Morton Selten
Born: 1860-01-06 in Marlborough, England, UK
Died: 1939-07-27
Known For: Acting
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton. Given the name Morton Richard Stubbs at birth, and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, it was generally acknowledged that Selten was an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII). He began acting on the stage in 1878, mainly in America. In 1889, Selten played Clarence Vane in Mrs. Hargrove's Our Flat at the Lyceum Theatre and Captain Heartsease in Bronson Howard's American Civil War epic, Shenandoah. He would go on to play in some twenty-five Broadway productions over the following three decades. His film career began in the 1920s. He appeared in Branded in 1921. His last film role was the King of the Land of Legend in the 1940 Alexander Korda production The Thief of Bagdad. Selten died during filming.
Filmography
1940
- The Thief of Bagdad as The Old King
1939
- Young Man's Fancy as Mr. Fothergill
- Shipyard Sally as Lord Alfred Randall
1938
- A Yank at Oxford as Cecil Davidson, Esq.
- The Divorce of Lady X as Lord Steele
1937
- Fire Over England as Lord Burleigh
- Action for Slander as Judge Trotter (as Morton Selton)
1936
- In the Soup as Abernethy Ruppershaw
- Two's Company as Earl of Warke
- Juggernaut as Sir Charles Clifford
1935
- Dark World as Colonel
- Annie, Leave the Room! as Lord Spendlove
- Ten Minute Alibi as Sir Miles Standish
- Once in a New Moon as Lord Bravington
- His Majesty & Co. as King of Poldavia
- The Ghost Goes West as The Glourie
1934
- Moscow Nights as General Kovrin
1933
- Falling for You as Caldicott
1932
- Wedding Rehearsal as Major Harry Wroxbury
- Service for Ladies as Mr. Robertson
1931
- The Shadow Between as Sir George Fielder