John Hamilton
Acting
Biography
No biography available for John Hamilton.
Place of Birth: Hampstead, London, England, UK
Known For
The White Shadow
The White Shadow is a British drama film directed by Graham Cutts based on the novel "Children of Chance" by Michael Morton. Alfred Hitchcock worked on it as assistant director and also handled the writing, editing, and art direction. The film was long thought to be lost. In August 2011, it was announced that the first three reels of the six-reel picture had been found in a garden shed and donated to the NFPF. The film cans were mislabled Two Sisters and Unidentified American Film and only later identified. The film was restored by Park Road Studios and is now in the New Zealand Film Archive. Preserved by the Academy Film Archive in partnership with National Film Preservation Foundation in 2012.
The Passionate Adventure
A rich man leaves his wife, poses as a coster, and saves a factory girl from a crook.
The Mountain Eagle
In the Kentucky hills, a schoolteacher becomes caught in a bitter feud between a widower, his crippled son, and a reclusive hermit. Accusations and jealousy drive her into hiding, leading to love and revenge. Directed by Alfred Hitchcock, this 1926 romantic drama is now considered lost and remains one of the BFI’s most sought-after missing films.
To What Red Hell
'Woman shelters epileptic son when he kills prostitute.' (British Film Catalogue)
White Cargo
The manager of a rubber plantation marries a native and she tries to poison him.
Mademoiselle from Armentieres
A French girl meets her captured British lover whilst acting as a spy.
The Silver Lining
The Silver Lining is a 1927 British silent drama film. Widow Hurst has two sons who fall out over a girl. One son attempts to frame the other for the theft of some pearls but when his brother is imprisoned he eventually confesses his crime to his mother and guilt ridden arranges for a band of gypsies to shoot him.
At the Villa Rose
Jewel thieves kill a rich widow and frame a fake medium.
Her Royal Lover
Based on the play and subsequent operetta of the same name.
Filmography
as Starling
as Harold Fairfield
as Ashley
as Grigory
as John Hurst
as Young Soldier
as Edward Pettigrew
as Bill
as Card Player