Wilson Coleman (1873–1940) was a British actor.
He started his stage career in 1891, playing juvenile and heavy parts. He worked with
Barry Jackson for five years. He toured both North and South America as well as South Africa. His hobbies were anything mechanical, electrical and optical, giving him the knowledge to invent his own camera for taking moving pictures. This led to him being in the photographic section of the
RFC in
World War I
World War I (28 July 1914 11 November 1918), often abbreviated as WWI, was List of wars and anthropogenic disasters by death toll, one of the deadliest global conflicts in history. Belligerents included much of Europe, the Russian Empire, ...
.
Partial filmography
* ''
Doss House'' (1933)
* ''
Kentucky Minstrels'' (1934)
* ''
Borrow a Million
''Borrow a Million'' is a 1934 British comedy film directed by Reginald Denham and starring Reginald Gardiner, Vera Bogetti and Wally Patch. It was made at Wembley Studios as a quota quickie by the British subsidiary of the Fox Film Company.Wood ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Music Hall'' (1934)
* ''
Flood Tide'' (1934)
* ''
Say It with Flowers'' (1934)
* ''
Lest We Forget
Lest We Forget may refer to:
* " Lest we forget", a phrase in the poem " Recessional" by Rudyard Kipling
* "Ode of Remembrance", United Kingdom, Canada, Australia, and New Zealand
Film
* ''Lest We Forget'' (1918 film), a 1918 film by Léonce Per ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Blue Smoke'' (1935)
* ''
A Real Bloke'' (1935)
* ''
Sexton Blake and the Mademoiselle'' (1935)
* ''
Mother, Don't Rush Me'' (1936)
* ''
Blind Man's Bluff'' (1936)
* ''
Toilers of the Sea'' (1936)
* ''
Doctor Syn
The Reverend Doctor Christopher Syn is the smuggler hero of a series of novels by Russell Thorndike. The first book, ''Doctor Syn: A Tale of the Romney Marsh'' was published in 1915. The story idea came from smuggling in the 18th-century Romne ...
'' (1937)
* ''
Alf's Button Afloat'' (1938)
* ''
Stepping Toes'' (1938)
* ''
Where's That Fire?'' (1940)
Sources
* ''Film Star Who's Who on the Screen 1938''
External links
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1873 births
1940 deaths
British male stage actors
British male film actors
19th-century British male actors
20th-century British male actors
British expatriate male actors in the United States
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