James Carew

James Carew
Born	5 February 1876 Goshen, Indiana, United States
Died	April 1938 London, England
Years active	1897–1938

James Carew (1876 – 1938) was an American actor who appeared in many films, mainly in Britain. He was born in Goshen, Indiana in 1876 and began work as a clerk in a publishing firm. He began acting on stage in 1897 in Damon and Pythias in Chicago.

In 1905, he moved to England, where he continued his stage career starting with the Lyric Theatre, London,^[1] later working in two plays with Shakespearean actress Ellen Terry, then one of the most famous British actresses. In 1907, he married Terry, who was thirty years older than Carew, divorcing in 1910. He made his screen debut by 1917, when he appeared in the film Profit and the Loss. He continued to take leading roles in films until his death in 1938.^[2]

Selected filmography

• Justice (1917)
• Profit and the Loss (1917)
• Victory and Peace (1918)
• The Kinsman (1919)
• 12.10 (1919)
• The Forest on the Hill (1919)
• Helen of Four Gates (1920)
• Alf's Button (1920)
• The Narrow Valley (1921)
• Tansy (1921)
• Mr. Justice Raffles (1921)
• Mist in the Valley (1923)
• Comin' Thro the Rye (1923)
• The Love Story of Aliette Brunton (1924)
• The House of Marney (1926)
• The King's Highway (1927)
• A Woman Redeemed (1927)
• One of the Best (1927)
• A Window in Piccadilly (1928)
• Love's Option (1928)
• High Seas (1929)
• City of Play (1929)
• To Oblige a Lady (1931)
• Guilt (1931)
• Mischief (1931)
• Brother Alfred (1932)
• You Made Me Love You (1933)
• Mayfair Girl (1933)
• Freedom of the Seas (1934)
• Too Many Millions (1934)
• The Dictator (1935)
• Who's Your Father (1935)
• Royal Cavalcade (1935)
• The Mystery of the Marie Celeste (1935)
• The Tunnel (1935)
• All at Sea (1935)
• Come Out of the Pantry (1935)
• Oh, What a Night (1935)
• The Improper Duchess (1936)
• The Secret Voice (1936)
• Living Dangerously (1935)
• Spy of Napoleon (1936)
• Wings Over Africa (1936)
• David Livingstone (1936)
• You Must Get Married (1936)
• Treachery on the High Seas (1936)
• Murder at the Cabaret (1937)
• Midnight at Madame Tussaud's (1936)
• Strange Experiment (1937)
• Thunder in the City (1937)
• Knight Without Armour (1937)
• Rhythm Racketeer (1937)
• Jericho (1937)
• Glamour Girl (1938)

References

• Rothwell-Smith, Paul. Silent Films! the Performers (2011) ISBN 9781907540325

External links

James Carew at the Internet Movie Database