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Feature Men
phot: Wardour Films Lid.
WALLACE GEOFFREY
c/o Universal Film Lexicon, 6, Bouverie Street, London E. C. 4 T: Paddington 2370
HEIGHT: 5ft. 10'/2ins. HAIR: Medium EYES: Dark ROLES: Siraight, Character, Comedy LANGUAGES: English, French DIALECTS: Lancashire, Cockney, Irish
SPORTS and RECREATIONS: Swimming, Tennis. Riding, Flying
Started his stage career in 1924 at the "Q" Theatre, where he worked for two years, playing over forty different parts in new plays; subsequently played leading parts in the Westend for nearly four years ("The New Sin ', "The Stranger in the House", "To What Red Hell", "The Village ', "The Squall", "The Berg", "The Silent Witness", "Living Together etc.); at the end of 1930 made his screen debut in "Brown Sugar" and has since played leading parts in a niimber of films, including "The Flying Fool", "The House Opposite", "Life Goes On", etc.; prefers heavy character parts, such as Dr. Clitheroe, the mad scientist, in "The House Opposite"; is a keen sportsman, particularly skilful in riding, shooting and swimming, and can also handle a racing car.
GRÖSSE: 1,83 m. HAARFARBE: Hellbraun. ALGEN: Dunkel ROLLENFÄCHER: Ernste, heitere und Charakterrollen SPRACHEN: Englisch. Französisch DIALEKTE: Lancashire, Cockney, Irish SPORTS: Schwimmen. Tennis. Reiten. Fliegen
Der Künstler begann seine Bühnenlaufbahn im Jahre 1924 am „Q"-Theater und spielte dort in einem Zeitraum von zwei Jahren mehr als vierzig verschiedene Rollen in Neuaufführungen. Dann wirkte er vier Jahre hindurch in führenden Rollen an Londoner Westendtheatem, in Stücken, wie „The New Sin", „The Stranger in the House", „To What Red Hell", „The Village", „The Squall", „The Berg", „The Silent Witness" und „Living Together". Ende 1930 spielte er in seinem ersten Film „Brown Sugar" und hat seit dieser Zeit in einer ganzen Reihe von Filmen Hauptrollen übernommen, so z. B. in „The Flying Fool", „The House Opposite" und „Life Goes On". Er bevorzugt schwierige Charakterrollen wie die des wahnsinnigen Dr. Clitheroe in „The House Opposite", ist in allen Sportarten versiert, besonders im Reiten, Schießen, Schwimmen und Chauffieren.
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