Gerald Pring (1888 – 1970) was a British stage and

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. He played a number of

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s in British and American films during the silent and

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s. In 1930 he appeared in the

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in the comedy '' Almost a Honeymoon''.Wearing p.8

Selected filmography

* '' The Lady of the Photograph'' (1917) * '' Milestones'' (1920) * ''

The Palace of Darkened Windows ''The Palace of Darkened Windows'' is a 1920 American silent comedy-drama film directed by Henry Kolker and starring Claire Anderson, Arthur Edmund Carewe and Jay Belasco. It is based on the 1914 novel of the same title by Mary Hastings Bradle ...

'' (1920) * '' The Nut'' (1921) * '' Desert Blossoms'' (1921) * '' Live and Let Live'' (1921) * '' The Bronze Bell'' (1921) * '' The Fighting Streak'' (1922) * ''

Man Under Cover ''Man Under Cover'' is a 1922 American crime film directed by Tod Browning and starring Herbert Rawlinson and George Hernandez. A copy of ''Man Under Cover'' is housed at the Museum of Modern Art. Plot As described in a film magazine, Paul Por ...

'' (1922) * '' June Madness'' (1922) * ''

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'' (1922) * '' Broken Chains'' (1922) * ''

Always the Woman ''Always the Woman'' is a 1922 American silent romance drama film produced by and starring Betty Compson and directed by Arthur Rosson. The film is incomplete and preserved at the UCLA Film and Television Archive. Plot Celia Thaxter (Compson) ...

'' (1922) * ''

Bolibar ''Bolibar'' is a 1928 British silent drama film directed by Walter Summers and starring Elissa Landi, Michael Hogan, and Carl Harbord. It was based on the 1920 novel ''The Marquis of Bolibar'' by Leo Perutz. It was made by British Instruct ...

'' (1928) * ''

Three Witnesses The Three Witnesses is the collective name for three men connected with the early Latter Day Saint movement who stated that an angel had shown them the golden plates from which Joseph Smith translated the Book of Mormon; they also stated that t ...

'' (1935) * '' Well Done, Henry'' (1936) * '' The Dark Eyes of London'' (1939) * ''

The Echo Murders ''The Echo Murders'' is a 1945 British thriller film directed by John Harlow and starring David Farrar and Dennis Price. It was one of two films directed by John Harlow in which David Farrar played Sexton Blake, the other being '' Meet Sexton ...

'' (1945) * ''

Loyal Heart ''Loyal Heart'' is a 1946 British drama film directed by Oswald Mitchell and starring Percy Marmont, Harry Welchman and Patricia Marmont. The film portrays rivalry in the sheep farming community. It was made by the independent company British ...

'' (1946) * '' Black Memory'' (1947) * ''

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'' (1948) * '' No Way Back'' (1949)

References

Bibliography

* Jeffrey Vance & Tony Maietta. ''Douglas Fairbanks''. University of California Press, 2008. * Wearing, J.P. ''The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel''. Rowman & Littlefield, 2014.

External links

* 1888 births 1970 deaths British male film actors British male stage actors People from Twickenham {{UK-actor-stub