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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1884-02-23 (141 years old)

Place of Birth

Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK

Frank Cellier

Biography:

Frank Cellier (23 February 1884 – 27 September 1948) was an English actor. Early in his career, he toured in Britain, Germany, the West Indies, America and South Africa. In the 1920s, he became known in the West End for Shakespearean character roles, among others, and also directed some plays in which he acted. Later, during the 1930s and 1940s, he also appeared in films.

Beginning in the 1930s, Cellier played roles in films, including Sheriff Watson in Alfred Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1935). He was also Monsieur Barsac in the comedy film The Guv'nor (1935).

Cellier died in London in 1948 aged 64.

Known For

Acting

1955

Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Sheriff (archive footage) (uncredited)

1948

The Blind Goddess as The Judge
Easy Money as Manager

1946

Quiet Weekend as Adrian Barrasford

1944

1942

1941

Love on the Dole as Sam Grundy
Cottage to Let as John Forest
Quiet Wedding as William Frederick Davenport Chaytor
Ships with Wings as Gen. Scarappa

1940

The Midas Touch as Corris Morgan

1938

The Ware Case as Skinner - the Jeweler
Kate Plus Ten as Sir Ralph Sapson
Sixty Glorious Years as Lord Derby
A Royal Divorce as Talleyrand

1937

O.H.M.S. as Regimental Sergeant-Major Briggs
Take My Tip as Paradine
Victoria the Great as (uncredited)
Action for Slander as Sir Bernard Roper
Non-Stop New York as Sam Pryor

1936

Tudor Rose as Henry VIII
Rhodes of Africa as Barney Barnato

1935

The 39 Steps as Sheriff Watson
The Dictator as Sir Murray Keith
The Guv'nor as Barsac
The Clairvoyant as MacGregor (uncredited)

1934

Colonel Blood as Colonel Blood
Lorna Doone as Capt. Jeremy Stickles

1933

1932

Tin Gods as Major Drake

1931

Her Reputation as Henry Sloane

1916

Gloria as Louis Martino