Cecil Humphreys

Cecil Humphreys

Born: July 20, 1883
Died: November 6, 1947
in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK

Movies for Cecil Humphreys...

A Woman's Vengeance
Title: A Woman's Vengeance
Character: General Spence
Released: March 2, 1948
Type: Movie
A cheating husband is charged in the poisoning death of his invalid wife, in spite of other women and suicide also being suspected.
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Desire Me
Title: Desire Me
Character: Dr. Andre Leclair
Released: October 31, 1947
Type: Movie
A war widow falls in love with the man who informed her of her husband's death.
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The Razor's Edge
Title: The Razor's Edge
Character: Holy Man
Released: November 19, 1946
Type: Movie
An adventurous young man goes off to find himself and loses his socialite fiancée in the process. But when he returns 10 years later, she will stop at nothing to get him back, even though she is already married.
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Angel Street
Title: Angel Street
Character: Detective Rough
Released: January 20, 1946
Type: Movie
NBC adaptation of Patrick Hamilton's play Gaslight
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Wuthering Heights
Title: Wuthering Heights
Character: Judge Linton
Released: April 7, 1939
Type: Movie
The Earnshaws are Yorkshire farmers during the early 19th Century. One day, Mr. Earnshaw returns from a trip to the city, bringing with him a ragged little boy called Heathcliff. Earnshaw's son, Hindley, resents the child, but Heathcliff becomes companion and soulmate to Hindley's sister, Catherine. After her parents die, Cathy and Heathcliff grow up wild and free on the moors and despite the continued enmity between Hindley and Heathcliff they're happy -- until Cathy meets Edgar Linton, the son of a wealthy neighbor.
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Accused
Title: Accused
Character: Prosecuting Counsel
Released: December 18, 1936
Type: Movie
Tony and his dance partner/wife Gaby headline a Paris musical. Tony becomes the unwilling target for the attentions of performer Yvette. She is later murdered with the dagger used by Tony and his wife in their act, and Gaby is accused of the crime.
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Chick
Title: Chick
Character: Sturgis
Released: September 21, 1936
Type: Movie
The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
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Reasonable Doubt
Title: Reasonable Doubt
Released: January 1, 1936
Type: Movie
A lawyer's love for a young girl causes him to defend the man he thinks to be her lover. During the trial the lawyer finds out that the man is his own son.
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Crimson Dynasty
Title: Crimson Dynasty
Character: De Marçaise
Released: December 4, 1935
Type: Movie
Koenigsmark is a 1935 British-French drama film directed by Maurice Tourneur and starring Elissa Landi, John Lodge and Pierre Fresnay. The film is based on the novel Koenigsmark by Pierre Benoît. It's sets were designed by the art director Lucien Aguettand. The film was known in the United States as Crimson Dynasty.
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Adventure Ltd.
Title: Adventure Ltd.
Character: General Baroda
Released: March 31, 1935
Type: Movie
A British adventure film directed by George King
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Unfinished Symphony
Title: Unfinished Symphony
Character: Salieri
Released: August 23, 1934
Type: Movie
Composer Franz Schubert--broke, struggling and unhappy--gets a break when a wealthy friend wangles him an invitation to a command performance in front of a princess of the royal family. Schubert performs a version of his new work, "Symphony in B Minor", for the princess, but a misunderstanding results in Schubert storming out of the concert in a rage. Complications ensue. English-language version of "Leise flehen meine Lieder."
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Dick Turpin
Title: Dick Turpin
Character: Sir Luke Rookwood
Released: December 1, 1933
Type: Movie
The adventures of the eighteenth century highwayman Dick Turpin and his legendary ride to York.
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It's a King
Title: It's a King
Character: Count Yendoff
Released: December 23, 1932
Type: Movie
'Insurance agent poses as royal double and saves him from anarchists.' (British Film Catalogue)
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The Old Man
Title: The Old Man
Character: Lord Arranways
Released: December 15, 1931
Type: Movie
'Charlady helps unmask man who stabbed lady's blackmailer.' (British Film Catalogue)
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77 Park Lane
Title: 77 Park Lane
Character: Paul
Released: July 2, 1931
Type: Movie
When a 'man about town' takes a young lady back to his house they are both surprised to find that it has been turned into an illegal casino in his absence.
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The Woman in White
Title: The Woman in White
Character: Sir Percival Glyde
Released: May 24, 1929
Type: Movie
Following a promise she made to her father on his deathbed, Laura Fairlie go to Scotland with Sir Percival Glyde to his mysterious mansion to be married. Once there, many strange and disturbing things happen. She meets a girl who has been a victim of Sir Percival's scheming in order to get her fortune.
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The Broken Melody
Title: The Broken Melody
Character: Gen. Delange
Released: February 1, 1929
Type: Movie
An exiled Prince living in Paris, begins a dalliance with an opera singer before returning to his wife.
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Irish Luck
Title: Irish Luck
Character: Douglas
Released: December 7, 1925
Type: Movie
Tom Donahue, a New York traffic cop, wins a trip to Europe in a newspaper contest, and he decides to visit relatives in Ireland. Arriving in Dublin, he learns that he is an exact double for Lord Fitzhugh, a young Irish aristocrat with whom he becomes friends. The Earl of Killarney, Fitzhugh's uncle, who is on his deathbed, wishes to see his favorite nephew and wipe out past animosities. Fitzhugh, in the meantime, has disappeared, and his sister, Lady Gwendolyn, persuades Tom to take his place.
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Dick Turpin's Ride to York
Title: Dick Turpin's Ride to York
Character: Lytton Glover
Released: September 1, 1922
Type: Movie
A highwayman rides to York to stop a lady marrying a usurper.
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The Glorious Adventure
Title: The Glorious Adventure
Character: Walter Roderick
Released: April 23, 1922
Type: Movie
An Earl's cousin survives drowning and saves a lady from the Great Fire of London.
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The Dying Detective
Title: The Dying Detective
Released: April 8, 1921
Type: Movie
Sherlock Holmes (Eille Norwood) knows that a man has killed a former partner but he can't prove it unless he finds a dying detective who knows what really happened. Norwood would play Holmes in over thirty films and he's quite good in the role bring an intelligent looking character.
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The Swindler
Title: The Swindler
Character: Nat Verney
Released: December 28, 1919
Type: Movie
A man takes the blame for a girl's crooked brother and weds her when her hand is amputated.
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The Romance of Lady Hamilton
Title: The Romance of Lady Hamilton
Character: Charles Greville
Released: January 1, 1919
Type: Movie
An aged ambassador's wife loves an admiral but is rejected by society after his death.