Vernon Steele
Born: 1882-09-16 in Santiago, Chile
Died: 1955-07-23
Known For: 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.
Filmography
1949
- Madame Bovary as Priest
1948
- To the Ends of the Earth as Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)
1945
- They Were Expendable as Army Doctor
1943
- Riders of the Northwest Mounted as Captain Blair
1942
- Mrs. Miniver as Glee Club Member (uncredited)
1939
- The Witness Vanishes as Nigel Partridge
- North of the Yukon as RCMP Insp. Wylie
- The Bill of Rights as Thomas Jefferson
1938
- Kidnapped as Captain
- Flight to Fame as Officer
1937
- No matarás
- Step Lively, Jeeves! as Lord Fenton (uncredited)
- Time Out for Romance as Count Michael Montaine
1936
- Lloyd's of London as Thomas Lawrence
- Dracula's Daughter as Squires (uncredited)
1935
- Captain Blood as King James
- Bonnie Scotland as Col. Gregor McGregor
1934
- Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back as Wedding Guest
- Where Sinners Meet as Saunders
- The Great Flirtation as Bigelow
1933
- Design for Living as Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)
- The Silk Express as Dr. Harold Rolph
- The King's Vacation as Barstow
1929
- Big News as Reporter
1924
- The House of Youth as Rhodes Winston
1923
- Temptation as John Hope
- The Wanters as Tom Armstrong
- What Wives Want as Austin Howard
- Forgive and Forget as Ronnie Sears
- Alice Adams as Arthur Russell
1922
- The Girl Who Ran Wild as The Schoolmaster
- For the Defense as Christopher Armstrong
- A Wonderful Wife as Alaric Lewin
1921
- The Highest Bidder as Hastings
- Out of the Chorus as Ross Van Beekman
- Beyond Price as Philip Marrio
1920
- His House in Order as Hillary Jesson
1919
- The Firing Line as John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III
- Mind the Paint Girl as Lord Francombe
- The Witness for the Defense as Dick Hazelwood
- Human Desire as Jasper Norton
- The Phantom Honeymoon as Captain Bob Tidewater
1918
- The Panther Woman as Beverly Peale
1917
- Polly of the Circus as John Douglas the Minister
1916
- The Supreme Sacrifice as Reverend Philip Morton
- Little Lady Eileen as Stanley Churchill / Sir George Churchill
- Silks and Satins as Jacques Desmond
1915
- The Vampire as Robert Sterling
- Hearts in Exile
- Her Great Match as Prince Adolph