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Stewart Rome(1886-1965)

  • Actor
  • Writer
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Stewart Rome
Major English silent movie star Stewart Rome born Wernham Ryott Gifford in Berkshire in 1886. He studied civil engineering, but instead went on the stage in 1907. After appearing on stage in Australia, Stewart returned to England in 1912 and joined Hepworth Film Company. Handsome, slightly aloof aristocratic star of more than 150 drama films, making his debut with 'Thou Shalt Not Steal' directed by Warwick Buckland in 1913, after WW1 service he joined the Broadwest Film Company and through the 1920's at the height of his career he acted in both British and German films such as 'Im schatten der Moschee' (1923) 'Vater Voss' (1925) est. His most memorable films was George Pearson's 'Reville' (1924) and 'The Desert Sheik' (1924). Following the advent of talkies, he was relegated to fine kindly gentlemanly characters, later he starred as Dr. Goodfellow in a series of shorts for the Rank studios in 1942, retired from the screen after 1950's 'Lets Have a Murder'. Died in 1965 age 79.
BornJanuary 30, 1886
DiedFebruary 26, 1965(79)
BornJanuary 30, 1886
DiedFebruary 26, 1965(79)
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Helen Haye and Stewart Rome in Mustalaisprinsessa (1937)
Henry Fonda and Stewart Rome in Mustalaisprinsessa (1937)
Stewart Rome in Mustalaisprinsessa (1937)
Henry Fonda, Annabella, Stewart Rome, and Irene Vanbrugh in Mustalaisprinsessa (1937)
Stewart Rome and Irene Vanbrugh in Mustalaisprinsessa (1937)
Stewart Rome and Irene Vanbrugh in Mustalaisprinsessa (1937)
Stewart Rome in Mustalaisprinsessa (1937)
Stewart Rome in Mustalaisprinsessa (1937)
Stewart Rome and Harry Tate in Mustalaisprinsessa (1937)
Stewart Rome and Alma Taylor in The Girl Who Lived in Straight Street (1914)
Stewart Rome in Creatures of Clay (1914)
Stewart Rome and Alma Taylor in The Whirr of the Spinning Wheel (1914)

Known for:

Rynox (1931)
Rynox
5.4
  • Boswell Marsh
  • F.X.Benedik
  • 1931
Sweet Lavender
  • Geoffrey Wedderburn
  • 1915
Iris (1916)
Iris
  • Lawrence Trenwith
  • 1916
Shayle Gardner and Alma Taylor in Comin' Thro' the Rye (1916)
Comin' Thro' the Rye
4.0
  • Paul Vasher
  • 1916

Credits

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Actor

  • Let's Have a Murder (1950)
    Let's Have a Murder
    4.2
    • Colonel Gordon
    • 1950
  • Stewart Granger and Edwige Feuillère in Woman Hater (1948)
    Woman Hater
    5.7
    • Col. Weston
    • 1948
  • Sally Ann Howes and Dermot Walsh in My Sister and I (1948)
    My Sister and I
    7.4
    • Colonel Thursby
    • 1948
  • The White Unicorn (1947)
    The White Unicorn
    7.1
    • Charles Madden (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • Patricia Roc and Dermot Walsh in Jassy (1947)
    Jassy
    6.4
    • Judge (uncredited)
    • 1947
  • The Root of All Evil (1947)
    The Root of All Evil
    6.7
    • Sir George
    • 1947
  • David Farrar in The World Owes Me a Living (1945)
    The World Owes Me a Living
    5.3
    • Air Marshal
    • 1945
  • Tom's Ride
    Short
    • Tom's father
    • 1944
  • The New Lot (1943)
    The New Lot
    7.1
    Short
    • Officer (uncredited)
    • 1943
  • Salute John Citizen (1942)
    Salute John Citizen
    6.3
    • Colonel Saunders
    • 1942
  • Yksi pommikoneistamme on kateissa (1942)
    Yksi pommikoneistamme on kateissa
    7.0
    • Cmdr. Reynold
    • 1942
  • Banana Ridge (1942)
    Banana Ridge
    6.0
    • Sir Ramsey Flight
    • 1942
  • Confidential Lady
    • Alfred Trevar
    • 1940
  • Shadowed Eyes
    • Sir John Barnes
    • 1940
  • The Dance of Death
    • Armand Chabrier
    • 1938

Writer

  • As the Sun Went Down
    Short
    • story (as Wernham Ryott)
    • 1915
  • The Shepherd of Souls
    Short
    • story (as Wernham Ryott)
    • 1915
  • Coward!
    Short
    • Writer
    • 1915
  • Oh My Aunt!
    Short
    • story (as Wernham Ryott)
    • 1914
  • The Man from India
    Short
    • story (as Wernham Ryott)
    • 1914

Personal details

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  • Alternative name
    • Wernham Ryott
  • Height
    • 1.85 m
  • Born
    • January 30, 1886
    • Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • February 26, 1965
    • Newbury, Berkshire, England, UK(undisclosed)
  • Spouse
    • Norah Grace Thelma Millar1937 - February 26, 1965 (his death, 2 children)
  • Publicity listings
    • 1 Print Biography
    • 3 Articles

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    In 1915, he was voted second only to Charles Chaplin in a Pictures magazine popularity poll.

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