Biography
Hugh Dempster (3 August 1900 β 30 April 1987) was a British theatre and film actor.Born in London, Dempster made his stage debut in 1920, and began his screen career in the silent film era. His credits included Vice Versa, Anna Karenina, The Winslow Boy, The Fan, Scrooge, The House Across the Lake and The Ghost Train (short film).Thirty-six years separated Dempster's first and last appearances on Broadway. He debuted in the 1929 melodrama Rope's End by Patrick Hamilton and in 1965 replaced Peter Sallis as Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes-inspired musical Baker Street.
Dempster died in Chicago, Illinois.
Filmography
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Movies 27
Man in Bowler Hat
Father Brown (1954)
Movie
1
Frank
The House Across the Lake (1954)
Movie
6.4
Omar
Babes in Bagdad (1952)
Movie
Arresting Police Inspector
Tall Headlines (1952)
Movie
Mr. Groper
Scrooge (1951)
Movie
3.5
Oliver Ffollett
Paul Temple's Triumph (1950)
Movie
Lord Augustus Lorton
The Fan (1949)
Movie
Col. Ambrose
Vice Versa (1948)
Movie
Stepan Oblonsky
Anna Karenina (1948)
Movie
Sqdn. Ldr. Slatter
School for Secrets (1946)
Movie
Train Passenger (uncredited)
I See a Dark Stranger (1946)
Movie
Tommy
The Trojan Brothers (1946)
Movie
'Tinker' Bell
The Way to the Stars (1945)
Movie
8
Captain Crowe
Heaven Is Round the Corner (1944)
Movie
W / Co Goodwin
Information Please (1944)
Movie
White
Bell-Bottom George (1944)
Movie
Hugh Lacey
Candles at Nine (1944)
Movie
Adjutant
Garrison Follies (1940)
Movie
Nelson
Three Silent Men (1940)
Movie
Bobbie Townsend
Marigold (1938)
Movie
Wally Astell
Crackerjack (1938)
Movie
Tony Blower
Music Hath Charms (1936)
Movie
Bruno
The Student's Romance (1935)
Movie
The Duke
The Girl from Maxim's (1933)
Movie
Dr. Neville
Lord Babs (1932)
Movie
Robert Borden
Who Is the Man? (1924)
Movie
Dick
The Great Well (1924)
Movie
Ratings
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1900-08-03
Deathday1987-04-30 (86 years old)
Birth PlaceLondon, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, United Kingdom
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