Milton Rosmer (4 November 1881 – 7 December 1971) was a British

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and

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. He made his screen debut in '' The Mystery of a Hansom Cab'' (1915) and continued to act in theatre, film and television until 1956. In 1926 he directed his first film '' The Woman Juror'' and went on to direct another 16 films between 1926 and 1938. 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

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in 1971.

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 * ''

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'' (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 ''Wuthering Heights'' is the only novel by the English author Emily Brontë, initially published in 1847 under her pen name "Ellis Bell". It concerns two families of the landed gentry living on the West Yorkshire moors, the Earnshaws and the ...

'' (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 * ''

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'' (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 ''A Woman of No Importance'' by Oscar Wilde is "a new and original play of modern life", in four acts, first given on 19 April 1893 at the Haymarket Theatre, London. Like Wilde's other society plays, it satirises English upper-class society. It ...

'' (1921) – Lord Illingworth * '' General John Regan'' (1921) – Dr. O'Grady * '' A Romance of Wastdale'' (1921) – David Gordon * '' The Passionate Friends'' (1922) – Steven Stratton * ''

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'' (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 * ''

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'' (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 ''The Lion Has Wings'' is a 1939 British, black-and-white, documentary-style, propaganda film, propaganda war film that was directed by Adrian Brunel, Brian Desmond Hurst, Alexander Korda and Michael Powell. The film was produced by London Film ...

'' (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 "The Monkey's Paw" is a Horror fiction, horror short story by English author W. W. Jacobs. It first appeared in ''Harper's Monthly'' in September, 1902, and was reprinted in his third collection of short stories, ''The Lady of the Barge'', late ...

'' (1948) – Mr. Trelawne * '' The Small Back Room'' (1949) – Prof. Mair * ''

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'' (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 ''Emil and the Detectives'' () is a 1929 novel set mainly in Berlin, by the German writer Erich Kästner and illustrated by Walter Trier. It was Kästner's first major success and the only one of his pre-1945 works to escape Nazi censorship. The ...

'' (1935) * ''

Everything Is Thunder ''Everything Is Thunder'' is a 1936 British thriller film directed by Milton Rosmer and starring Constance Bennett, Douglass Montgomery and Oskar Homolka. Its plot concerns a British officer who attempts to escape from a German Prisoner of War ca ...

'' (1936) * '' The Great Barrier'' (1937) * '' The Challenge'' (1938)

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