Gene Gerrard (31 August 1892 – 1 June 1971) was an English film and stage actor, and occasional
film director
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. He starred in light musical comedies but returned to his stage career by the 1930s.
He was born Eugene O'Sullivan and began as a cutter in his father's tailoring business in
High Holborn
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, Central London. He became an assistant to ''Mozart'' and made his stage début at the revue at the
Alhambra Theatre of Variety
The Alhambra Theatre was a popular theatre and music hall located on the east side of Leicester Square, in the West End of London. It was built as the Royal Panopticon of Science and Arts, opening on 18 March 1854. It was closed after two yea ...
, London in 1910 and his screen début in 1912 for the ''Hepworth Company''. He served in the
Great War
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.
He is billed as ''"The 'GENIE' of laughter"'' on the poster for ''
The Wife's Family
''The Wife's Family'' (also released as ''My Wife's Family'') is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, and Amy Veness. It was based on the My Wife's Family (play), popular stage farce by Fr ...
'' (1931).
Filmography
Actor
* ''
Let's Love and Laugh
''Let's Love and Laugh'' is a 1931 British-German comedy film directed by Richard Eichberg and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus and Dennis Wyndham.Out of the Blue'' (1931), also director
* ''
The Wife's Family
''The Wife's Family'' (also released as ''My Wife's Family'') is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Monty Banks and starring Gene Gerrard, Muriel Angelus, and Amy Veness. It was based on the My Wife's Family (play), popular stage farce by Fr ...
'' (1931)
* ''
Brother Alfred
''Brother Alfred'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Gene Gerrard, Molly Lamont and Elsie Randolph. It is based on the 1913 play of the same title by P.G. Wodehouse and Herbert Westbrook. It was shot at the ...
'' (1932)
* ''
Let Me Explain, Dear
''Let Me Explain, Dear'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Gene Gerrard and Frank Miller and starring Gerrard, Viola Lyel and Claude Hulbert. It was adapted from the play '' A Little Bit of Fluff'' by Walter Ellis. It was made by Britis ...
Leave It to Me
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* Permission (disambiguation)
** Permitted absence from work
*** Leave of absence, a period of time that one is to be away from one's primary job while maintaining the status of employee
*** Annual leave, allowance of time away ...
Royal Cavalcade
''Royal Cavalcade'', also known as ''Regal Cavalcade'', is a 1935 British, black-and-white, drama film directed by six separate directors: Thomas Bentley (Supervising Director), Herbert Brenon, Norman Lee, Walter Summers, W. P. Kellino and M ...
There Goes Susie
''There Goes Susie'' (U.S. title for 1935 release: ''Scandals of Paris'') is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Victor Hanbury and John Stafford and starring Gene Gerrard, Wendy Barrie, and Zelma O'Neal. Written by Charlie Roellinghoff an ...
'' (1935)
* ''
No Monkey Business
''No Monkey Business'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Gene Gerrard, June Clyde and Renée Houston.
Plot
After a music hall performer has his performing partner, an ape, confiscated by his financial credi ...
'' (1935)
* ''
Faithful
Faithful may refer to:
Film and television
* ''Faithful'' (1910 film), an American comedy short directed by D. W. Griffith
* ''Faithful'' (1936 film), a British musical drama directed by Paul L. Stein
* ''Faithful'' (1996 film), an American cr ...
Glamour Girl
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Let Me Explain, Dear
''Let Me Explain, Dear'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Gene Gerrard and Frank Miller and starring Gerrard, Viola Lyel and Claude Hulbert. It was adapted from the play '' A Little Bit of Fluff'' by Walter Ellis. It was made by Britis ...
Let Me Explain, Dear
''Let Me Explain, Dear'' is a 1932 British comedy film directed by Gene Gerrard and Frank Miller and starring Gerrard, Viola Lyel and Claude Hulbert. It was adapted from the play '' A Little Bit of Fluff'' by Walter Ellis. It was made by Britis ...
Leave It to Me
Leave may refer to:
* Permission (disambiguation)
** Permitted absence from work
*** Leave of absence, a period of time that one is to be away from one's primary job while maintaining the status of employee
*** Annual leave, allowance of time away ...