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Milton Rosmer
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Miton Rosmer made his name on the British stage, debuting in 1889. He easily made the transition to silent pictures, appearing in such films as The Passionate Friends (1922). Talkies proved to be no obstacle to him, as it did to many silent actors, and Rosmer had roles in such classics as Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and The Stars Look Down (1940). He specialized in playing such characters as magistrates, professors, army officers and other authority figures.
Rosmer was also a screenwriter and director. The Crimean War epic Balaclava (1928), which had been shot as a silent by Maurice Elvey, was extensively reshot by Rosmer as a talkie, and he also directed such other films as Channel Crossing …
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Miton Rosmer made his name on the British stage, debuting in 1889. He easily made the transition to silent pictures, appearing in such films as The Passionate Friends (1922). Talkies proved to be no obstacle to him, as it did to many silent actors, and Rosmer had roles in such classics as Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and The Stars Look Down (1940). He specialized in playing such characters as magistrates, professors, army officers and other authority figures. Rosmer was also a screenwriter and director. The Crimean War epic Balaclava (1928), which had been shot as a silent by Maurice Elvey, was extensively reshot by Rosmer as a talkie, and he also directed such other films as Channel Crossing (1933), The Great Barrier (1937) and Emil and the Detectives (1935). His final film as an actor was John Wesley (1954), after which he worked in television until 1956, when he retired. He died at age 90 in 1971. - IMDb mini biography by: frankfob2@yahoo.com
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John Wesley
as Georgia Trustee
The Small Back Room
as Prof. Mair
The Monkey's Paw
as Mr. Robert Trelawne
Daybreak
as Governor
Fame Is the Spur
as Magistrate
Frieda
as Merrick
Atlantic Ferry
as George Burns
Dangerous Comment
as Major Brett
Return to Yesterday
as Sambourne
The Stars Look Down
as Harry Nugent, MP
The Lion Has Wings
as Head of Observer Corps
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Chatteris
Let's Be Famous
as Albert Pinbright
No Poster
Gas Light
as Inspector Rough
South Riding
as Alderman Snaith
The Phantom Light
as Dr. Carey
The W Plan
as President of Court Martial
High Treason
as Ernest Stratton
No Poster
The Shadow of Egypt
as Harold Westcott
No Poster
A Gamble with Hearts
as Dallas Chalfont
No Poster
La donna e l'uomo
The Passionate Friends
as Steven Stratton
A Romance of Wastdale
as David Gordon
A Woman of No Importance
as Lord Illingworth
No Poster
The Amazing Partnership
as Pryde
No Poster
Belphegor the Mountebank
as Belphegor
No Poster
The Will
as Philip Ross
No Poster
Torn Sails
as Hugh Morgan
No Poster
The Twelve Pound Look
as Harry Sims
Wuthering Heights
as Heathcliff
The Chinese Puzzle
as Sir Roger de la Haye
Little Women
as Theodore Lawrence
Lady Windermere's Fan
as Lord Windermere
The Man Without a Soul
as Stephen Ferrier