Fred Paul (1880–1967) was a

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-born

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and

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. Paul was born in

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in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of

sound films A sound film is a Film, motion picture with synchronization, synchronized sound, or sound technologically coupled to image, as opposed to a silent film. The first known public exhibition of projected sound films took place in Paris in 1900, bu ...

Selected filmography

Director * '' The Dop Doctor'' (1915) * '' Infelice'' (1915) * ''

The Second Mrs Tanqueray ''The Second Mrs. Tanqueray'' is a problem play by Arthur Wing Pinero. It utilises the "Woman with a past" plot, popular in nineteenth century melodrama. The play was first produced in 1893 by the actor-manager George Alexander and despite c ...

'' (1916) * '' The Vicar of Wakefield'' (1916) * ''

Lady Windermere's Fan ''Lady Windermere's Fan, A Play About a Good Woman'' is a four-act comedy by Oscar Wilde, first performed on Saturday, 20 February 1892, at the St James's Theatre in London. The story concerns Lady Windermere, who suspects that her husband is ...

'' (1916) * '' Her Greatest Performance'' (1916) * '' The Lyons Mail'' (1916) * '' The Duchess of Seven Dials'' (1920) * '' The House on the Marsh'' (1920) * '' Lady Tetley's Decree'' (1920) * '' The Little Welsh Girl'' (1920) * '' The English Rose'' (1920) * ''

Uncle Dick's Darling ''Uncle Dick's Darling'' is a 1920 British silent comedy film directed by Fred Paul and starring George Bellamy, Athalie Davis and Humberston Wright. It is based on a play of the same name by H. J. Byron.Byron, H. J"''Uncle Dick's Darling''" ...

'' (1920) * '' A Woman Misunderstood'' (1921) * '' If Four Walls Told'' (1922) * '' The Recoil'' (1924) * '' The Last Witness'' (1925) * '' Safety First'' (1926) * '' Thou Fool'' (1926) * '' The Luck of the Navy'' (1927) * '' The Broken Melody'' (1929) * '' In a Lotus Garden'' (1931) * '' Romany Love'' (1931) Actor * '' East Lynne'' (1913) * '' Sixty Years a Queen'' (1913) * '' Lights of London'' (1914) * '' The Dop Doctor'' (1915) * '' Infelice (''1915) * '' The Rogues of London'' (1915) * '' A Cinema Girl's Romance'' (1915) * '' John Halifax, Gentleman'' (1915) * '' If Four Walls Told'' (1922) * '' The Right to Strike'' (1923) * '' The Last Witness'' (1925) ''Producer'' * ''

Dombey and Son ''Dombey and Son'' is a novel by English author Charles Dickens. It follows the fortunes of a shipping firm owner, who is frustrated at the lack of a son to follow him in his footsteps; he initially rejects his daughter's love before eventual ...

'' (1917)

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* 1880 births 1967 deaths Mass media people from Lausanne British male film actors British male silent film actors British film directors Swiss emigrants to the United Kingdom 20th-century British male actors British silent film directors {{UK-film-director-stub