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Arthur Margetson is a Actor British born on 26 april 1887 at London (United-kingdom)

Arthur Margetson

Arthur Margetson
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 26 april 1887 at London (United-kingdom)
Death 13 august 1951 (at 64 years)

Arthur Margetson (27 April 1887 – 13 August 1951) was a British stage and film actor.

Usually with

O. B. Clarence
O. B. Clarence
(4 films)
Laurence Hanray
Laurence Hanray
(4 films)
Aubrey Mallalieu
Aubrey Mallalieu
(4 films)
Gibb McLaughlin
Gibb McLaughlin
(4 films)
Eliot Makeham
Eliot Makeham
(3 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Arthur Margetson (24 films)

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Actor

Sherlock Holmes Faces Death
Sherlock Holmes Faces Death (1943)
, 1h8
Directed by Roy William Neill
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Basil Rathbone, Nigel Bruce, Dennis Hoey, Arthur Margetson, Milburn Stone, Hillary Brooke
Roles Dr. Bob Sexton
Rating68% 3.4478853.4478853.4478853.4478853.447885
Dr. Watson is serving as resident doctor at Musgrave Hall in Northumberland, a stately home which is also used as a hospital for a number of servicemen suffering from shell shock.
Thumbs Up
Thumbs Up (1943)
, 1h7
Directed by Joseph Santley
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Musical
Themes Musical films, Political films
Actors Brenda Joyce, Richard Fraser, Elsa Lanchester, Arthur Margetson, J. Pat O'Malley, Queenie Leonard
Roles Bert Lawrence
Rating56% 2.8286252.8286252.8286252.8286252.828625
For a publicity stunt to boost her career an American nightclub singer volunteers for a stint in a British munitions factory. She is so impressed by the spirit of her fellow workers that she decides to stay on.
Random Harvest
Random Harvest (1942)
, 2h5
Directed by Mervyn LeRoy
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Romance
Themes Medical-themed films, Films about psychiatry, Films about disabilities
Actors Ronald Colman, Greer Garson, Philip Dorn, Susan Peters, Henry Travers, Margaret Wycherly
Roles Chetwynd
Rating78% 3.9448053.9448053.9448053.9448053.944805
"John Smith" (Ronald Colman) is a British officer who was gassed and became shell shocked in the trenches during the First World War. He is confined to an asylum as an unidentified inmate because he has lost his memory and has trouble speaking. When the war ends, jubilation erupts in the nearby town of Melbridge and the gatekeepers abandon their posts to join the celebration. With no one to stop him, Smith simply wanders off.
Commandos Strike at Dawn
Commandos Strike at Dawn (1942)
, 1h38
Directed by John Farrow, Harve Foster
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Paul Muni, Anna Lee, Lillian Gish, Cedric Hardwicke, Robert Coote, Ray Collins
Roles German Colonel
Rating64% 3.238763.238763.238763.238763.23876
Erik Toresen (Paul Muni), a widower and peaceful man, is stirred to violence after the Nazis occupy his quiet Norwegian fishing village. German abuses lead Erik to form a Resistance group. He kills the head of the Nazis occupying his village, and then escapes to Britain, and guides some British Commandos to a raid on a secret airstrip the Germans are building on the Norwegian coast.
Return to Yesterday
Return to Yesterday (1940)
, 1h9
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty, Hartley Power, Milton Rosmer, Olga Lindo
Roles Osbert
Rating62% 3.139663.139663.139663.139663.13966
A British Hollywood star disappears and returns to the small seaside town where he had once worked as a struggling actor at the local theatre. Without anyone realising who he is, he agrees to appear in the theatre's latest production and falls in love with the leading lady.
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared
The Nursemaid Who Disappeared (1939)

Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Arthur Margetson, Peter Coke, Lesley Brook, Joyce Kennedy, Edward Chapman, Coral Browne
Roles Det. Antony Gethryn

In this thriller, a playwright overhears a gang of men plotting a kidnapping and enlists the assistance of a detective to investigate them. They soon find the ring is fronted by a bogus employment agency that sends "clients" to check out potential victims. Action ensues as they endeavor to stop them.
The Return of Carol Deane
The Return of Carol Deane (1938)
, 1h16
Directed by Arthur B. Woods
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Crime
Actors Bebe Daniels, Peter Coke, Arthur Margetson, Chili Bouchier, David Burns, Aubrey Mallalieu
Roles Mark Poynton

In the London of 1912, Carol Deane (Daniels) becomes famous for a portrait of her painted by artist Mark Poynton (Arthur Margetson), who is infatuated with her. Carol however marries Lord Robert Brenning (Michael Drake), much to the chagrin of Poynton. She gives birth to a son then with the outbreak of World War I, Lord Robert goes off to fight on the Western Front while Carol becomes a nurse. Poynton is admitted as a patient to Carol's hospital, and tells her he is still in love with her. Carol tries to make light of his persistence, but after being released Poynton calls her to insist that she come to see him, threatening that if she does not, he will make her the subject of a public scandal. Carol goes to visit Poynton, who pulls a gun on her, demanding that she return to live with him. There is a struggle, during which Carol accidentally shoots Poynton dead.
Action for Slander
Action for Slander (1937)
, 1h23
Directed by Tim Whelan
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Clive Brook, Ann Todd, Margaretta Scott, Arthur Margetson, Ronald Squire, Athole Stewart
Roles Capt. Hugh Bradford
Rating64% 3.2204453.2204453.2204453.2204453.220445
Major George Daviot is left by his wife Ann due to their growing estrangement and her knowledge that he has fallen in love with another woman, Josie Bradford, the wife of one of his fellow officers. Daviot goes off with friends for a weekend party at a country house attended by a number of prominent figures including businessmen and politicians as well as Captain Bradford and his wife. The tension between Bradford and Daviot is obvious during grouse shooting as Bradford is clearly aware of Daviot's affair with his wife.
Broken Blossoms
Broken Blossoms (1936)
, 1h18
Directed by John Brahm
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Romance
Actors Arthur Margetson, Emlyn Williams, Basil Radford, C.V. France, Gibb McLaughlin, Dolly Haas
Roles Battling Burrows
Rating53% 2.6909652.6909652.6909652.6909652.690965
A Chinese missionary comes to London where he works in the slums and helps a young girl being ill-treated by her abusive father.
Juggernaut
Juggernaut (1936)
, 1h4
Directed by Henry Edwards
Origin United-kingdom
Actors Boris Karloff, Arthur Margetson, Mona Goya, Morton Selten, Nina Boucicault, Gibb McLaughlin
Roles Roger Clifford
Rating48% 2.419382.419382.419382.419382.41938
Victor Sartorius (Karloff) is an ailing doctor working in Morocco. He teams up with Lady Yvonne Clifford (Mona Goya) in a plot to poison her husband, Sir Charles Clifford (Morton Selten), so he can collect the 20,000 pounds necessary to save his experiments and his funding. Roger Clifford (Arthur Margetson), the son of Sir Charles has also been marked for death. The only one who can stop the murder plot of Sartorius is Nurse Eve Rowe (Joan Wyndham).