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Morton Selten
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Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton.
Given the name Morton Richard Stubbs at birth, and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, it was generally acknowledged that Selten was an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII).
He began acting on the stage in 1878, mainly in America. In 1889, Selten played Clarence Vane in Mrs. Hargrove's Our Flat at the Lyceum Theatre and Captain Heartsease in Bronson Howard's American Civil War epic, Shenandoah. He would go on to play in some twenty-five Broadway productions over the following three decad…
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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton. Given the name Morton Richard Stubbs at birth, and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, it was generally acknowledged that Selten was an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII). He began acting on the stage in 1878, mainly in America. In 1889, Selten played Clarence Vane in Mrs. Hargrove's Our Flat at the Lyceum Theatre and Captain Heartsease in Bronson Howard's American Civil War epic, Shenandoah. He would go on to play in some twenty-five Broadway productions over the following three decades. His film career began in the 1920s. He appeared in Branded in 1921. His last film role was the King of the Land of Legend in the 1940 Alexander Korda production The Thief of Bagdad. Selten died during filming.
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BODY OF WORK
Morton Selten's Filmography
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The Thief of Bagdad
as The Old King
Shipyard Sally
as Lord Alfred Randall
Young Man's Fancy
as Mr. Fothergill
A Yank at Oxford
as Cecil Davidson, Esq.
The Divorce of Lady X
as Lord Steele
Action for Slander
as Judge Trotter (as Morton Selton)
Fire Over England
as Lord Burleigh
Two's Company
as Earl of Warke
Juggernaut
as Sir Charles Clifford
In the Soup
as Abernethy Ruppershaw
The Ghost Goes West
as The Glourie
No Poster
Dark World
as Colonel
No Poster
Ten Minute Alibi
as Sir Miles Standish
No Poster
Annie, Leave the Room!
as Lord Spendlove
No Poster
His Majesty & Co.
as King of Poldavia
Once in a New Moon
as Lord Bravington
Moscow Nights
as General Kovrin
Falling for You
as Caldicott
Wedding Rehearsal
as Major Harry Wroxbury
Service for Ladies
as Mr. Robertson
No Poster
The Shadow Between
as Sir George Fielder
