage... See full bio »

Born:

Charles Aubrey Smith
in London, England, UK

Died:

(age 85) in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California, USA
Still of Mary Astor and C. Aubrey Smith in The Hurricane
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Franklin Ojeda Smith - -- "...back in the day the 'barb wire' was more visible" and early on I chose baseball over acting; then academia and not baseball. Now,"...the kids are grown, the dog is dead and now that I may, I choose acting." Please take a look: 1)Boardwalk Empire - Deacon Cuffy 2)Murder Incorporated - Sam Christenson 3)Cayman Went - Aniston Turnkey 4)Letting Go -Therapist 5)Footsteps in the Sand - Jim. Thank You! Franklin

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1949 Little Women
Mr. Laurence (as Sir C. Aubrey Smith)
 
1947 An Ideal Husband
Earl of Caversham, Goring's Father (as Sir C. Aubrey Smith)
 
1947 Unconquered
Lord Chief Justice (as Sir C. Aubrey Smith)
 
1947 High Conquest
Col. Hugh Bunning
 
1946 Rendezvous with Annie
Sir Archibald Clyde
 
1946 Cluny Brown
Col. Charles Duff Graham (as Sir C. Aubrey Smith)
 
1946 Terror by Night
Elderly gentleman on train station (uncredited)
 
1945 And Then There Were None
Gen. Sir John Mandrake (as Sir C. Aubrey Smith)
 
1945 Scotland Yard Investigator
Sir James Collison (as Sir Aubrey Smith)
 
1945 Forever Yours
Grandfather
 
1944 Secrets of Scotland Yard
Sir Christopher Pelt
 
1944 Sensations of 1945
Dan Lindsay
 
1944 The White Cliffs of Dover
Colonel Walter Forsythe
 
1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain
Oxford Chancellor
 
1943 Madame Curie
Lord Kelvin
 
1943 Flesh and Fantasy
Dean of Norwalk (Episode 2)
 
1943 Two Tickets to London
Admiralty Detective Fairchild
 
1943 Forever and a Day
Adm. Eustace Trimble
 
1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
Bishop Manners
 
1941 Free and Easy
Duke Culver
 
1941 Maisie Was a Lady
Al Walpole, the Main Butler
 
1940 A Little Bit of Heaven
Grandpa
 
1940 A Bill of Divorcement
Dr. Alliot
 
1940 Waterloo Bridge
The Duke
 
1940 Beyond Tomorrow
Allan Chadwick
 
1940 Rebecca
Colonel Julyan
 
1940 City of Chance
The Judge
 
1939 Balalaika
Gen. Karagin
 
1939 Another Thin Man
Colonel MacFay
 
1939 Eternally Yours
Gramps aka Bishop Peabody
 
1939 The Under-Pup
Grandpa
 
1939 Five Came Back
Professor Henry Spengler
 
1939 The Sun Never Sets
Sir John Randolph
 
1939 The Four Feathers
General Burroughs (as C.Aubrey Smith also)
 
1939 East Side of Heaven
Cyrus Barrett Snr.
 
1938 Queen of Destiny
Duke of Wellington
 
1938 Kidnapped
Duke of Argyle
 
1938 Four Men and a Prayer
Col. Loring Leigh
 
1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry
Sir Peter Calverton
 
1937 The Hurricane
Father Paul
 
1937 Victoria the Great
Bit Part (uncredited)
 
1937 The Prisoner of Zenda
Colonel Zapt
 
1937 Wee Willie Winkie
Colonel Williams
 
1936 Lloyd's of London
Old 'Q'
 
1936 The Garden of Allah
Father J. Roubier
 
1936 Romeo and Juliet
Lord Capulet
 
1936 Little Lord Fauntleroy
The Earl of Dorincourt
 
1936 The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope (short)
Epilogue (voice)
 
1935 Transatlantic Tunnel
Lloyd
 
1935 The Crusades
The Hermit
 
1935 China Seas
Sir Guy
 
1935 Jalna
Uncle Nicholas Whiteoaks
 
1935 The Florentine Dagger
Dr. Lytton
 
1935 The Right to Live
Major Licondra
 
1935 The Gilded Lily
Lloyd Granton, Duke of Loamshire
 
1935 Clive of India
Prime Minister
 
1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer
Major Hamilton
 
1934 The Firebird
Police Inspector Miller
 
1934 We Live Again
Prince Kortchagin
 
1934 Cleopatra
Enobarbus
 
1934 Caravan
Baron von Tokay
 
1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
Capt. Reginald Neilsen / Colonel
 
