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Gerald Ames is a Actor and Director British born on 12 september 1880 at Blackheath (United-kingdom)

Gerald Ames

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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 september 1880 at Blackheath (United-kingdom)
Death 2 july 1933 (at 52 years) at Knightsbridge (United-kingdom)

Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cimema, appearing in more than sixty films between his debut in 1914 and his retirement from the screen in 1928 in a career entirely encompassing the silent era. He was also a regular stage actor who took on many leading roles in the theatre.

He competed in the individual épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.

He died in 1933 after falling down the steps of Knightsbridge tube station and suffering a heart attack. He was married to the actress Mary Dibley.

Usually with

Cecil Hepworth
Cecil Hepworth
(11 films)
James Carew
James Carew
(11 films)
Alma Taylor
Alma Taylor
(11 films)
Henry Edwards
Henry Edwards
(5 films)
Eileen Dennes
Eileen Dennes
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Gerald Ames (44 films)

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Actor

A Light Woman
A Light Woman (1928)
, 1h40
Directed by Adrian Brunel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Benita Hume, Gerald Ames
Roles Don Andrea

The Woman Who Obeyed
The Woman Who Obeyed (1923)

Directed by Sidney Morgan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Stewart Rome, Hilda Bayley, Gerald Ames, Nancy Price
Roles Raymond Straithmore

Overbearing husband separates his wife from her children but is reconciled to her after he has accidentally killed their son.
A Royal Divorce
A Royal Divorce (1923)

Directed by Alexander Butler
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical
Themes Théâtre, Political films, Films based on plays, French Revolution films
Actors Gertrude McCoy, Lillian Hall-Davis, Gerald Ames
Roles Marques de Beaumont

Évocation du divorce de l'empereur Napoléon Ier et de son épouse l'impératrice Joséphine.
Tansy
Tansy (1921)

Directed by Cecil Hepworth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Alma Taylor, Gerald Ames, James Carew, Eileen Dennes
Roles Clem Fordrough
Rating68% 3.442273.442273.442273.442273.44227
George Firle (Rolf Leslie) is a shepherd, helped in his work by daughter Tansy (Taylor) who has learned shepherding skills from her father. One evening Tansy slips out of the house after her father has gone to the pub to meet up with farm labourer Clem (Ames). George returns, finds Tansy absent and goes to look for her. He finds her in Clem's caravan, trying to fight off unwanted advances, and rescues her. The owner of the farm hears about the incident and assumes that it shows Tansy's immorality and that she must have been leading Clem on to end up in such a compromising situation. He orders George and Tansy to leave the farm.
Anna the Adventuress
Anna the Adventuress (1920)

Directed by Cecil Hepworth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Alma Taylor, Jean Cadell, James Carew, Gerald Ames, Ronald Colman
Roles Nigel Ennison

Two identical sisters are able to switch places, leading to a series of unfortunate incidents.
Helen of Four Gates
Helen of Four Gates (1920)
, 1h30
Directed by Cecil Hepworth
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Alma Taylor, James Carew, Gerald Ames, John MacAndrews
Roles Hinson
Rating71% 3.5683.5683.5683.5683.568
Helen (Taylor) marries a young man who has poisoned her mind against her other suitor Abel Mason (Carew) by convincing her that there is hereditary madness in the Mason family. Within two years Helen's husband is dead and she is dying. She entrusts her baby daughter to Abel to bring up, as she has no family to call on. Abel agrees to take the baby, but Helen does not realise that it is out of desire to gain revenge on her for rejecting him rather than through any altruistic motive.