Vernon Steele
Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vernon Steele (18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Daniel Antonietti, a professor of music, and his English wife, the former Grace Emma Bolton. Vernon Steele was christened Arturo Romeo Antonietti and his family eventually settled in London, England. His sister was actress Hilda Anthony.
Born: September 16, 1882
Place of Birth: Santiago, Chile
Known For
Captain Blood
Dr. Peter Blood, unjustly convicted of treason and exiled from England, becomes a notorious pirate.
Lloyd's of London
Norfolk, England, 1770. The nephew of an innkeeper and the son of a reverend maintain a very close friendship until, after living a great adventure, they must separate their paths. The former will head his footsteps to London and bound his destiny to Lloyd's, a thriving insurance company; the latter will eventually become one of the greatest heroes in the history of the British Empire.
Design for Living
An independent woman can't choose between the two men she loves.
Mrs. Miniver
Middle-class housewife Kay Miniver deals with petty problems. She and her husband Clem watch her Oxford-educated son Vin court Carol Beldon, the charming granddaughter of the local nobility as represented by Lady Beldon. Then the war comes and Vin joins the RAF.
Madame Bovary
A frivolous country girl married to a naïve small-town doctor goes down the path of destruction when she grows tired of her limited social status.
Bonnie Scotland
Stan and Ollie stow away to Scotland expecting to inherit the MacLaurel estate. When things don't quite turn out that way, they unwittingly enlist in the Scottish army and are posted to India.
They Were Expendable
After a demonstration of new PT boats, navy brass are still unconvinced of their viability in combat, leaving Lt. "Rusty" Ryan frustrated. After the attack on Pearl Harbor, however, Ryan and his buddy Lt. Brickley are told they can finally take their squadron into battle. The PT boats quickly prove their worth, successfully shooting down Japanese planes, relaying messages between islands, and picking off a multitude of enemy ships.
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
Fur thieves, who murder trappers when they refuse to give up their pelts at a low price, occupy the attention of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police. The leader of the gang is Victor Renaud, also the mayor of the small Canadian town where the gang is headquartered. Lucky Kerrigan is broken from the mounted service for apparent disobedience to orders, which results in the death of a fellow Mountie. Lucky, working undercover, aids the Mounties in rounding up the gang and gains back his uniform, and also the love of Gabrielle Renaud, Renaud's sister who was unaware of his criminal activities.
The Witness for the Defense
Stella Derrick and Dick Hazelwood love each other, but their families want them to make better financial matches.
The Witness Vanishes
In this mystery, a newspaper executive and three of his colleagues conspire to have the owner of the highly-respected London Sun committed to an insane asylum. The hapless publisher manages to escape. Soon after, the four collaborators begin dying one-by-one. Oddly their obituaries appear in a rival publication before they are actually killed.
Filmography
as Priest
as Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)
as Army Doctor
as Captain Blair
as Glee Club Member (uncredited)
as Nigel Partridge
as Thomas Jefferson
as RCMP Insp. Wylie
as Officer
as Captain
as Lord Fenton (uncredited)
as Count Michael Montaine
as Thomas Lawrence
as Squires (uncredited)
as King James
as Col. Gregor McGregor
as Wedding Guest
as Bigelow
as Saunders
as Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)
as Dr. Harold Rolph
as Barstow
as Reporter
as Rhodes Winston
as Tom Armstrong
as Ronnie Sears
as Austin Howard
as Arthur Russell
as John Hope
as Sir Phillip Errington
as Duncan Phelps
as The Schoolmaster
as Adam Pine
as Christopher Armstrong
as Robert Taylor
as Alaric Lewin
as Philip Marrio
as Ross Van Beekman
as Hastings
as Hillary Jesson
as Lord Francombe
as Jasper Norton
as Captain Bob Tidewater
as Dick Hazelwood
as John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III
as Beverly Peale
as John Douglas the Minister
as Stanley Churchill / Sir George Churchill
as Jacques Desmond
as Reverend Philip Morton
as Prince Adolph
as Robert Sterling