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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1880-01-01 (145 years old)

Place of Birth

Lausanne, Switzerland

Fred Paul

Biography:

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.

Known For

Acting

1928

The Adventure of the Torture Cage as Lt. Comdr. John Byrne R. N. of the N. S. S.

1924

Straws in the Wind as The Husband

1923

Aaron's Rod as Nayland Smith
The Call of Siva as Nayland Smith
The Clue of the Pigtail as Nayland Smith
The Queen of Hearts as Nayland Smith
The West Case as Nayland Smith
The Cry of the Nighthawk as Nayland Smith
The Fiery Hand as Nayland Smith
The Fungi Cellars as Nayland Smith
The Man with the Limp as Nayland Smith
The Miracle as Nayland Smith
The Knocking on the Door as Nayland Smith
The Silver Buddha as Nayland Smith
The Sacred Order as Nayland Smith

1922

How Kitchener Was Betrayed as Field Marshal Kitchener
Black Peter as Peter Carey

1921

The Gentle Doctor as The Doctor

1915

John Halifax, Gentleman as John Halifax
Buttons as Mr. Alendale
The Rogues of London as Ralph Most

1914

A Study in Scarlet as Jefferson Hope
Lights of London as Clifford Armytage

1913

O.H.M.S. as Colonel von Harlan
The Tube of Death as M. Sardies
Sixty Years a Queen as Archbishop of Canterbury (etc)
East Lynne as Archibald Carlyle

1912

The Gentleman Ranker as Sir Thomas Coventry

1911

Directing

1931

Morita as Director
Romany Love as Director
In a Lotus Garden as Director

1929

The Broken Melody as Director

1927

1921

The Jest as Director
The Sting of Death as Director
The Gentle Doctor as Director
The Last Appeal as Director
The Oath as Director
The Flat as Director

1917

Masks and Faces as Director

Production

1917

Masks and Faces as Producer

1916

Writing

1929

1928

Yellow Stockings as Scenario Writer

1921

The Oath as Story
The Flat as Story