Milton Rosmer
Miton Rosmer made his name on the British stage, debuting in 1889. He easily made the transition to silent pictures, appearing in such films as The Passionate Friends (1922). Talkies proved to be no obstacle to him, as it did to many silent actors, and Rosmer had roles in such classics as Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939) and The Stars Look Down (1940). He specialized in playing such characters as magistrates, professors, army officers and other authority figures.
Rosmer was also a screenwriter and director. The Crimean War epic Balaclava (1928), which had been shot as a silent by Maurice Elvey, was extensively reshot by Rosmer as a talkie, and he also directed such other films as Channel Crossing (1933), The Great Barrier (1937) and Emil and the Detectives (1935). His final film as an actor was John Wesley (1954), after which he worked in television until 1956, when he retired. He died at age 90 in 1971.
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Movies (48)
John Wesley
1954 · Georgia Trustee
The Small Back Room
1949 · Prof. Mair
The Monkey's Paw
1948 · Mr. Robert Trelawne
Daybreak
1948 · Governor
Fame Is the Spur
1947 · Magistrate
Frieda
1947 · Merrick
Atlantic Ferry
1941 · George Burns
Dangerous Comment
1940 · Major Brett
Return to Yesterday
1940 · Sambourne
The Stars Look Down
1940 · Harry Nugent, MP
The Lion Has Wings
1939 · Head of Observer Corps
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
1939 · Chatteris
Let's Be Famous
1939 · Albert Pinbright
Gas Light
1939 · Inspector Rough
South Riding
1938 · Alderman Snaith
The Challenge
1938 · Scenario Writer, Director
The Great Barrier
1937 · Director, Screenplay
Everything Is Thunder
1936 · Director
The Guv'nor
1935 · Director
Maria Marten, or The Murder in the Red Barn
1935 · Director
The Phantom Light
1935 · Dr. Carey
Emil and the Detectives
1935 · Director
The Secret of the Loch
1934 · Director
Channel Crossing
1933 · Director
After the Ball
1932 · Director
The Perfect Lady
1931 · Director
P.C. Josser
1931 · Director
Many Waters
1931 · Director
Dreyfus
1931 · Director
The W Plan
1930 · President of Court Martial
High Treason
1929 · (uncredited)
Balaclava
1928 · Director, Scenario Writer
The Shadow of Egypt
1924 · Harold Westcott
A Gamble with Hearts
1923 · Dallas Chalfont
La donna e l'uomo
1923
The Passionate Friends
1922 · Steven Stratton
A Romance of Wastdale
1921 · David Gordon
A Woman of No Importance
1921 · Lord Illingworth
The Amazing Partnership
1921 · Pryde
Belphegor the Mountebank
1921 · Belphegor
The Will
1921 · Philip Ross
Torn Sails
1920 · Hugh Morgan
The Twelve Pound Look
1920 · Harry Sims
Wuthering Heights
1920 · Heathcliff
The Chinese Puzzle
1919 · Sir Roger de la Haye
Little Women
1917 · Theodore Lawrence
Lady Windermere's Fan
1916 · Lord Windermere
The Man Without a Soul
1916 · Stephen Ferrier
