Bertram Grassby
Acting
Biography
No biography available for Bertram Grassby.
Born: December 23, 1880
Place of Birth: Lincolnshire, England, UK
Known For
Captain Blood
Young Irish physician Peter Blood is exiled as a slave to Barbados, where he and his friend Jeremy are purchased by Colonel Bishop at the behest of his niece Arabella. With other slaves he captures a Spanish galleon and becomes the terror of the Caribbean privateers until offered a commission in the English Navy. He defeats the French at Port Royal, and as a reward he is named governor of Jamaica and marries Arabella.
Salome
Palestine, under the rule of Rome. Salome, daughter of Herodias and both niece and stepdaughter of King Herod, becomes infatuated with the prophet John the Baptist, who publicly denounces the depravity of the royal family and proclaims the arrival of a new messiah. (Film presumed lost.)
A Romance of Happy Valley
John Logan leaves his parents and sweetheart in bucolic Happy Valley to make his fortune in the city. Those he left behind become miserable and beleaguered in his absence, but after several years he returns, a wealthy man. But his embittered father, not recognizing him for who he is, plans to murder the newly-arrived "stranger" for his money.
The Beloved Rogue
François Villon, in his lifetime the most renowned poet in France, is also a prankster, an occasional criminal, and an ardent patriot.
The Young Rajah
A young man raised in the American South discovers he is an Indian prince whose throne was taken by usurpers.
When a Man Loves
A nobleman studying for the priesthood abandons his vocation in 18th Century France when he falls in love with a beautiful, but reluctant, courtesan.
The Delicious Little Devil
A poor hat-check girl loses her job and is forced to get a job as a dancer at a roadhouse. There she falls in love with the son of a rich businessman. The boy's father, believing her to be after the family's money, determines to embarrass her and show his son what she really is.
Made for Love
A young woman visits her boyfriend, an archaeologist, at the site in Egypt where he is digging up ancient artifacts. Her frustration mounts when it appears that he is more interested in old bones and mummies than he is in the fact that she's traveled thousands of miles to see him. However, there are three men at the site who don't share her boyfriend's attitude towards her, and they make their intentions known.
Dangerous Days
Patriotism, love and treason in the United States during the First World War. Barker manages to give every scene the right climate through inventive use of color. From semi-documentary to cruel melodrama.
Pioneer Trails
Jack is orphaned as a young child when his wagon train is ambushed by Indians. Twenty years later, he rescues Rose from a runaway stagecoach. The two fall in love, much to the displeasure of Blaney. To put him out of the way, Blaney kills Jack's adoptive mother and frames Jack for the crime.
Filmography
as Le Duc de Richelieu
as Duke of Orleans
as Fred Norris
as Marquis de la Pontenac
as Mahmoud Bey
as Alexi Betskoy
as André Delandal
as José Sarmento
as Boris Varishkine
as Don Diego
as Arthur Bleydon
as Bartlett
as Kunwar Singh
as Ramón Orestest Córdova
as Rasnea
as Prince Tut
as Philip Blaney
as Raj Singh
as Prince Ugo Ravorelli
as Hamoud Bin-Said
as Maharajah Ali Kahn
as Duke of Othomo
as Dr. Joseph Kasimir
as Ambrose Hammond
as Hung Chin Chung
as Clifford Trent
as Ramón Maticas
as Robert Van Austen
as Rodman Cadbury
as Leonard Ferris
as Howard Quarrier
as Rafael Artega
as Philippe
as Rodney Page
as Porter Maddox
as Michael Lanyard
as Count de la Mar
as John Furthman
as Harley Pembroke
as Cholly Van Dusen
as The Count
as Duke de Sauterne
as Marston Hughes
as Judas
as Tony Barrows
as Stoughton Lounsbury
as The Crook
as Prince David
as Stanley Merrill
as Donn Pedro
as Chester Dowling
as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
as Alexus
as Joe Valdez
as Gaston - Duc de Bligny
as Artist
as Clubman
as Dr. Norton / The Devil
as William Martin
as Wallace Harrison
as Chambret
as Manuel Leon
as Lord Percy
as Prince Michael Delgrade
as Mark Waring