Franklin Dyall
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Franklin Dyall (3 February 1874, Liverpool – 8 May 1950, Worthing, Sussex) was an English actor. He appeared in 26 films between 1916 and 1948. He was the father of actor Valentine Dyall. Description above from the Wikipedia article Franklin Dyall, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Born: February 3, 1870
Place of Birth: Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK
Known For
Alibi
Belgian sleuth Hercule Poirot investigates a mysterious suicide at a country house.
The Private Life of Henry VIII
Renowned for his excess, King Henry VIII goes through a series of wives during his rule. With Anne Boleyn, his second wife, executed on charges of treason, King Henry weds maid Jane Seymour, but that marriage also ends in tragedy. Not one to be single for long, the king picks German-born Anne of Cleves as his bride, but their union lasts only months before an annulment is granted, and King Henry continues his string of spouses.
Easy Virtue
Unjustly accused of adultery in a scandalous divorce, Larita Filton flees to the French Riviera. She soon falls in love with a young Englishman, John Whittaker, and begins anew under an assumed name. But when John brings her home to his disapproving family, Larita’s past begins to resurface.
Yellow Canary
A socialite poses as a Nazi spy to mask her activities as a British agent.
A Night in Montmartre
A young couple live under a café in Paris that, unknown to them, is owned by a brutal blackmailer. When he is murdered, they fall under suspicion. However, the husband's father, an amateur detective, believes in their innocence and sets out to find who really killed the blackmailer.
Atlantic
English-language version. "Atlantic" is a drama film based on the sinking of the RMS "Titanic" and set aboard a fictional ship, called the "Atlantic". The main plotline revolves around a man who has a shipboard affair with a fellow passenger, which is eventually discovered by his wife. The ship also has aboard an elderly couple, the Rools, who are on their anniversary cruise. Midway across the Atlantic Ocean, the "Atlantic" strikes an iceberg and is damaged to the point where it is sinking into the Atlantic.
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Scotland, 1745. After decades of exile, Prince Charles Edward Stuart secretly lands with the purpose of revolting the Highland chieftains against the German House of Hanover, ruler of Great Britain.
The Conquest of the Air
This early docudrama uses dramatic reenactment, working models of early flying machines, and archival footage to trace man's attempts to fly from ancient times through the 1930s.
Called Back
'Spain. Revolutionary doctor foiled by blind man and amnesiac girl.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Iron Duke
The life and times of the Duke of Wellington
Filmography
as MacDonald of Keppoch (Morar)
as Captain Foster
as Dr. Stolk
as Blücher
as Thomas Cromwell
as Dr Jose Manuel
as Jerome de Ascoli
as Max Levine
as Sir Roger Ackroyd
as John Rool
as Aubrey Filton
as Cruickshank