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.
Filmography
all 34
Movies 34
Things Happen at Night (1948)
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947)
They Knew Mr. Knight (1946)
The Halfway House (1944)
Women Aren't Angels (1943)
Banana Ridge (1942)
The Big Blockade (1942)
So This Is London (1939)
A Spot Of Brother (1938)
A Spot of Bother (1938)
Aren't Men Beasts! (1937)
Tropical Trouble (1936)
The Crimson Circle (1936)
First a Girl (1935)
Me and Marlborough (1935)
Oh, Daddy! (1935)
The Dictator (1935)
Radio Parade of 1935 (1934)
Red Ensign (1934)
Jack Ahoy (1934)
Friday the Thirteenth (1933)
Falling for You (1933)
It's a Boy (1933)
The Little Damozel (1933)
Lord Babs (1932)
The Calendar (1931)
The Happy Ending (1931)
Brown Sugar (1931)
The Squeaker (1930)
The W Plan (1930)
A Scandal in Bohemia (1921)
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1881-11-01
Deathday1949-04-26 (67 years old)
Birth PlaceBrighton, East Sussex, England, UK
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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