Ian Colin (1912–1987) was a British film and

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. During the 1930s, Colin was a

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. He later acted predominantly in television shows such as ''

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'', '' Emergency-Ward 10'' and ''

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''. He was the son of

Marmaduke Wetherell Marmaduke Arundel "Duke" Wetherell (1883 – 25 February 1939) was a British–South African actor, screenwriter, producer, film director and big-game hunter. He was responsible for the hoax " surgeon's photograph" of the Loch Ness Monster. Biogr ...

and Lena McNaughton.

Selected filmography

* '' Cross Currents'' (1935) * '' Late Extra'' (1935) * '' Blue Smoke'' (1935) * '' Men of Yesterday'' (1936) * ''

Wings Over Africa ''Wings Over Africa'' is a 1936 British adventure film directed by Ladislao Vajda and starring Joan Gardner, Ian Colin, James Harcourt and James Carew. The film is a quota quickie produced for released by RKO.Chibnall p.292 It was shot at S ...

'' (1936) * '' The Small Man'' (1936) * '' Toilers of the Sea'' (1936) * '' Blind Man's Bluff'' (1936) * ''

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'' (1936) * '' It's Never Too Late to Mend'' (1937) * '' Darts Are Trumps'' (1938) * '' The Queen of Spades'' (1949) * '' The Adventures of Jane'' (1949) *'' The Big Chance'' (1957) * ''

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'' (1958) * '' Witness in the Dark'' (1959) * '' Dangerous Afternoon'' (1961) * '' Strongroom'' (1962)

Bibliography

* Low, Rachael. ''History of the British Film: Filmmaking in 1930s Britain. George Allen & Unwin, 1985 .

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* 1912 births 1987 deaths British male film actors British male television actors People from Livingstone, Zambia 20th-century British male actors {{UK-actor-stub