Cecil Humphreys
Acting
Biography
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Born: July 20, 1883
Place of Birth: Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Known For
Wuthering Heights
Young orphan Heathcliff is adopted by the wealthy Earnshaw family and moves into their estate, Wuthering Heights. Soon, the new resident falls for his compassionate foster sister, Cathy. The two share a remarkable bond that seems unbreakable until Cathy, feeling the pressure of social convention, suppresses her feelings and marries Edgar Linton, a man of means who befits her stature. Heathcliff vows to win her back.
The Razor's Edge
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
A Woman's Vengeance
A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
Desire Me
A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.
The Dying Detective
Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) knows that a man has killed a former partner but he can't prove it unless he finds a dying detective who knows what really happened. Norwood would play Holmes in over thirty films and he's quite good in the role bring an intelligent looking character.
Crimson Dynasty
Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is based on the novel Koenigsmark by Pierre Benoît. It's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. The film was known in the United States as Crimson Dynasty.
The Swindler
A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.
The Glorious Adventure
An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.
Irish Luck
Tom Donahue, a New York traffic cop, wins a trip to Europe in a newspaper contest, and he decides to visit relatives in Ireland. Arriving in Dublin, he learns that he is an exact double for Lord Fitzhugh, a young Irish aristocrat with whom he becomes friends. The Earl of Killarney, Fitzhugh's uncle, who is on his deathbed, wishes to see his favorite nephew and wipe out past animosities. Fitzhugh, in the meantime, has disappeared, and his sister, Lady Gwendolyn, persuades Tom to take his place.
Reasonable Doubt
A lawyer's love for a young girl causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his own son.
Filmography
as General Spence
as Dr. Andre Leclair
as Holy Man
as Judge Linton
as Prosecuting Counsel
as De Marçaise
as Sir Luke Rookwood
as Count Yendoff
as Lord Arranways
as Paul
as Gen. Delange
as Douglas
as Lytton Glover
as Walter Roderick
as Nat Verney