People
Milton Rosmer
Biography:
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... Read More
Movies:
| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| John Wesley as Georgia Trustee | 1954-03-02 |
| The Small Back Room as Prof. Mair | 1949-02-21 |
| The Monkey's Paw as Mr. Robert Trelawne | 1948-06-01 |
| Daybreak as Governor | 1948-05-18 |
| Fame Is the Spur as Magistrate | 1947-09-23 |
| Frieda as Merrick | 1947-06-19 |
| Atlantic Ferry as George Burns | 1941-09-06 |
| Dangerous Comment as Major Brett | 1940-05-18 |
| Return to Yesterday as Sambourne | 1940-03-09 |
| The Stars Look Down as Harry Nugent, MP | 1940-01-22 |
| The Lion Has Wings as Head of Observer Corps | 1939-11-03 |
| Goodbye, Mr. Chips as Chatteris | 1939-07-28 |
| Let's Be Famous as Albert Pinbright | 1939-03-22 |
| Gas Light as Inspector Rough | 1939-03-19 |
| South Riding as Alderman Snaith | 1938-08-01 |
| The Phantom Light as Dr. Carey | 1935-08-05 |
| The W Plan as President of Court Martial | 1930-02-25 |
| High Treason as (uncredited) | 1929-08-09 |
| The Shadow of Egypt as Harold Westcott | 1924-11-01 |
| A Gamble with Hearts as Dallas Chalfont | 1923-06-01 |
| La donna e l'uomo | 1923-01-01 |
| The Passionate Friends as Steven Stratton | 1922-01-01 |
| A Romance of Wastdale as David Gordon | 1921-11-01 |
| A Woman of No Importance as Lord Illingworth | 1921-07-01 |
| The Amazing Partnership as Pryde | 1921-06-01 |
| Belphegor the Mountebank as Belphegor | 1921-04-01 |
| The Will as Philip Ross | 1921-01-01 |
| Torn Sails as Hugh Morgan | 1920-10-01 |
| The Twelve Pound Look as Harry Sims | 1920-09-10 |
| Wuthering Heights as Heathcliff | 1920-07-01 |
| The Chinese Puzzle as Sir Roger de la Haye | 1919-10-13 |
| Little Women as Theodore Lawrence | 1917-07-02 |
| The Man Without a Soul as Stephen Ferrier | 1916-07-01 |
| Lady Windermere's Fan as Lord Windermere | 1916-07-01 |

