James Carew
| James Carew | |
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| Born |
5 February 1876 Goshen, Indiana, U.S. |
| Died |
April 1938 London, England, UK |
| Years active | 1897–1938 |
| Spouse(s) | Ellen Terry (1907-1910; divorced) |
James Carew (1876–1938) was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm. He began acting on stage in Chicago in 1897 in Damon and Pythias.
In 1905, Carew moved to England, where he continued his stage career starting with the Lyric Theatre, London,[1] later working in two plays with Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry, one of the best-known and noted British actresses of the day. In 1907, he married Terry, who was thirty years his senior. The couple divorced in 1910.
Carew made his screen debut by 1917, when he appeared in the film Profit and the Loss. He continued to take leading roles in films until his death in 1938.[2]
Selected filmography
- Justice (1917)
- Profit and the Loss (1917)
- Victory and Peace (1918)
- Sheba (1919)
- The Kinsman (1919)
- Sunken Rocks (1919)
- The Nature of the Beast (1919)
- 12.10 (1919)
- The Forest on the Hill (1919)
- Helen of Four Gates (1920)
- Alf's Button (1920)
- The Narrow Valley (1921)
- Tansy (1921)
- Mr. Justice Raffles (1921)
- Mist in the Valley (1923)
- The Naked Man (1923)
- Comin' Thro the Rye (1923)
- The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924)
- The House of Marney (1926)
- Satan's Sister (1926)
- The King's Highway (1927)
- A Woman Redeemed (1927)
- One of the Best (1927)
- A Window in Piccadilly (1928)
- Love's Option (1928)
- High Seas (1929)
- City of Play (1929)
- To Oblige a Lady (1931)
- Guilt (1931)
- Mischief (1931)
- Brother Alfred (1932)
- You Made Me Love You (1933)
- Mayfair Girl (1933)
- Freedom of the Seas (1934)
- Too Many Millions (1934)
- The Dictator (1935)
- Who's Your Father (1935)
- Royal Cavalcade (1935)
- The Mystery of the Mary Celeste (1935)
- The Tunnel (1935)
- All at Sea (1935)
- Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
- Oh, What a Night (1935)
- The Improper Duchess (1936)
- The Secret Voice (1936)
- Living Dangerously (1936)
- Spy of Napoleon (1936)
- Wings Over Africa (1936)
- David Livingstone (1936)
- You Must Get Married (1936)
- Treachery on the High Seas (1936)
- Murder at the Cabaret (1937)
- Midnight at Madame Tussaud's (1936)
- Strange Experiment (1937)
- Thunder in the City (1937)
- Knight Without Armour (1937)
- Rhythm Racketeer (1937)
- Jericho (1937)
- Glamour Girl (1938)
References
- ↑ "James Carew", cyranos.ch/spcare-e.htm; accessed 29 April 2010
- ↑ Profile, ftvdb.bfi.org.uk; accessed 31 March 2014.
External links
James Carew at the Internet Movie Database
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