Ian Maclaren (1 May 1875 – 10 April 1952) was an English

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and

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. He acted in more than thirty films in

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including the 1930 war film ''

Journey's End ''Journey's End'' is a 1928 dramatic play by English playwright R. C. Sherriff, set in the trenches near Saint-Quentin, Aisne, towards the end of the First World War. The story plays out in the officers' dugout of a British Army infantry com ...

''.Goble p.424 Towards the end of his film career he was generally cast in small, uncredited parts.

Partial filmography

* '' Under the Red Robe'' (1923) - King Louis XIII * '' Yolanda'' (1924) - Campo Basse * '' Monsieur Beaucaire'' (1924) - Duke of Winterset * ''

'' (1930) - Lt. Osborne * '' Men on Call'' (1930) - Eric (uncredited) * '' Body and Soul'' (1931) - General Trafford-Jones * '' The Conquering Horde'' (1931) - Marvin Fletcher * ''

Prestige Prestige may refer to: Arts, entertainment and media Films *Prestige (film), ''Prestige'' (film), a 1932 American film directed by Tay Garnett: woman travels to French Indochina to meet up with husband *The Prestige (film), ''The Prestige'' (fi ...

'' (1931) - Colonel Du Flos * ''

Merry-Go-Round A carousel or carrousel (mainly North American English), merry-go-round (International English), or galloper (British English) is a type of amusement ride consisting of a rotating circular platform with seats for riders. The seats are tradit ...

'' (1932) - Chief Frank Hyers * ''

Cleopatra Cleopatra VII Thea Philopator (; The name Cleopatra is pronounced , or sometimes in both British and American English, see and respectively. Her name was pronounced in the Greek dialect of Egypt (see Koine Greek phonology). She was ...

'' (1934) - Cassius * ''

Les Misérables ''Les Misérables'' (, ) is a 19th-century French literature, French Epic (genre), epic historical fiction, historical novel by Victor Hugo, first published on 31 March 1862, that is considered one of the greatest novels of the 19th century. '' ...

'' (1935) - Head Gardener * '' False Faces'' (1935) - Reconstructionist (uncredited) * ''

The Last of the Mohicans ''The Last of the Mohicans: A Narrative of 1757'' is an 1826 historical romance novel by James Fenimore Cooper. It is the second book of the '' Leatherstocking Tales'' pentalogy and the best known to contemporary audiences. '' The Pathfinder'', ...

'' (1936) - William Pitt * '' The House of Secrets'' (1936) - Commissioner Cross * ''

The Prince and the Pauper ''The Prince and the Pauper'' is a novel by American author Mark Twain. It was first published in 1881 in Canada, before its 1882 publication in the United States. The novel represents Twain's first attempt at historical fiction. The plot conce ...

'' (1937) - Second Doctor * '' Parnell'' (1937) - House of Commons Member (uncredited) * ''

The Prisoner of Zenda ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' is an 1894 adventure novel by Anthony Hope, in which the King of Ruritania is drugged on the eve of his coronation and thus is unable to attend the ceremony. Political forces within the realm are such that, in o ...

'' (1937) - Cardinal (uncredited) * ''

Lancer Spy ''Lancer Spy'' is a 1937 American thriller film directed by Gregory Ratoff and starring Dolores Del Rio and George Sanders. Its plot concerns an Englishman who impersonates a German officer and a female German spy who falls in love with him. Pl ...

'' (1937) - Plainclothesman (uncredited) * '' The Trial of Portia Merriman'' (1937) - Father Caslez * '' Invisible Enemy'' (1938) - Sir Joshua Longstreet * '' Kidnapped'' (1938) - Minister (uncredited) * ''

The Young in Heart ''The Young in Heart'' is a 1938 American comedy film produced by David O. Selznick, directed by Richard Wallace, and starring Janet Gaynor, Douglas Fairbanks Jr., and Paulette Goddard. The supporting cast features Roland Young and Billie ...

'' (1938) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''

If I Were King ''If I Were King'' is a 1938 American biographical and historical film starring Ronald Colman as medieval poet François Villon, and featuring Basil Rathbone and Frances Dee. It is based on the 1901 play and novel, both of the same name, by ...

'' (1938) - Beggar (uncredited) * ''

Little Orphan Annie ''Little Orphan Annie'' was a daily American comic strip created by Harold Gray and print syndication#Comic strip syndication, syndicated by the Tribune Media Services. The strip took its name from the 1885 poem "Little Orphant Annie" by James ...

'' (1938) - Soo Long * ''

The Hound of the Baskervilles ''The Hound of the Baskervilles'' is the third of the four Detective fiction, crime novels by British writer Arthur Conan Doyle featuring the detective Sherlock Holmes. Originally serial (literature), serialised in ''The Strand Magazine'' from ...

'' (1939) - Sir Charles * '' The Man in the Iron Mask'' (1939) - Valet de Chambre (uncredited) * '' The Man They Could Not Hang'' (1939) - Priest (uncredited) * '' The Doctor Takes a Wife'' (1940) - Professor (uncredited) * ''

When the Daltons Rode ''When the Daltons Rode'' is a 1940 American Western film directed by George Marshall and starring Randolph Scott, Kay Francis and Brian Donlevy. Based on the 1931 book of the same name by Emmett Dalton, a member of the Dalton Gang, and Jack J ...

'' (1940) - Crony #2 (uncredited) * '' A Little Bit of Heaven'' (1940) - Second Cronie (uncredited) * '' The Common Touch'' (1941) - Harmonica Player * '' The Grand Escapade'' (1947) - Harmonica Player (final film role)

Bibliography

* Goble, Alan. ''The Complete Index to Literary Sources in Film''. Walter de Gruyter, 1999.

Notes

External links

* * 1875 births 1952 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English emigrants to the United States Male actors from Devon People from North Devon (district) {{UK-film-actor-stub