Matthew Boulton
Acting
Biography
Matthew Boulton (20 January 1893 – 10 February 1962) was a British stage and film actor. He was a character actor, who often played police officers and military officers. Having established himself in the theatre, he began taking supporting roles in films including an appearance in Alfred Hitchcock's Sabotage. He subsequently emigrated to Hollywood where he worked for the remainder of his career. His films in America include The Woman in Green (1945) and The Woman in White (1948).
Born: January 19, 1893
Place of Birth: Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK
Known For
The 39 Steps
Richard Hanney has a rude awakening when a glamorous female spy falls into his bed - with a knife in her back. Having a bit of trouble explaining it all to Scotland Yard, he heads for the hills of Scotland to try to clear his name by locating the spy ring known as The 39 Steps.
Our Hearts Were Young and Gay
In 1923, two young ladies depart, unescorted, for a tour of Europe. Their great naïvité and efforts to seem grown-up lead them into many comic misadventures.
They Met in Bombay
A jewel thief and a con artist are rivals in the theft of a valuable diamond and gem necklace in Bombay and as the Japanese Army invades China.
Son of Fury: The Story of Benjamin Blake
Sir Arthur Blake has inherited title and lands from his brother. He also has his orphaned nephew Benjamin working for him as a bonded servant. While he believes the lad was born out of wedlock and so cannot claim the inheritance, he is taking no chances. Benjamin eventually rebels against his uncle and sets sail to try and make his fortune. This may enable him to return to prove his claim to being the rightful heir to the estate.
Shall We Dance
Ballet star Petrov arranges to cross the Atlantic aboard the same ship as the dancer and musical star he's fallen for but barely knows. By the time the ocean liner reaches New York, a little white lie has churned through the rumour mill and turned into a hot gossip item—that the two celebrities are secretly married.
National Velvet
Mi Taylor is a young wanderer and opportunist who finds himself in the quiet English countryside home of the Brown family. The youngest daughter, Velvet, has a passion for horses and when she wins the spirited steed Pie in a town lottery, Mi is encouraged to train the horse.
The Secret Garden
When Cholera takes the parents of Mary Lennox, she is shipped from India to England to live with her Uncle Craven. Mary changes the lives of those she encounters at her Uncle's remote estate.
A Christmas Carol
Miser Ebenezer Scrooge is awakened on Christmas Eve by spirits who reveal to him his own miserable existence, what opportunities he wasted in his youth, his current cruelties, and the dire fate that awaits him if he does not change his ways. Scrooge is faced with his own story of growing bitterness and meanness, and must decide what his own future will hold: death or redemption.
Night Must Fall
Wealthy widow Mrs. Bramson notices that her maid is distracted, and when she learns the girl's fiancé, Danny, is the reason, she summons him in. Mrs. Bramson's niece Olivia takes a liking to Danny, and comes to believe that he may have been involved in the disappearance of a local woman.
Lord Jeff
Spoiled child Geoffrey Bramer teams up with a pair of small time crooks to pose as an aristocrat and steal jewelry from exclusive shops. During a a caper, Geoffrey is caught and is sentenced to a reformatory where young men are trained to be sailors. He is befriended by model in-mate Terry O'Mulvaney but soon starts to get them both in trouble.
Filmography
as Inspector Grey (uncredited)
as Simpson (uncredited)
as Tobias Sharpe
as Mr. Bromley
as Air Raid Warden
as British Inspector-General
as Dr. Nevin
as William Cosgrove
as Tom Lumford (uncredited)
as Joe Beasley
as Solicitor (uncredited)
as Doctor Diagnosing Tex (uncredited)
as Inspector Gregson
as Inspector Graham
as Entry Official
as Detective Inspector Ned Garth
as Prince Prentiloff
as Ship’s Officer (uncredited)
as Official, Ministry of Home Security (uncredited)
as Immigration Officer (uncredited)
as Brighton
as Constable Jones (Uncredited)
as Coroner (uncredited)
as Inspector Stephens
as Colonel Ashmont
as Jury Foreman (uncredited)
as Rangoon Aide de camp
as Inspector Cressney
as Ramsbotham
as British World Press Attendee
as Captain Howard
as John Ramsell Sr.
as Lloyd
as Policeman (uncredited)
as Ickerton (uncredited)
as Blake, Fingerprints Expert
as Ship Captain
as Dr. Edward Jenner (uncredited)
as Charity Solicitor Twill
as Major Grey
as Inspector Scott
as Sir Raymond Blantyre
as Sir John Haxton
as Wellington
as Ship's Officer (uncredited)
as Grimshaw (uncredited)
as Inspector Belsize
as Superintendent Talbot
as Police Constable (uncredited)
as Fake Police Officer (uncredited)
as Inspector
as Sergeant Lane
as Inspector Jackson