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 or the First World War (28 July 1914 – 11 November 1918), also known as the Great War, was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War I, Allies (or Entente) and the Central Powers. Fighting to ...
.
Partial filmography
* ''
Doss House'' (1933)
* ''
Kentucky Minstrels'' (1934)
* ''
Borrow a Million'' (1934)
* ''
Music Hall
Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was most popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850, through the World War I, Great War. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as Varie ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Flood Tide
Tides are the rise and fall of sea levels caused by the combined effects of the gravitational forces exerted by the Moon (and to a much lesser extent, the Sun) and are also caused by the Earth and Moon orbiting one another.
Tide tables ...
'' (1934)
* ''
Say It with Flowers'' (1934)
* ''
Lest We Forget'' (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 legendary coastal smuggling in the ...
'' (1937)
* ''
Alf's Button Afloat
''Alf's Button Afloat'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Bud Flanagan, Chesney Allen, Jimmy Nervo, Alastair Sim and Peter Gawthorne. In the film, the Crazy Gang go to sea, where one of them discovers a but ...
'' (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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