C. Aubrey Smith Autographs, Memorabilia & Collectibles

C. AUBREY SMITH

Born: July 21, 1863 in London, England, United Kingdom
Died: December 20, 1948 in Beverly Hills, Los Angeles, California

Biography | show more show less

C. Aubrey Smith (1863-1948) was an internationally renowned cricket star before beginning his acting career. He made his London stage debut in 1895, his silent film premier in 1914. His The Bachelor Father (1928) was his breakthrough role to American audiences, after which he played the quintessential upper-class Englishman in many films. These included Lives of the Bengal Lancers (1935), The Four Feathers and The Sun Never Sets (both 1939) and Scotland Yard Investigator (1945). He was knighted in 1944, honored for his positive portrayal of English characters to foreign audiences.

Film Credits | show more show less

1979 Has Anybody Here Seen Canada A History of Canadian Movies (Other), 1935 Things You Never See on the Screen (in person), 2005 Garbo (Other), 1947 An Ideal Husband (Performer), 1946 Terror by Night (Performer), 1945 Forever Yours (Performer), 1944 Sensations of 1945 (Performer), 1944 The White Cliffs of Dover (Performer), 1943 Flesh and Fantasy (Performer), 1943 Forever and a Day (Performer), 1941 Free and Easy (Performer), 1940 Beyond Tomorrow (Performer), 1940 City of Chance (Performer), 1939 Five Came Back (Performer), 1936 Romeo and Juliet (Performer), 1935 The Right to Live (Performer), 1935 The Gilded Lily (Performer), 1934 We Live Again (Performer), 1933 Bombshell (Performer), 1932 They Just Had to Get Married (Performer), 1932 Trouble in Paradise (Performer), 1932 Tarzan the Ape Man (Performer), 1931 The Man in Possession (Performer), 1920 Castles in Spain (Performer), 1916 The Witching Hour (Performer), 1941 Maisie Was a Lady (Performer), 1940 A Bill of Divorcement (Performer), 1940 Waterloo Bridge (Performer), 1939 East Side of Heaven (Performer), 1938 Kidnapped (Performer), 1937 The Hurricane (Performer), 1937 Wee Willie Winkie (Performer), 1936 Little Lord Fauntleroy (Performer), 1935 The Florentine Dagger (Performer), 1934 Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (Performer), 1934 Gambling Lady (Performer), 1933 Curtain at Eight (Performer), 1933 The Barbarian (Performer), 1933 Luxury Liner (Performer), 1932 No More Orchids (Performer), 1932 Love Me Tonight (Performer), 1932 -But the Flesh Is Weak (Performer), 1932 Polly of the Circus (Performer), 1931 Just a Gigolo (Performer), 1931 Never the Twain Shall Meet (Performer), 1923 The Temptation of Carlton Earle (Performer), 1922 Flames of Passion (Performer), 1922 The Bohemian Girl (Performer), 1920 The Face at the Window (Performer), 1996 100 Years of Horror: Boris Karloff (Other), 1935 Trans-Atlantic Tunnel (Performer), 1938 Queen of Destiny (Performer), 1938 It Might Be You (in person), 1947 Unconquered (Performer), 1946 Cluny Brown (Performer), 1945 And Then There Were None (Performer), 1945 Scotland Yard Investigator (Performer), 1944 Secrets of Scotland Yard (Performer), 1944 The Adventures of Mark Twain (Performer), 1943 Two Tickets to London (Performer), 1941 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (Performer), 1940 A Little Bit of Heaven (Performer), 1939 Eternally Yours (Performer), 1938 Four Men and a Prayer (Performer), 1937 The Prisoner of Zenda (Performer), 1936 Lloyd's of London (Performer), 1936 The Garden of Allah (Performer), 1935 China Seas (Performer), 1935 Jalna (Performer), 1935 Clive of India (Performer), 1935 The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (Performer), 1934 Caravan (Performer), 1934 One More River (Performer), 1933 Adorable (Performer), 1931 Surrender (Performer), 1931 Guilty Hands (Performer), 1931 Son of India (Performer), 1931 Daybreak (Performer), 1930 Such Is the Law (Performer), 1924 The Rejected Woman (Performer), 1924 The Unwanted (Performer), 1918 Red Pottage (Performer), 1916 Jaffery (Performer), 1915 The Builder of Bridges (Performer), 1936 Screen Snapshots Series 15, No. 11 (in person), 1949 Little Women (Performer), 1947 High Conquest (Performer), 1946 Rendezvous with Annie (Performer), 1943 Madame Curie (Performer), 1940 Rebecca (Performer), 1939 Balalaika (Performer), 1939 Another Thin Man (Performer), 1939 The Under-Pup (Performer), 1939 The Sun Never Sets (Performer), 1939 The Four Feathers (Performer), 1937 Thoroughbreds Don't Cry (Performer), 1937 Victoria the Great (Performer), 1936 The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope (Performer), 1935 The Crusades (Performer), 1934 The Firebird (Performer), 1934 Cleopatra (Performer), 1934 The Scarlet Empress (Performer), 1934 The House of Rothschild (Performer), 1933 Queen Christina (Performer), 1933 Morning Glory (Performer), 1933 Secrets (Performer), 1933 The Monkey's Paw (Performer), 1931 The Phantom of Paris (Performer), 1931 Contraband Love (Performer), 1931 Trader Horn (Performer), 1931 The Bachelor Father (Performer), 1930 Passion Flower (Performer), 1928 Show People (Performer), 1920 The Shuttle of Life (Performer), 1920 The Bump (Performer), 1915 John Glayde's Honor (Performer), 1930 The Perfect Alibi (Performer), 1945 Screen Snapshots Series 25, No. 4: Hollywood Celebrations (in person), 2003 Complicated Women (Other)

Theater Credits | show more show less

Spring Again - Performer (November 10, 1941 - January 10, 1942), The Bachelor Father - Performer (February 28, 1928 - October 1928), The Constant Wife - Performer (November 29, 1926 - August 13, 1927), Mary, Mary, Quite Contrary - Performer (September 11, 1923 - November 1923), The Lie - Performer (December 24, 1914 - May 1915), Evidence - Performer (October 7, 1914 - October 1914), The Legend of Leonora - Performer (January 5, 1914 - May 1914), The Runaway - Performer (October 9, 1911 - December 1911), The Morals of Marcus - Performer (November 18, 1907 - December 1907), Hamlet - Performer (March 8, 1904 - April 1904), The Light That Failed - Performer (November 9, 1903 - December 1903), The Notorious Mrs. Ebbsmith - Performer (December 23, 1895 - Closing date unknown)