Walter Forde
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| Born | Thomas Seymour Woolford 21 April 1898 London, England |
| Died | 7 January 1984 (aged 85) Los Angeles, California, US |
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Walter Forde (born Thomas Seymour Woolford, 21 April 1898 – 7 January 1984)[1] was a British actor, screenwriter and director.[2] Born in Lambeth, south London in 1898, he directed over fifty films between 1919 from the silent era through to 1949 in the sound era.[1][3] He died in Los Angeles, California in 1984.
Forde was the son of the music hall comedian Tom Seymour. During the 1920s, he was a silent film comedian, acting in a series of shorts before shifting into directing feature films. Emerging as an established film director in the 1930s, he directed films for Gainsborough Pictures and Ealing Studios.
Filmography
Actor
- Walter Finds a Father, extant
- Walter Wants Work, extant in the Huntley Archives
- Walter's Day Out
Actor
- Walter The Sleuth 1926,
Director
- What Next? (1928)
- Wait and See (1929)
- The Silent House (1929)
- Would You Believe It? (1929)
- Red Pearls (1930)
- Bed and Breakfast (1930)
- Lord Richard in the Pantry (1930)
- The Last Hour (1930)
- You'd Be Surprised! (1930)
- Third Time Lucky (1931)
- The Ringer (1931)
- Splinters in the Navy (1931)
- The Ghost Train (1931)
- Condemned to Death (1932)
- Lord Babs (1932)
- Jack's the Boy (1932)
- Rome Express (1932)
- Orders Is Orders (1933)
- Jack Ahoy (1934)
- Chu Chin Chow (1934)
- Bulldog Jack (1935)
- Forever England (1935)
- King of the Damned (1935)
- Land Without Music (1936)
- Kicking the Moon Around (1938)
- The Gaunt Stranger (1938)
- Let's Be Famous (1939)
- The Four Just Men (1939)
- Cheer Boys Cheer (1939)
- Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday (1939)
- Saloon Bar (1940)
- Sailors Three (1940)
- Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940)
- Atlantic Ferry (1941)
- The Ghost Train (1941)
- Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941)
- Go to Blazes (1942, short)
- The Peterville Diamond (1942)
- Flying Fortress (1942)
- It's That Man Again (1943)
- Time Flies (1944)
- One Exciting Night (1944)
- Master of Bankdam (1947)
- Cardboard Cavalier (1949)
References
- ^ a b "Walter Forde". IMDb.
- ^ "Walter Forde". BFI. Archived from the original on 2012-07-22.
- ^ "BFI Screenonline: Forde, Walter (1898-1984) Biography". screenonline.org.uk.
Bibliography
- Hunter, I.Q. & Porter, Laraine. British Comedy Cinema. Routledge, 2012.
External links
- Walter Forde at IMDb
- Walter Forde at the BFI's Screenonline
