Fred Paul

Fred Paul

Born: January 1, 1880
Died: January 1, 1967
in Lausanne, Switzerland
Fred Paul (1880 – 1967) was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.

Movies for Fred Paul...

The Adventure of the Torture Cage
Title: The Adventure of the Torture Cage
Character: Lt. Comdr. John Byrne R. N. of the N. S. S.
Released: March 11, 1928
Type: Movie
Lieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase criminal Dr. Sin Fang, who is desperate to find a lost sacred seal. (The fifth and only surviving episode of a six-part serial about an evil mastermind inspired on Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu.)
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The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu
Title: The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: August 1, 1924
Type: Movie
Detective Nayland Smith, comissioned by the British Government to investigate a series of murders comes up against the "Coughing Horror", Dr Fu-Manchu's servant.
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Straws in the Wind
Title: Straws in the Wind
Character: The Husband
Released: March 1, 1924
Type: Movie
A benefactor ejects a tramp who covets his wife and later adopts the child of the girl the tramp saved from suicide.
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The Shrine of the Seven Lamps
Title: The Shrine of the Seven Lamps
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: December 17, 1923
Type: Movie
In this thrilling final episode, evil Fu-Manchu's pet marmoset leads sleuth Petrie to a secret Si-Fan ceremony. Is the Devil Doctor's game now up?
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The Sacred Order
Title: The Sacred Order
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: December 10, 1923
Type: Movie
When sleuth Nayland Smith steals evil Dr Fu-Manchu's 'Sacred Order', the Devil Doctor himself faces death at the hands of the Si-Fan organisation.
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The Silver Buddha
Title: The Silver Buddha
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: December 3, 1923
Type: Movie
Our hero Dr Petrie is caught by evil Fu-Manchu and imprisoned near the British Museum, where he risks a daring escape, high above the London streets.
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The Queen of Hearts
Title: The Queen of Hearts
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: November 26, 1923
Type: Movie
Based on Sax Rohmer’s third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917), this sensational episode sees Fu-Manchu partly paralysed by a bullet wound. The Devil Doctor snatches eminent surgeon Sir Baldwin Frazer to carry out the delicate operation he needs. Dr Petrie, abducted by Fu-Manchu’s scheming assistant, Zarmi, must assist – and choose a playing card to determine whether he lives or dies...
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The Man with the Limp
Title: The Man with the Limp
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: November 19, 1923
Type: Movie
This action-packed episode features one of the Devil Doctor's most enjoyably silly schemes to do away with his nemesis Nayland Smith. When Smith goes missing, it's up to Dr Petrie to continue the hunt for the Si-Fan, Fu-Manchu's secret society. On the trail of a mysterious man with a limp, Petrie disguises himself as a rough bargee to investigate a smoky riverside drinking den, the Joy-Shop Club.
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The Fiery Hand
Title: The Fiery Hand
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: November 12, 1923
Type: Movie
In this exciting adventure based on the second Fu-Manchu novel, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie investigate a haunted house, but get more of a fright than they expected. Caught by the evil Dr Fu-Manchu, Nayland Smith faces a plague of ravenous Cantonese rats - a torture known as 'The Six Gates of Joyful Wisdom'. Will Petrie end his agony, with the razor-sharp ‘Friend’s Sword’?
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The Cry of the Nighthawk
Title: The Cry of the Nighthawk
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: October 29, 1923
Type: Movie
n this episode of adventure serial The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie investigate the strange death of a man from Forest Hill found with his face covered with scratches; their enquiries lead them once more to the Devil Doctor, Fu-Manchu. Meanwhile, Petrie’s stiff upper lip begins to quiver, as he grows dangerously fond of Fu-Manchu’s slave girl, Karamaneh...
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The Knocking on the Door
Title: The Knocking on the Door
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: October 22, 1923
Type: Movie
The evil Dr Fu-Manchu proves to be a master of disguise as well as villainy in this thrilling episode of the popular adventure serial. Adopting the persona of a long-bearded professor, Fu-Manchu pays a visit to London's Madame Tussauds waxworks. Elsewhere, there's something horribly uncanny going on at a remote country cottage: sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie leave the capital to investigate.
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The Fungi Cellars
Title: The Fungi Cellars
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: October 15, 1923
Type: Movie
Fu-Manchu’s slave girl Karamaneh leads sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie to her evil master’s lair, where they fall prey to another of the Devil Doctor’s traps. Bound hand and foot, they watch helplessly as a party of policemen are imprisoned in a subterranean vault and poisoned with vile fungal spore vapour, while Fu-Manchu cackles with maniacal glee. Can our heroes escape to save the day?
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The Miracle
