Ivan Samson (28 August 1894 – 1 May 1963) was a British stage, film and television actor. Samson appeared regularly in

West End West End most commonly refers to: * West End of London, an area of central London, England * West End theatre, a popular term for mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres of London, England West End may also refer to: Pl ...

plays and from 1920 began appearing in British

silent films A silent film is a film with no synchronized Sound recording and reproduction, recorded sound (or more generally, no audible dialogue). Though silent films convey narrative and emotion visually, various plot elements (such as a setting or era) ...

. He played Viscount de Mornay in '' I Will Repay'' and Lord Dudley in '' The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots''. In later talkie films, Samson played roles in the literary adaptations '' The Winslow Boy'' (1948) and '' The Browning Version'' (1951). His final film appearance was as Admiral Loddon in the 1959 film ''

Libel Defamation is the act of communicating to a third party false statements about a person, place or thing that results in damage to its reputation. It can be spoken (slander) or written (libel). It constitutes a tort or a crime. The legal defi ...

''. He also appeared in television series such as '' The Teckman Biography'', '' Operation Diplomat'' and ''

Dixon of Dock Green ''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 19 ...

''.

Selected filmography

* '' Nance'' (1920) * '' I Will Repay'' (1923) * '' The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots'' (1923) * '' The Fake'' (1927) * '' Many Waters'' (1931) * ''

Blossom Time Blossom Time may refer to: * Blossom Time (operetta), a 1921 English-language adaptation of the operetta ''Das Dreimäderlhaus'' * Blossom Time (1934 film), a British musical drama film, based on the operetta ''Das Dreimäderlhaus'' * Blossom Time ...

'' (1934) * '' Royal Cavalcade'' (1935) * '' The Student's Romance'' (1935) * '' Honours Easy'' (1935) * ''

Hail and Farewell Hail and Farewell (a translation of ''ave atque vale'', last words of the poem Catullus 101) is a traditional military event whereby those coming to and departing from an organization are celebrated. This may coincide with a change in command, be s ...

'' (1936) * '' Stepping Toes'' (1938) * '' Waltz Time'' (1945) * '' The Winslow Boy'' (1948) * ''

Landfall Landfall is the event of a storm moving over land after being over water. More broadly, and in relation to human travel, it refers to 'the first land that is reached or seen at the end of a journey across the sea or through the air, or the fact ...

'' (1949) * '' Golden Arrow'' (1949) * '' Paul Temple's Triumph'' (1950) * '' The Browning Version'' (1951) * '' You Pay Your Money'' (1957) * ''

'' (1959)

References

External links

* * 1894 births 1963 deaths People from Brighton English male film actors English male stage actors English male television actors 20th-century English male actors {{UK-actor-stub