Biography
Alfred Drayton (1 November 1881 β 26 April 1949) was a British stage and film actor.Drayton worked in a brewery when he was 18 but having a good deal of amateur dramatics experience decided to go on stage. His first appearance on stage was The Beloved Vagabond at Cardiff in 1908 and his London debut was at the Haymarket Theatre the following year. He featured in several West End plays before going into films, including Bulldog Drummond (1921) and Dear Brutus in 1922.
On both screen and stage he had a successful partnership with the actor Robertson Hare a veteran of the Aldwych Farces. He was appearing with Hare in the play One Wild Oat at the Garrick Theatre at the time of his death in 1949.
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Filmography
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Movies 32
Wilfred Prescott
Things Happen at Night (1948)
Movie
Wackford Squeers
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
Movie
Mr. Lawrence Knight
They Knew Mr. Knight (1946)
Movie
Joseph Pike
Don't Take It to Heart (1944)
Movie
Alfred Bandle
Women Aren't Angels (1943)
Movie
Digby Pound
Banana Ridge (1942)
Movie
Direktor
The Big Blockade (1942)
Movie
Lord Worthing
So This Is London (1939)
Movie
Christopher Watney
A Spot of Bother (1938)
Movie
Thomas Potter
Aren't Men Beasts! (1937)
Movie
Sir Monagu Thumpeter
Tropical Trouble (1936)
Movie
Insp. Parr
The Crimson Circle (1936)
Movie
Mc Lintock
First a Girl (1935)
Movie
Belfer
Look Up and Laugh (1935)
Movie
Sergeant Bull
Me and Marlborough (1935)
Movie
Uncle Samson
Oh, Daddy! (1935)
Movie
Count Brandt
The Dictator (1935)
Movie
Carl Graham
Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
Movie
Quill
Lady in Danger (1934)
Movie
Manning
Red Ensign (1934)
Movie
Adm. Fraser
Jack Ahoy (1934)
Movie
The Detective
Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
Movie
News Editor
Falling for You (1933)
Movie
Eustace Bogle
It's a Boy (1933)
Movie
Walter Angel
The Little Damozel (1933)
Movie
Ambrose Parker
Lord Babs (1932)
Movie
John Dory
The Calendar (1931)
Movie
Life of the party
The Happy Ending (1931)
Movie
Edmondson
Brown Sugar (1931)
Movie
Lew Friedman
The Squeaker (1930)
Movie
Prosecutor
The W Plan (1930)
Movie
King of Bohemia
A Scandal in Bohemia (1921)
Movie
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1881-11-01
Deathday1949-04-26 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceBrighton, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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