Herbert Rawlinson

Herbert Rawlinson
Born	Herbert Banemann Rawlinson 15 November 1885 New Brighton, Cheshire, England, UK
Died	12 July 1953 (aged 67) Los Angeles, California, U.S.A.
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1911–1953
Spouse(s)	Roberta Arnold (m. 1917–23) Loraine Abigail Long (m. 1924–27) Josephine Norman(m.?–1951, her death)
Parent(s)	Robert Theodore and Emily Rawlinson

Herbert Banemann Rawlinson (15 November 1885 – 12 July 1953) was an English-born stage, film, radio, and television actor. A leading man during Hollywood's silent film era, Rawlinson transitioned to character roles after the advent of sound films.

Early life

Rawlinson was born in New Brighton, Cheshire, England, UK on 15 November 1885.^[1] He was one of the four sons and three daughters of Robert Theodore Rawlinson (3 April 1859–19 December 1936) and his wife Emily(death 13 December 1950).^[2][3] He sailed to America on the same ship as Charlie Chaplin to establish himself as a leading man in the silent movies before making the transition as a character actor in the "talkies."^[2]

Recognition

For his contribution to the motion picture industry, Herbert Rawlinson has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame located at 6150 Hollywood Blvd on 8 February 1960.^[4]

Personal life

Rawlinson married Roberta Arnold in 1917. They divorced in 1923 were she had cited desertion.^[5] He married Loraine Abigail Long in 1924 and divorced in 1927.^[6] Rawlinson was married to Josephine Norman until her death on 24 January 1951.^[7][8]

Death

Rawlinson died of lung cancer in 1953.^[9]

Partial filmography

• Mr. Rawlinson has hundreds of screen credits, much of it in the silent years, so this is a yet unfinished and necessarily arbitrary list.

Film still of Herbert Rawlinson in Lady Gangster

Film

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1911	The New Superintendent		American short drama film directed by Francis Boggs.	[10]
1915	The Black Box	Sanford Quest	American drama film serial directed by Otis Turner. This serial is considered to be lost.	[11]
1918	The Turn of the Wheel	Maxfield Grey	A lost silent film romantic drama directed by Reginald Barker.	[12][13]
	The Floor Below		Rawlinson is credited with appearing in this film by silentera.com, but not by IMDb.	[14]
1919	The Common Cause	Orrin Palmer	A lost American silent film comedy directed and produced by J. Stuart Blackton. Based on the play, Getting Together, by Ian Hay, J. Hartley Manners and Percival Knight.	[15][16]
	Good Gracious, Annabelle	John Rawson	A lost American silent society comedy film directed by George Melford. Based on the Broadway play, Good Gracious, Annabelle by Clare Kummer.	[17][18][19]
1921	Cheated Hearts	Barry Gordon	American drama film directed by Hobart Henley and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is considered to be lost.	[20][21]
1922	Man Under Cover	Paul Porter	American crime film directed by Tod Browning.	[22]
	One Wonderful Night	John D. Curtis	Silent film mystery directed by Stuart Paton. A copy is held at the Gosfilmofond archive, Moscow.	[23]
1923	Mary of the Movies	Uncredited	Silent semi-autobiographical 1923 comedy directed by John McDermott based on the career of Marion Mack.	[24][25]
	The Prisoner	Philip Quentin	American drama film directed by Jack Conway and featuring Boris Karloff. The film is considered lost.	[26][27]
1925	The Prairie Wife	Duncan MacKail	American Western film directed by Hugo Ballin. Based on a story by Arthur Stringer. The film is considered to be lost.	[28]
	The Man in Blue	Tom Conlin	Silent film drama directed by Edward Laemmle.	[29][30]
1926	The Belle of Broadway	Paul Merlin	American silent romantic drama film directed by Harry O. Hoyt. This film is preserved in the Library of Congress collection.	[31][32][33]
1927	Slipping Wives	Husband	Silent comedy short film directed by Fred Guiol.
	The Bugle Call	Capt. Randolph	Drama silent film directed by Edward Sedgwick. The Lost Film Files database has this film as being lost.	[34][35][36]
1933	Get That Venus	Editor Nash	American comedy film directed by Arthur Varney.	[37]
1936	A Son Comes Home	Bladeu	American drama film directed by E.A. Dupont.	[38]
	Robinson Crusoe of Clipper Island	Grant Jackson	A Republic Movie serial directed by Ray Taylor and Mack V. Wright.	[39][40]
1937	The Go Getter	Lester	Directed by Busby Berkeley.
	S.O.S. Coast Guard	Boyle, Coast guard commander	A Republic film serial directed by Alan James and William Witney.	[41][42]
	Back in Circulation	District Attorney Saunders	American film directed by Ray Enright.
1938	Secrets of an Actress	Mr. Harrison	Romantic drama film directed by William Keighley.
1939	Dark Victory	Dr. Carter	American drama film directed by Edmund Goulding. The screenplay by Casey Robinson was based on the 1934 play of the same title by George Brewer and Bertram Bloch, starring Tallulah Bankhead.	[43][44]
	You Can't Get Away with Murder	District Attorney	Crime drama directed by Lewis Seiler.	[45]
1940	Swiss Family Robinson
	King of the Royal Mounted
	Seven Sinners
	Cross-Country Romance
1941	Flying Wild	Mr. Reynolds
	King of the Texas Rangers	Col. Lee Avery
	I Killed That Man
1942	Silver Queen
	Lady Gangster
	War Dogs
	Broadway Big Shot
1943	Days of Old Cheyenne
	Doughboys in Ireland
	Cosmo Jones, Crime Smasher
1944	Sheriff of Sundown	Governor Brainerd	American western drama film directed by Lesley Selander.
	Nabonga	T.F. Stockwell	A PRC film starring Buster Crabbe and Julie London (in her film debut). Directed by Sam Newfield. Retitled Jungle Woman in the British Empire.	[46][47]
	Shake Hands with Murder	John Clark	American comedy mystery film directed by Albert Herman.	[46][47]
	Forty Thieves	Buck Peters	American western directed by Lesley Selander.
1946	San Quentin	Dr. Stanton	Uncredited American film directed by Gordon Douglas.	[48]
1953	The Flaming Urge	Herb	American crime film directed by Harold Ericson.
1954	Jail Bait	Dr. Boris Gregor	American Film Noir crime film directed by Ed Wood.	[49]

Television

Year	Title	Role	Notes	Ref.
1952	Adventures of Superman	Rozan	1 episode
1953	The George Burns and Gracie Allen Show	Captain Benson	1 episode
1954	Mr. and Mrs. North	Hugo Crosset	1 episode

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External links

• Herbert Rawlinson at the Internet Broadway Database
• Herbert Rawlinson at the Internet Movie Database
• Herbert Rawlinson at the TCM Movie Database
• Herbert Rawlinson at TV Guide
• alwhitestudio.com at Al White Studio
• Herbert Rawlinson at Find a Grave
• Literature on Herbert Rawlinson at Virtual Histor
• Herbert Rawlinson at TV.com