Roy Emerton

Roy Emerton
Born	9 October 1892 Burford, Oxfordshire, England, United Kingdom
Died	30 November 1944 (aged 51) Hendon, London, England, United Kingdom
Other names	Hugh Fitzroy Emerton
Occupation	Film actor
Years active	1931–1944

Roy Emerton (9 October 1893 – 30 November 1944) was a British film actor.^[1]

Earlier in his life, he was a sailor, stoker, docker, railway worker, miner, and served in World War I. He played in a great number of popular London stage shows, including Shakespeare as well as film work.

Selected filmography

• Shadows (1931)
• The Sign of Four (1932)
• That Night in London (1932)
• The Lash (1934)
• Java Head (1934)
• Lorna Doone (1934)
• It Happened in Paris (1935)
• The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935)
• Tudor Rose (1936)
• Pot Luck (1936)
• Everything Is Thunder (1936)
• The Gang Show (1937)
• I, Claudius (1937)
• Doctor Syn (1937)
• The Great Barrier (1937)
• Big Fella (1937)
• The Last Adventurers (1937)
• The Drum (1938)
• Convict 99 (1938)
• Everything Happens to Me (1938)
• Q Planes (1939)
• Home from Home (1939)
• The Good Old Days (1940)
• Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
• The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
• The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
• Old Mother Riley's Circus (1941)
• The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
• The Man in Grey (1943)
• The Adventures of Tartu (1943)
• Time Flies (1944)
• Welcome, Mr. Washington (1944)
• Love Story (1944)
• Henry V (1944)

References

1. http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/16854

External links

• Roy Emerton at the Internet Movie Database