Biography
Walter Robert Booth (12 July 1869 – 1938) was a British magician and early pioneer of British film working first for Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, where he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).
Filmography
all 38
Movies 38
Director 36
self 1
Self (archive Footage)
Secrets of British Animation (2018)
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Paper Cuttings (1912)
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The Aerial Anarchists (1911)
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The Automatic Motorist (1911)
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Animated Putty (1911)
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The Aerial Submarine (1910)
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The Electrical Vitalizer (1910)
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Animated Cotton (1909)
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The Airship Destroyer (1909)
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Jesters-Jokes (1908)
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A Juvenile Scientist (1907)
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Diabolo Nightmare (1907)
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The Sorcerer's Scissors (1907)
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The Baffled Burglar (1907)
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Willie's Magic Wand (1907)
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The Waif and the Statue (1907)
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When the Devil Drives (1907)
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Comedy Cartoons (1907)
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The Magical Press (1907)
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The '?' Motorist (1906)
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The Hand of the Artist (1906)
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An Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903)
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Pocket Boxers (1903)
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The Extraordinary Waiter (1902)
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Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)
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The Waif and the Wizard (1901)
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The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)
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Artistic Creation (1901)
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Undressing Extraordinary (1901)
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The Devil in the Studio (1901)
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An Over-Incubated Baby (1901)
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The Magic Sword (1901)
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The Haunted Curiosity Shop (1901)
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Chinese Magic (1900)
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The Last Days of Pompeii (1900)
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A Railway Collision (1900)
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The Spiritualist
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies (1899)
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The Miser's Doom (1899)
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Known ForDirecting
GenderMale
Birthday1869-07-12
Deathday1938-01-01 (68 years old)
Birth PlaceWorcester, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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