Morton Selten

Morton Selten

Born: January 6, 1860
Died: July 27, 1939
in Marlborough, England, UK
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Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton.

Given the name Morton Richard Stubbs at birth, and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, it was generally acknowledged that Selten was an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII).

He began acting on the stage in 1878, mainly in America. In 1889, Selten played Clarence Vane in Mrs. Hargrove's Our Flat at the Lyceum Theatre and Captain Heartsease in Bronson Howard's American Civil War epic, Shenandoah. He would go on to play in some twenty-five Broadway productions over the following three decades. His film career began in the 1920s. He appeared in Branded in 1921. His last film role was the King of the Land of Legend in the 1940 Alexander Korda production The Thief of Bagdad. Selten died during filming.

Movies for Morton Selten...

The Thief of Bagdad
Title: The Thief of Bagdad
Character: The Old King
Released: December 25, 1940
Type: Movie
When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.
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Shipyard Sally
Title: Shipyard Sally
Character: Lord Alfred Randall
Released: September 30, 1939
Type: Movie
A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.
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Young Man's Fancy
Title: Young Man's Fancy
Character: Mr. Fothergill
Released: July 31, 1939
Type: Movie
An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball
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A Yank at Oxford
Title: A Yank at Oxford
Character: Cecil Davidson, Esq.
Released: February 18, 1938
Type: Movie
A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.
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The Divorce of Lady X
Title: The Divorce of Lady X
Character: Lord Steele
Released: January 15, 1938
Type: Movie
The morning after a London barrister lets a mystery woman stay in his suite, a friend files for divorce.
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Action for Slander
Title: Action for Slander
Character: Judge Trotter (as Morton Selton)
Released: July 21, 1937
Type: Movie
A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.
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Fire Over England
Title: Fire Over England
Character: Lord Burleigh
Released: March 5, 1937
Type: Movie
The film is a historical drama set during the reign of Elizabeth I (Flora Robson), focusing on the English defeat of the Spanish Armada, whence the title. In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen bringing gold from the New World.
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Juggernaut
Title: Juggernaut
Character: Sir Charles Clifford
Released: September 8, 1936
Type: Movie
An evil doctor and the greedy wife of a rich man plot to poison him so they can get their hands on his money.
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In the Soup
Title: In the Soup
Character: Abernethy Ruppershaw
Released: April 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A young married couple try to impress a rich relation by posing as maid and butler of the household.
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The Ghost Goes West
Title: The Ghost Goes West
Character: The Glourie
Released: December 17, 1935
Type: Movie
Donald Glourie shares his crumbling ancestral home with the ghost of his Highland ancestor, Murdoch, who has been condemned to haunt the castle until he avenges a 200-year-old insult from a rival clan. To clear his mounting debts, Donald sells the dilapidated pile to an American businessman, Mr Martin, who has the castle complete with the Glourie ghost transported and rebuilt in Florida. While old-world gentility rubs up comically against 20th-century materialism, Martin's daughter takes a liking to both Donald and Murdoch, convinced they are one and the same man...
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Dark World
Title: Dark World
Character: Colonel
Released: December 1, 1935
Type: Movie
British drama film directed by Bernard Vorhaus.
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Moscow Nights
Title: Moscow Nights
Character: General Kovrin
Released: November 5, 1935
Type: Movie
During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock. Brioukow is unjustifiably jealous, since Natasha has not betrayed him. He forces Ignatoff into his debt as a means of humiliating him. When Ignatoff's new friend, Madame Sabline, offers to pay his debt, preventing his ruin, Ignatoff comes quickly to realize that Madame Sabline has an ulterior motive, one that could prove dangerous to more lives than just Ignatoff's.
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Ten Minute Alibi
Title: Ten Minute Alibi
Character: Sir Miles Standish
Released: August 12, 1935
Type: Movie
Derwent dreams up an unbreakable alibi for a murder. Once the crime is attempted, it then falls to Pember and Brace of Scotland Yard to sort things out.
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Annie, Leave the Room!
Title: Annie, Leave the Room!
Character: Lord Spendlove
Released: February 1, 1935
Type: Movie
British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott
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Once in a New Moon
Title: Once in a New Moon
Character: Lord Bravington
Released: January 1, 1935
Type: Movie
When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the populace try to organise a local government based on equal rights for all, but conflicts arise between the local aristocracy and the villagers.
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Falling for You
Title: Falling for You
Character: Caldicott
Released: June 15, 1933
Type: Movie
In this comedy, two rival reporters vie for the scoop on the whereabouts of a missing heiress. They find her in Switzerland. One of the journalists falls in love with her and saves her from marrying an aristocrat. His rival gets to write the story as a consolation prize.
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Wedding Rehearsal
Title: Wedding Rehearsal
Character: Major Harry Wroxbury
Released: October 1, 1932
Type: Movie
The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off .
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Service for Ladies
Title: Service for Ladies
Character: Mr. Robertson
Released: January 14, 1932
Type: Movie
Max Tracey is the head waiter at a London hotel. He falls in love at first sight with Sylvia Robertson, an aristocratic woman, and poses as a prince to win her love. In this venture, he is aided by Mr. Westlake, a Ruritanian monarch who owes him a favour. When Sylvia discovers Max's deception, she is appalled, but the situation is resolved when her father tells her that he was once a hotel dishwasher.
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The Shadow Between
Title: The Shadow Between
Character: Sir George Fielder
Released: September 4, 1931
Type: Movie
A romantic drama film directed by Norman Walker.