Henry Oscar

Henry Oscar
Henry Oscar c. 1954
Born	(1891-07-14)14 July 1891 Hornsey, London, England
Died	28 December 1969(1969-12-28) (aged 78) London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1932–1968

Henry Oscar (born 14 July 1891, London, England, UK – died 28 December 1969, London) was an English stage and film actor.^[1]

Born as Henry Wale, he changed his name and began acting in 1911 having studied at under Elsie Fogerty at the Central School of Speech and Drama, then based in the Royal Albert Hall, London.^[2]

and appeared in a wide range of films, including Alfred Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934), Fire Over England (1937), The Four Feathers (1939), Hatter's Castle (1942), Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948), Beau Brummell (1954), The Little Hut (1957), Beyond This Place (1959), Oscar Wilde (1960), Lawrence of Arabia (1962), The Long Ships (1963) and Murder Ahoy! (1964). ^[3]

Selected filmography

The Secret Man (1958)

• After Dark (1933)
• Red Ensign (1934)
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
• Brides to Be (1934)
• The Tunnel (1935)
• Father O'Flynn (1935)
• Me and Marlborough (1935)
• The Case of Gabriel Perry (1935)
• Dishonour Bright (1936)
• The Man Behind the Mask (1936)
• Spy of Napoleon (1936)
• Love in Exile (1936)
• Sensation (1936)
• Fire Over England (1937)
• Dark Journey (1937)
• The Academy Decides (1937)
• Who Killed John Savage? (1937)
• The Terror (1938)
• Luck of the Navy (1938)
• Black Limelight (1939)
• The Four Feathers (1939)
• On the Night of the Fire (1939)
• Spies of the Air (1940)
• Dead Man's Shoes (1940)
• Tilly of Bloomsbury (1940)
• The Flying Squad (1940)
• Two for Danger (1940)
• Atlantic Ferry (1941)
• Penn of Pennsylvania (1942)
• Hatter's Castle (1942)
• The Day Will Dawn (1942)
• Squadron Leader X (1943)
• Mrs. Fitzherbert (1947)
• The Upturned Glass (1947)
• It Happened in Soho (1948)
• The Greed of William Hart (1948)
• Bonnie Prince Charlie (1948)
• The Idol of Paris (1948)
• The Bad Lord Byron (1949)
• The Man from Yesterday (1949)
• The Black Rose (1950)
• Prelude to Fame (1950)
• Beau Brummell (1954)
• Diplomatic Passport (1954)
• It's a Great Day (1955)
• Portrait of Alison (1955)
• Private's Progress (1956)
• The Little Hut (1957)
• The Spaniard's Curse (1958)
• Web of Evidence (1959)
• Oscar Wilde (1960)
• The Brides of Dracula (1960)
• Foxhole in Cairo (1960)
• Lawrence of Arabia (1962)
• The Long Ships (1964)
• Murder Ahoy! (1964)
• The City Under the Sea (1965)

External links

• Henry Oscar on IMDb

References