Frank Pettingell

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Frank Pettingell

Born	Frank Edmund George Pettingell (1891-01-01)1 January 1891 Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Died	17 February 1966(1966-02-17) (aged 75) London, England
Occupation	Theatre and film actor

Frank Edmund George Pettingell (1 January 1891 – 17 February 1966) was an English actor.

Pettingell was born in Liverpool, Lancashire, and educated at Manchester University. During the First World War he served with the King's Liverpool Regiment.

He appeared in such films as the original 1940 Gaslight (as the former detective who solves the case), Kipps (1941 - as Old Kipps), and Becket (1964 - as the Bishop of York). His collection of printed and manuscript playscripts - mostly acquired from the son of the comedian Arthur Williams (1844–1915) - is held at the Templeman Library, University of Kent.^[1]

Filmography

Jealousy (1931)
Hobson's Choice (1931)
Frail Women (1932)
A Tight Corner (1932)
In a Monastery Garden (1932)
The Lucky Number (1932)
The Crooked Lady (1932)
Once Bitten (1932)
Double Dealing (1932)
The Medicine Man (1933)
That's My Wife (1933)
Keep It Quiet (1933)
The Good Companions (1933)
Yes, Madam (1933)
Excess Baggage (1933)
This Week of Grace (1933)
A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933)
Red Wagon (1933)
Sing As We Go (1934)
My Old Dutch (1934)
Say It with Diamonds (1935)
Hope of His Side (1935)
Where's George? (1935)
The Right Age to Marry (1935)
The Big Splash (1935)
The Amateur Gentleman (1936)
On Top of the World (1936)
Fame (1936)
The Last Journey (1936)
Millions (1937)
It's a Grand Old World (1937)
Take My Tip (1937)
Spring Handicap (1937)

Queer Cargo (1938)
Sailing Along (1938)
So Much to Do (1938)
Return to Yesterday (1940)
Gaslight (1940)
Busman's Honeymoon (1940)
The Seventh Survivor (1941)
Kipps (1941)
This England (1941)
Once a Crook (1941)
Ships with Wings (1942)
The Goose Steps Out (1942)
The Young Mr Pitt (1942)
Get Cracking (1943)
The Butler's Dilemma (1943)
Gaiety George (1946)
The Man Who Came to Dinner (1947)
Escape (1948)
No Room at the Inn (1948)
When We Are Married (1951)
The Magic Box (1951)^[2]
The Card (1952)
Meet Me Tonight (1952)
The Crimson Pirate (1952)
The Great Game (1953)
Value for Money (1955)
Corridors of Blood (1958)
Up the Creek (1958)
Term of Trial (1962)
Trial and Error (1962)
Becket (1964)

References

↑ Pettingell Collection
↑ Release date for The Magic Box, in IMDb.

External links

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Persondata
Name	Pettingell, Frank
Alternative names
Short description	Theatre and film actor
Date of birth	1 January 1891
Place of birth	Liverpool, Lancashire, England
Date of death	17 February 1966
Place of death	London, England

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