Milton Rosmer

British actor

Irene Rooke

(m. 1919; died 1958)

Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British actor, film director and screenwriter.^[1]^[2] He made his screen debut in The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956.^[3]^[4] In 1926 he directed his first film The Woman Juror and went on to direct another 16 films between 1926 and 1938.^[4]^[5]

He began his acting career as a stage actor and appeared as Francis Tresham in "The Breed of the Treshams" (1903) opposite John Martin-Harvey.

Milton Rosmer died in Chesham, Buckinghamshire in 1971.^[4]

Partial filmography

Actor

The Mystery of a Hansom Cab (1915) - Mark Frettleby
Whoso Is Without Sin (1916) - The Vicar
Still Waters Run Deep (1916) - John Mildmay
Cynthia in the Wilderness (1916) - Harvey Elwes
The Man Without a Soul (1916) - Stephen Ferrier
Lady Windermere's Fan (1916) - Lord Windermere
The Greater Need (1916) - Bob Leroy
Little Women (1917) - Theodore Lawrence
The Chinese Puzzle (1919) - Sir Roger de la Haye
The Odds Against Her (1919) - Leo Strathmore
With All Her Heart (1920) - Geoffrey Bell
Wuthering Heights (1920) - Heathcliff
Colonel Newcome (1920) - B. Newcombe
The Twelve Pound Look (1920) - Harry Sims
The Golden Web (1920) - Sterling Deans
Torn Sails (1920) - Hugh Morgan
Demos (1921) - Richard Mortimer
The Will (1921) - Philip Ross
The Diamond Necklace (1921) - Charles Furness
Belphegor the Mountebank (1921) - Belphegor
The Amazing Partnership (1921) - Pryde
A Woman of No Importance (1921) - Lord Illingworth
General John Regan (1921) - Dr. O'Grady
A Romance of Wastdale (1921) - David Gordon
The Passionate Friends (1922) - Steven Stratton
David Garrick (1922, Short) - David Garrick
The Pointing Finger (1922) - Lord Rollestone / Earl Edensore
Tense Moments with Great Authors (1922) - David Garrick (segment "David Garrick")
La donna e l'uomo (1923)
A Gamble with Hearts (1923) - Dallas Chalfont
Shadow of Egypt (1924) - Harold Westcott
High Treason (1929) - Ernest Stratton (uncredited)
The W Plan (1930) - President of Court Martial
Grand Prix (1934)
The Phantom Light (1935) - Dr. Carey
South Riding (1938) - Alderman Snaith
Let's Be Famous (1939) - Albert Pinbright
Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) - Chatteris
The Lion Has Wings (1939) - Head of Observer Corps
The Stars Look Down (1940) - Harry Nugent, MP
Return to Yesterday (1940) - Sambourne
Atlantic Ferry (1941) - George Burns
Frieda (1947) - Merrick
Fame Is the Spur (1947) - Magistrate
The End of the River (1947) - The Judge
Who Killed Van Loon? (1948) - Simmonds
Daybreak (1948) - Governor
The Monkey's Paw (1948) - Mr. Trelawne
The Small Back Room (1949) - Prof. Mair
John Wesley (1954) - Trustee of Georgia

Screenwriter

Balaclava (1928)

Director

The Perfect Lady (1931)
P.C. Josser (1931)
Many Waters (1931)
After the Ball (1932)
Channel Crossing (1933)
The Secret of the Loch (1934)
What Happened to Harkness? (1934)
Emil and the Detectives (1935)
Everything Is Thunder (1936)
The Great Barrier (1937)
The Challenge (1938)

References

^ "Milton Rosmer - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ "Milton Rosmer". www.aveleyman.com.
^ "Milton Rosmer - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
^ ^a ^b ^c "Milton Rosmer". Archived from the original on 16 October 2012. Retrieved 13 August 2009.
^ "Milton Rosmer - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.