Claud Allister

Born: 1888-08-02 in London, England, UK

Died: 1970-07-26

Known For: Acting

Biography

Claud Allister (3 October 1888 – 26 July 1970) was an English actor. After his education at Felsted, in Essex, he appeared in 74 films between 1929 and 1955. He was born William Claud Michael Palmer in London, England and died in Santa Barbara, California. His interment was located in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. He began his career as a stockbroker's clerk but gave it up and made his stage debut in 1910. He toured England playing minor parts till the war started. He served in WWI and in 1924 went to America to act on the stage. In 1929 he made his film debut where he featured in The Trial of Mary Dugan. Description above from the Wikipedia article Claud Allister, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Filmography

2004

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6 as Sir Giles (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)

1952

Hong Kong as Hotel Manager

1949

The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad as Rat (voice)
The Wind in the Willows as Rat (voice)

1948

Quartet as 1st. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
The First Gentleman as Manservant

1946

Gaiety George as Archie

1945

Kiss the Bride Goodbye as Adolphus Pickering
Don Chicago as Lord Piccadilly

1944

The Hundred Pound Window as Hon. Freddie

1941

The Reluctant Dragon as Sir Giles (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
A Yank in the R.A.F. as Officer-Motorist (uncredited)
Confirm or Deny as William (scenes deleted)
Charley's Aunt as Spectator

1940

Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Beck
Lillian Russell as Arthur Sullivan

1939

Captain Fury as Suco

1938

Men Are Such Fools as Rudolf
Storm Over Bengal as Redding
Kentucky Moonshine as Lord Boffingwell (uncredited)
Arrest Bulldog Drummond as Sir Basil Leghorne
Blond Cheat as Lord Basil Sheldon (uncredited)

1937

The Awful Truth as Lord Fabian (uncredited)
Danger – Love at Work as Gun salesman
Bulldog Drummond at Bay as Algy Longworth
Oh, What a Knight!
Let's Make a Night of It as Monty

1936

Dracula's Daughter as Sir Aubrey
Lady Luck as Briggs
Three Live Ghosts as Lord 'Spoofy' Brockton

1935

The Dark Angel as Lawrence Bidley
Every Night at Eight as Mr. Vernon (uncredited)

1934

The Private Life of Don Juan as The Duke, as Dukes Go
The Return of Bulldog Drummond as Algy Longworth
The Lady Is Willing as Brevin
Those Were the Days as Capt. Horace Vale

1933

The Private Life of Henry VIII as Cornell
Excess Baggage as Colonel Murgatroyd R.S.V.P.
Sleeping Car as Baron Delande
The Medicine Man as Hon. Freddie Wiltshire

1932

Two White Arms as Dr. Biggash
The Unexpected Father as Claude
The Midshipmaid as Chinley
Diamond Cut Diamond as Joe Fragson
The Return of Raffles as Bunny

1931

Platinum Blonde as Dawson - the Valet
The Sea Ghost as Percy Atwater
I Like Your Nerve as Archie Lester
On the Loose as Mr. Loder's friend
Meet the Wife as Victor Staunton
Captain Applejack as John Jason

1930

The Florodora Girl as Lord Rumblesham
Slightly Scarlet as Albert Hawkins
The Czar of Broadway
Reaching for the Moon as Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
Monte Carlo as Prince Otto von Liebenheim
Ladies Love Brutes as Tailor (uncredited)
Such Men Are Dangerous as Fred Wyndham
In the Next Room as Parks (butler)
Murder Will Out as Alan Fitzhugh

1929

Charming Sinners as Gregson
Bulldog Drummond as Algy Longworth