Milton Rosmer
Born: 1881-11-04 in Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
Died: 1971-12-07
Known For: Acting
Biography
Miton Rosmer made his name on the British stage, debuting in 1889. He easily made the transition to silent pictures, appearing in such films as The Passionate Friends (1922). Talkies proved to be no obstacle to him, as it did to many silent actors, and Rosmer had roles in such classics as Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and The Stars Look Down (1940). He specialized in playing such characters as magistrates, professors, army officers and other authority figures. Rosmer was also a screenwriter and director. The Crimean War epic Balaclava (1928), which had been shot as a silent by Maurice Elvey, was extensively reshot by Rosmer as a talkie, and he also directed such other films as Channel Crossing (1933), The Great Barrier (1937) and Emil and the Detectives (1935). His final film as an actor was John Wesley (1954), after which he worked in television until 1956, when he retired. He died at age 90 in 1971. - IMDb mini biography by: frankfob2@yahoo.com
Filmography
1955
- The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel as Banker Rothstein
1954
- John Wesley as Georgia Trustee
1952
- Pride and Prejudice as Mr Bennet
1950
- Sunday Night Theatre as Emperor Franz I
1949
- The Small Back Room as Prof. Mair
1948
- The Monkey's Paw as Mr. Robert Trelawne
- Daybreak as Governor
1947
- Fame Is the Spur as Magistrate
- Frieda as Merrick
1941
- Atlantic Ferry as George Burns
1940
- The Stars Look Down as Harry Nugent, MP
- Return to Yesterday as Sambourne
- Dangerous Comment as Major Brett
1939
- Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Chatteris
- The Lion Has Wings as Head of Observer Corps
- Let's Be Famous as Albert Pinbright
- Gas Light as Inspector Rough
1938
- South Riding as Alderman Snaith
- The Challenge ... (Scenario Writer)
1937
- The Great Barrier ... (Director)
1936
- Everything Is Thunder ... (Director)
1935
- Emil and the Detectives ... (Director)
- The Guv'nor ... (Director)
- Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn ... (Director)
- The Phantom Light as Dr. Carey
1934
- The Secret of the Loch ... (Director)
1933
- Channel Crossing ... (Director)
1932
- After the Ball ... (Director)
1931
- Dreyfus ... (Director)
- P.C. Josser ... (Director)
- The Perfect Lady ... (Director)
- Many Waters ... (Director)
1930
- The W Plan as President of Court Martial
1929
- High Treason as Ernest Stratton
1928
- Balaclava ... (Director)
1924
- The Shadow of Egypt as Harold Westcott
1923
- A Gamble with Hearts as Dallas Chalfont
- La donna e l'uomo
1922
- The Passionate Friends as Steven Stratton
1921
- The Will as Philip Ross
- A Woman of No Importance as Lord Illingworth
- Belphegor the Mountebank as Belphegor
- A Romance of Wastdale as David Gordon
- The Amazing Partnership as Pryde
1920
- Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff
- The Twelve Pound Look as Harry Sims
- Torn Sails as Hugh Morgan
1919
- The Chinese Puzzle as Sir Roger de la Haye
1917
- Little Women as Theodore Lawrence
1916
- Lady Windermere's Fan as Lord Windermere
- The Man Without a Soul as Stephen Ferrier