Henry Edwards(1882-1952)

Actor
Director
Writer

Henry Edwards was born on 18 September 1882 in Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for A Welsh Singer (1915), Scrooge (1935) and The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss (1920). He was previously married to Chrissie White. He died on 2 November 1952 in Chobham, Surrey, England, UK.

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Awards
- 1 win & 1 nomination

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Alec Guinness, Petula Clark, Henry Edwards, Glynis Johns, and Alison Leggatt in The Promoter (1952)

Henry Edwards in The Call of the Sea (1930)

Known for

A Welsh Singer

Leuan

1915

Scrooge

6.5

Director

1935

The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss

7.6

Ernest Bliss

1920

General John Regan

Dr. O'Grady

1934

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Actor

The Long Memory
- Judge (uncredited)
- 1953
Trent's Last Case
- Coroner (uncredited)
- 1952
Something Money Can't Buy
- Gerald Forbes
- 1952
Never Look Back
- Geoffrey Whitcomb
- 1952
The Promoter
- Mr. Cotterill (uncredited)
- 1952
The Lady with a Lamp
- Howard Russell
- 1951
The Magic Box
- Butler at Fox Talbot's
- 1951
White Corridors
- Phillip Brewster
- 1951
The Rossiter Case
- Dr. Bendix
- 1951
Trio
- Church Warden (segment "The Verger")
- 1950
Double Confession
- Man in the Shelter
- 1950
Madeleine
- Clerk of the Court (uncredited)
- 1950
Golden Salamander
- Jeffries (uncredited)
- 1950
Dear Mr. Prohack
- Sir Digby Bunce
- 1949
All Over the Town
- Major Martindale
- 1949

Director

The Vicar of Bray
- Director
- 1937
Song of the Forge
- Director
- 1937
Beauty and the Barge
- Director
- 1937
Juggernaut
- Director
- 1936
In the Soup
- Director
- 1936
Eliza Comes to Stay
- Director
- 1936
Scrooge
- Director
- 1935
The Private Secretary
- Director
- 1935
Squibs
- Director
- 1935
Vintage Wine
- Director
- 1935
The Lad
- Director
- 1935
The Rocks of Valpre
- Director
- 1935
D'Ye Ken John Peel?
- Director
- 1935
Are You a Mason?
- Director
- 1934
Lord Edgware Dies
- Director
- 1934

Writer

Brother Alfred
- adaptation
- scenario
- 1932
The Girl in the Night
- original story
- 1931
Ein Mädel und drei Clowns
- writer
- 1928
The World of Wonderful Reality
- Writer
- 1924
The Naked Man
- writer
- 1923
Lily of the Alley
- writer
- 1923
Simple Simon
- story
- 1922
Tit for Tat
- scenario
- 1921
The Bargain
- play
- screenplay
- 1921
A Temporary Vagabond
- Writer
- 1920
Towards the Light
- writer
- 1918
The Failure
- Writer
- 1917
Merely Mrs. Stubbs
- Writer
- 1917
East Is East
- Writer
- 1916
Doorsteps
- play
- 1916

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- 5′ 11″ (1.80 m)
- September 18, 1882
- Weston-Super-Mare, Somerset, England, UK
- November 2, 1952
- Chobham, Surrey, England, UK(undisclosed)
- Chrissie White1922 - November 2, 1952 (his death, 1 child)
Other works
He played the King in William Shakespeare's play, "Hamlet," at the Hanna Theatre in Cleveland, Ohio with Maurice Evans (Hamlet); Carmen Mathews (Ophelia); Mady Christians (Gertrude); Lauren Gilbert; John McQuade; Donald Cameron; Donald Randolph; George Graham; Sydney Smith; Walter Williams; Frederic Carney; Kurt Richards; John Barclay; Raymond Johnson; Emmett Rogers; Rhys Williams; Howard Wierum; Jackson Perkins; Alfred Paschall; George Keane; and Maury Tuckerman in the cast. Lehman Engel composed music. David Ffolkes was set and costume designer. Margaret Webster was director. Maurice Evans was also producer.
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