C. Aubrey Smith

Sir Charles Aubrey Smith CBE (21. jul 1863 – 20. decembar 1948), poznatiji kao C. Aubrey Smith,^[1] bio je engleski teatarski i filmski glumac, te kriketaš. Glumačku karijeru je započeo u Londonu pri čemu mu je zapažena uloga bio lik negativca Ruperta od Hentzaua u jednoj od prvih teatarskih adaptacija romana The Prisoner of Zenda 1895. godine. Godine 1920. je došao u Hollywood gdje se specijalizirao za karakterne uloge ostarjelih engleskih džentlmena i ličnosti od autoriteta. U slobodno vrijeme je organizirao utakmice kriketa za svoje sunarodnjake te stekao reputaciju neslužbenog vođe tzv. Hollywoodskog Radža ili britanske kolonije u Hollywoodu.

Djelomična filmografija

Red Pottage (1918)
Castles in Spain (1920)
The Face at the Window (1920)
The Shuttle of Life (1920)
The Bohemian Girl (1922)
Flames of Passion (1922) ... Richard Hawke, K.C.
The Rejected Woman (1924) ... Peter Leslie
The Unwanted (1924) ... Col. Carrington (ponovno pronađen i restauriran 2011)^[2]
Such Is the Law (1930)
Birds of Prey (1930)
The Bachelor Father (1931)
Never The Twain Shall Meet (1931)
Just a Gigolo (1931)
Son of India (1931)
Guilty Hands (1931)
Surrender (1931) ... Count Reichendorf
Polly of the Circus (1932)
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) ... James Parker (Janein otac)
No More Orchids (1932)
Love Me Tonight (1932)
The Barbarian (1933)
Adorable (1933) ... Prime Minister Von Heynitz
Morning Glory (1933)
Bombshell (1933)
Luxury Liner (1933)
Queen Christina (1933) ... Aage
The House of Rothschild (1934)
Gambling Lady (1934)
The Firebird (1934)
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)
The Scarlet Empress (1934)
Caravan (1934)
Cleopatra (1934)
Clive of India (1935)
The Florentine Dagger (1935)
The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) ... Major Hamilton
The Gilded Lily (1935) ... Lloyd Granton, Duke of Loamshire
Jalna (1935)
China Seas (1935) ... Mr. Dawson
The Crusades (1935)
The Tunnel (1935)
Little Lord Fauntleroy (1936) ... The Earl of Dorincourt
Romeo and Juliet (1936) ... Lord Capulet (njegova jedina šekspirijanska uloga na ekranu)
The Garden of Allah (1936)
Lloyd's of London (1936)
Wee Willie Winkie (1937) ... Colonel Williams
The Prisoner of Zenda (1937) ... Colonel Zapt
The Hurricane (1937) ... Father Paul
Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (1937)
Four Men and a Prayer (1938)
Kidnapped (1938)
Five Came Back (1939) ... Professor Henry Spengler
Eternally Yours (1939)
Another Thin Man (1939) ... Colonel Burr MacFay
The Four Feathers (1939) ... General Burroughs
Rebecca (1940) ... Colonel Julyan
Beyond Tomorrow (1940)
Waterloo Bridge (1940)
Maisie Was a Lady (1941)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) ... Bishop Manners
Forever and a Day (1943)
Two Tickets to London (1943)
Madame Curie (1943) ... Lord Kelvin
The White Cliffs of Dover (1944) ... Colonel Walter Forsythe
The Adventures of Mark Twain (1944)
Secrets of Scotland Yard (1944)
Scotland Yard Investigator (1945)
Sensations of 1945 (1945) ... Dan Lindsey
And Then There Were None (1945) ... General Sir John Mandrake
Cluny Brown (1946)
Unconquered (1947)
An Ideal Husband (1947)
Little Women (1949) ... Mr James Laurence

Izvori

↑ Obituary Variety, 22 December 1948, page 55.
↑ "Silent Preservation Premieres: The Unwanted (1924) & A Hundred Years Ago – French shorts"

Literatura

Wills, Walter H., 1907. The Anglo-African Who's Who, Jeppestown Press, United Kingdom. ISBN 0-9553936-3-9
David Rayvern Allen, Sir Aubrey: Biography of C. Aubrey Smith, England Cricketer, West End Actor, Hollywood Film Star, Elm Tree Books, 1982, ISBN 978-0-241-10590-0