Title: The Miracle
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: October 8, 1923
Type: Movie
Nayland Smith restores a `dead' man to life.
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The Call of Siva
Title: The Call of Siva
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: October 1, 1923
Type: Movie
Fourth release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Nayland Smith saves the life of Graham Guthrie, the British Resident in Bhutan, while on a visit to London from a plot by Dr. Fu-Manchu.
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The Clue of the Pigtail
Title: The Clue of the Pigtail
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: September 24, 1923
Type: Movie
Third release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series, where the police has to investigate the clue of the pigtail wig.
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The West Case
Title: The West Case
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: September 17, 1923
Type: Movie
Second release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Plans for an aerial torpedo are stolen from its inventor Frank Norris West, Nayland Smith tries to retrieve them but is defeated by Fu-Manchu.
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The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu
Title: The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: April 15, 1923
Type: Movie
A killer kitty with poison-tipped claws, giant noxious mushrooms and aphonia-inducing flowers are just some of the challenges faced by Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie in their battles against arch-villain Fu Manchu. Series of 15 shorts, each with a self-contained story.
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Aaron's Rod
Title: Aaron's Rod
Character: Nayland Smith
Released: January 1, 1923
Type: Movie
A mysterious murder sets Nayland Smith and Petrie once again on the trail of villainous Fu-Manchu, and seeking a strange old stick with magical powers
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How Kitchener Was Betrayed
Title: How Kitchener Was Betrayed
Character: Field Marshal Kitchener
Released: November 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A dead officer's German wife betrays 'Hampshire's' secret route.
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Black Peter
Title: Black Peter
Character: Peter Carey
Released: March 1, 1922
Type: Movie
An adaptation of a Sherlock Holmes short story starring Eille Norwood.
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Deadwood Dick's Vengeance
Title: Deadwood Dick's Vengeance
Character: Dick Harris
Released: October 1, 1915
Type: Movie
Directed by L.C. MacBean and Fred Paul.
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John Halifax, Gentleman
Title: John Halifax, Gentleman
Character: John Halifax
Released: June 1, 1915
Type: Movie
An apprentice inherits a master's mill, weds a disowned heiress, and remains true to his class.
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The Rogues of London
Title: The Rogues of London
Character: Ralph Most
Released: April 1, 1915
Type: Movie
A cleric's son saves a maid from suicide and she saves him when he is framed for killing a crook's mistress.
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Buttons
Title: Buttons
Character: Mr. Alendale
Released: April 1, 1915
Type: Movie
A man trailing burglars is saved by a dog in this British short film.
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Christmas Day in the Workhouse
Title: Christmas Day in the Workhouse
Character: The Pauper
Released: November 23, 1914
Type: Movie
A pauper tells workhouse visitors of his wife's death from starvation.
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A Study in Scarlet
Title: A Study in Scarlet
Character: Jefferson Hope
Released: October 1, 1914
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes solves a murder rooted in the Mormon trek of 1850.
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Lights of London
Title: Lights of London
Character: Clifford Armytage
Released: April 1, 1914
Type: Movie
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Sixty Years a Queen
Title: Sixty Years a Queen
Character: Archbishop of Canterbury (etc)
Released: November 1, 1913
Type: Movie
'1837-1901. Main events during Queen Victoria's reign.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Tube of Death
Title: The Tube of Death
Character: M. Sardies
Released: June 1, 1913
Type: Movie
'Inventor's wife avenges death by posing as anarchist and exploding their den.' (British Film Catalogue)
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O.H.M.S.
Title: O.H.M.S.
Character: Colonel von Harlan
Released: April 1, 1913
Type: Movie
'Spy blackmails commander's wife into stealing treaty.' (British Film Catalogue)
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Three-Fingered Kate - The Wedding Presents
Title: Three-Fingered Kate - The Wedding Presents
Character: Sir Douglas Carrington
Released: July 1, 1912
Type: Movie
'Crooks tunnel through fireplace to rob house next door.' (British Film Catalogue). According to BFI, this is the only surviving film of 7 episodes made in the Three-Fingered Kate series
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Lieutenant Daring Avenges an Insult to the Union Jack
Title: Lieutenant Daring Avenges an Insult to the Union Jack
Character: Paulo
Released: January 1, 1912
Type: Movie
In Corsica, a lieutenant trails brigands and saves a captured flag.
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The Adventures of Lieutenant Daring R.N.: In a South American Port
Title: The Adventures of Lieutenant Daring R.N.: In a South American Port
Released: January 2, 1911
Type: Movie
An army officer comes to the aid of a girl who is the object of unwelcome attention from some locals.