Warburton Gamble | |
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![]() Gamble in ad for As a Man Thinks (1919) | |
Born | Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble 16 December 1882 London, England, UK |
Died | 27 August 1945 London, England, UK | (aged 62)
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse | Gillian Scaife |
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Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble (16 December 1882 – 27 August 1945) was a British stage and film actor.
Gamble was born on 16 December 1882 in London and acted on stage professionally as early as 1905.[1] His work on stage included a season of acting with the Theater Guild Repertory Company in San Francisco.[2] He debuted on Broadway in Love and the Man (1905), appeared with Auriol Lee in Milestones (1912) and last performed on Broadway in Tonight or Never (1930).[3]
Gamble's film debut occurred in The Unforseen (1917).[1] He spent a number of years working in Hollywood during the silent and early sound eras. He played the role of Doctor Watson in the 1933 Sherlock Holmes film A Study in Scarlet. His final two films were at Ealing Studios.
Gamble was married to English actress Gillian Scaife.[4] He died on 27 August 1945 in London.[1]
Filmography
[edit]Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1917 | The Unforseen | Henry Traquair | |
1918 | Thirty a Week | Freddy Ruyter | |
1919 | The Silver King | Herbert Skinner | |
1919 | The Two Brides | Count Gabrielle di Marchesi | |
1919 | As a Man Thinks | Benjamin De Lota | |
1919 | A Society Exile | Lord Bissett | |
1919 | La Belle Russe | Phillip Sackton | |
1919 | The Invisible Bond | Otis Vale | |
1920 | The Paliser Case | Monty Paliser | |
1920 | The Cost | Mowbray Langdon | |
1920 | The Law of the Yukon | Medford Delaney | |
1921 | Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby | Gordon Pell | |
1921 | Fine Feathers | John Brand | |
1921 | Dangerous Lies | Leonard Pearce | |
1923 | Lights of London | Clifford Armytage | |
1931 | Tonight or Never | Count Albert von Gronac | |
1932 | As You Desire Me | Baron | |
1932 | Fast Life | Halstead | |
1933 | Tonight Is Ours | Alex | |
1933 | Child of Manhattan | Eggleston | |
1933 | A Study in Scarlet | Dr. Watson | |
1933 | By Candlelight | Baron von Ballin | |
1936 | Blind Man's Bluff | Tracy | |
1936 | Lonely Road | Fedden | |
1940 | Spare a Copper | Sir Robert | (final film role) |
Bibliography
[edit]- Hardy, Phil. The BFI Companion to Crime. University of California Press, 1997.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c McMullen, Kieran (11 October 2012). The Many Watsons. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-78092-304-8. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "Debate Planned on 'Strange Interlude'". The San Francisco Examiner. 10 June 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 9 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ "Warburton Gamble". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- ^ "How They Met Wives". Los Angeles Evening Express. 13 March 1920. p. 16. Retrieved 9 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
[edit]- Warburton Gamble at IMDb
- Warburton Gamble at the Internet Broadway Database
- Warburton Gamble (striped pants) in the 1915 Broadway play Outcast with costars Charles Cherry, Elsie Ferguson, and J. Woodall Birde (University of Washington, Sayre Digital Collection)