Cecil Humphreys

Cecil Humphreys
Born	(1883-07-21)21 July 1883 Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
Died	6 November 1947(1947-11-06) (aged 64) New York City, New York United States
Other names	Cecil Humphries
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1916–1948

Cecil Humphreys (1883–1947) was a British film and theatre actor[1] who played in 46 films between 1916 and 1948, mostly in supporting roles as doctors, aristocrats, and generals. Among his best-known roles were Judge Linton, in the 1939 version of Wuthering Heights (1939) with Laurence Olivier, and the mysterious "Holy Man" in The Razor's Edge (1946), the first film adaptation of W. Somerset Maugham's novel. In addition, he was also a notable Broadway actor between the 1920s and 1940s, appearing in 17 plays.[2] Humphreys's grandson is actor Chris Humphreys.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1916	The Lifeguardsman	Valet
1916	The Pleydell Mystery	John Pleydell
1917	The Veiled Woman	Gascoigne Devine
1917	The Sorrows of Satan	Prince Ramirez
1917	The Profligate	Lord Danvers
1919	The Romance of Lady Hamilton	Charles Greville
1919	The Swindler	Nat Verney
1919	The Elusive Pimpernel	Sir Percey Blakeney
1920	The Pride of the North	John Hargreaves
1920	The Hour of Trial	John Graham
1920	The House on the Marsh	Gervas Rayner
1920	The Amateur Gentleman	Wilfred Chichester
1920	The Winding Road	Major Gawthorne
1920	The Tavern Knight	Joseph Ashburn
1921	The White Hen	Louis St. Romney
1921	The Shadow of Evil
1921	The Four Just Men	Manfred
1921	Greatheart	Eustace Studley
1922	The Glorious Adventure	Walter Roderick
1922	False Evidence	Rupert Deveraux
1922	Dick Turpin's Ride to York	Lytton Glover
1924	Her Redemption	Hubert Steele
1925	Irish Luck	Douglas
1929	The Broken Melody	Gen. Delange
1929	The Woman in White	Sir Percival Glyde
1931	77 Park Lane	Paul
1931	The Old Man	Lord Arranways
1933	The Silver Spoon	Lord Perivale
1933	It's a King	Count Yendoff
1934	Oh No Doctor!	Dr. Morrow
1934	Guest of Honour	Mr. Gilwattle
1934	Dick Turpin	Sir Luke Rookwood
1934	Unfinished Symphony	Salieri
1935	Adventure Ltd.	General Baroda
1935	Koenigsmark	De Marçaise	Uncredited
1936	Fair Exchange	Matthew Randall
1936	Chick	Sturgis
1936	Accused	Prosecuting Counsel
1936	Reasonable Doubt
1939	Wuthering Heights	Judge Linton
1946	The Razor's Edge	Holy Man
1947	Desire Me	Dr. Andre Leclair
1948	A Woman's Vengeance	General Spence	(final film role)

References

1. "Cecil Humphreys". BFI. Archived from the original on 15 January 2009.
2. The Broadway League. "Cecil Humphreys – IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information".

External links

• Cecil Humphreys at IMDb