1934 One More River
Gen. Charwell
 
1934 The Scarlet Empress
Prince August
 
1934 Gambling Lady
Peter
 
1934 The House of Rothschild
Duke of Wellington
 
1933 Queen Christina
Aage
 
1933 Bombshell
Mr. Middleton
 
1933 Curtain at Eight
Jim Hanvey - Detective
 
1933 Morning Glory
Hedges
 
1933 Adorable
The Prime Minister, Von Heynitz
 
1933 The Barbarian
Cecil Harwood
 
1933 Secrets
Mr. William Marlowe
 
1933 Luxury Liner
Edward Thorndyke
 
1933 The Monkey's Paw
Sgt. Maj. Morris
 
1932 They Just Had to Get Married
Aubrey Hampton
 
1932 No More Orchids
Jerome Cedric
 
1932 Trouble in Paradise
Adolph J. Giron
 
1932 Love Me Tonight
Duke d'Artelines
 
1932 -But the Flesh Is Weak
Florian Clement
 
1932 Tarzan the Ape Man
James Parker
 
1932 Polly of the Circus
Rev. James Northcott
 
1931 Surrender
Count Reichendorf
 
1931 The Phantom of Paris
Bourrelier
 
1931 Guilty Hands
Reverend Hastings
 
1931 Son of India
Dr. Wallace
 
1931 The Man in Possession
Mr. Dabney
 
1931 Just a Gigolo
Lord George Hampton
 
1931 Never the Twain Shall Meet
Mr. Pritchard
 
1931 Daybreak
General von Hertz
 
1931 Contraband Love
Paul Machin, JP
 
1931 Trader Horn
St. Clair - a Trader (uncredited)
 
1931 The Bachelor Father
Sir Basil Algernon 'Chief' Winterton
 
1930 Passion Flower
Bit at Ferry Boat Pier (uncredited)
 
1930 Such Is the Law
Sir James Whittaker
 
1930 The Perfect Alibi
Arthur Hilton
 
1928 Show People
Extra at movie preview (uncredited)
 
1924 The Rejected Woman
Peter Leslie
 
1924 The Unwanted
Colonel Carrington
 
1923 The Temptation of Carlton Earle
Carlton Earle
 
1922 Flames of Passion
Richard Hawke, K.C.
 
1922 The Bohemian Girl
Devilshoof
 
1920 The Shuttle of Life
Reverend John Stone
 
1920 The Bump (short)
John Brice
 
1920 Castles in Spain
The builder
 
1920 The Face at the Window
Bentinck
 
1918 Red Pottage
Lord Newhaven
 
1916 The Witching Hour
Jack Brookfield
 
1916 Jaffery
Jaffery
 
1915 John Glayde's Honor
John Glayde
 
1915 The Builder of Bridges
Edward Thursfield
 
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1935 Jalna (performer: "Ring Merrily Bells Ding Dong", "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing")
 
1932 Love Me Tonight (performer: "Mimi" 1932 - uncredited, "The Son Of A Gun Is Nothing But a Tailor" 1932 - uncredited)
 
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1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 4: Hollywood Celebrations (documentary short)
Himself
 
1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 11 (documentary short)
Himself
 
1935 Things You Never See on the Screen (short)
Himself
 
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2005 Garbo (documentary)
(uncredited)
 
2003 Complicated Women (TV documentary)
Himself
 
1996 100 Years of Horror: Boris Karloff (video documentary short)
Himself
 
1979 Has Anybody Here Seen Canada? A History of Canadian Movies 1939-1953 (TV documentary)
Himself - Canada-Hollywood Dinner, with Shirley Temple (uncredited)
 

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Personal Details

Other Works:

(1907). Stage Play: The Morals of Marcus. Written by William J. Locke. Criterion Theatre: 18 Nov 1907- Dec 1907 (closing date unknown/44 performances). Cast: Eda Bruna, Ivo Dawson, Marie Doro, William Evans, Beatrice Forbes-Robertson, Alice Gale, Alexander King, Kate Meeks, Ethel Morrey, Alice Neal... See more »

Publicity Listings:

2 Print Biographies  | 6 Articles  | See more »

Alternate Names:

Sir Aubrey Smith | Sir C. Aubrey Smith | C.Aubrey Smith also

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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Did You Know?

Personal Quote:

[on Greta Garbo] She's a rippin' gel. See more »

Trivia:

Brother-in-law of playwright/novelist Cosmo Hamilton (married Smith's sister). See more »

Trademark:

Usually played proud Englishmen See more »

Star Sign:

Cancer