Frederick Kerr
Acting
Biography
Frederick Kerr (born Frederick Grinham Keen) was an English stage and screen actor who performed in plays and movies both in the UK and America, his film career beginning in 1916. He is best remembered for his portrayal of the old Baron Frankenstein in Frankenstein (1931).
Born: October 11, 1858
Place of Birth: London, England, UK
Known For
Frankenstein
Henry Frankenstein pieces together body parts in the hope of bringing a human-like creature to life. The mad scientist’s dreams are shattered by his monstrous creation awakening with rage to a world that hates and fears him.
Waterloo Bridge
In World War I London, Myra is an American out-of-work chorus girl making ends meet by picking up men on Waterloo Bridge. During a Zeppelin air raid she meets Roy, a naive young American who enlisted in the Canadian army. After they fall for each other, Roy tricks Myra into visiting his family, who live in a country estate outside London, his mother having remarried to a retired British Major. Myra is reluctant to continue the relationship with Roy, he not aware of her past.
Beauty and the Boss
An ultra-efficient Plain Jane secretary blossoms when she accompanies her boss on a business trip to Paris.
Lord of the Manor
Two aristocrats become engaged but fall in love with people from a lower class.
Raffles
A distinguished English gentleman has a secret life--he is the notorious jewel thief the press has dubbed "The Amateur Cracksman". When he meets a woman and falls in love he decides to "retire" from that life, but an old friend comes to him with a predicament that entails him committing one last job.
The Devil to Pay!
Spendthrift Willie Hale again returns penniless to the family home in London. His father is none too pleased, but Willie smooth-talks him into letting him stay. At the same time he turns the charm on Dorothy Hope, whose father is big in linoleum and who, before Willie's arrival, was about to become engaged to a Russian aristocrat.
Lovers Courageous
A daydreaming dramatist and his beloved persevere through hard times in the hope that one of his plays will be a hit.
But the Flesh Is Weak
A poor-but-charming father and son try to enter high society by marrying rich English widows.
The Lady of Scandal
A famous British actress gets involved with two members of a reserved British noble family, whose plan to get rid of her backfires.
Born to Love
A pregnant American nurse living in London during WWI, believing her soldier-fiance has been killed in France, marries a wealthy aristocrat so her child will have a father.
Filmography
as Sir Henry Bovey
as Bunston
as Sir Percy Newbiggin
as Count Von Tolheim
as Duke of Hampshire
as Admiral Percy Blayne
as Baron Frankenstein
as Paul Barony
as General Thomas Armstrong
as Major Fred Wetherby
as Sir George Boomer
as Lord Ponsonby
as Lord Leland Hale
as Lord Harry Melrose
as Lord Trench
as Dr. Wrightman