Bryan Powley
Bryan Powley | |
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| Born | Bryan Gilbert Powley 16 September 1871 |
| Died | 18 December 1962 (aged 91) |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Evelyn Mary Foster |
| Children | Esmay Margaret |
| Relatives | Nephews: Bruce Belfrage and Cedric Belfrage |
Bryan Gilbert Powley (16 September 1871 – 18 December 1962) was an English stage and film actor.[1][2][3][4][5] He began his career in the silent film era.[6][7]
Life
[edit]Powley was born on 16 September 1871 in Reading, the son of Louisa Jane Tinker and Rev. Matthew Powley.[8] His father was at that time Vicar of Whitley, Reading, and had formerly been Chaplain to the British Community in Málaga, and a Canon in Gibraltar.[9]
On 7 September 1904, Powley married Evelyn Mary Foster at All Saints Church, Hampstead.[10] Evelyn was the daughter of Joseph Foster, the eminent genealogist.[10] On 19 May 1905, Powley and Foster had a daughter, Esmay Margaret Powley.[11]
Powley was uncle to Bruce Belfrage and Cedric Belfrage.[8] He died in Worthing, Sussex, on 18 December 1962.[12][13]
Selected filmography
[edit]- The Harbour Lights (1914)
- Fancy Dress (1919)
- The Nonentity (1921)
- The Old Curiosity Shop (1921)
- Open Country (1922)
- The Glorious Adventure (1922)
- Wee MacGregor's Sweetheart (1922)
- The Poisoned Diamond (1933)
- Cross Currents (1935)
- Moonlight Sonata (1937)
- Love from a Stranger (1937)
- Strange Boarders (1938)
- Old Mother Riley Joins Up (1940)
References
[edit]- ↑ "Who's who in the Theatre: A Biographical Record of the Contemporary Stage". Pitman. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ↑ "Bryan Powley - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ↑ "Bryan Powley". Archived from the original on 18 January 2009.
- ↑ "Bryan Powley".
- ↑ "Bryan Powley - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ↑ Noble, Peter (7 June 2019). "The British Film Yearbook". British Yearbooks. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- ↑ Connelly, Robert B. (7 June 1998). The Silents: Silent Feature Films, 1910-36. December Press. ISBN 9780913204368. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 Belfrage, Bruce (7 June 2019). One man in his time. Hodder and Stoughton. OCLC 7897336.
- ↑ Oxford, University of (7 June 1888). "Alumni Oxonienses: The Members of the University of Oxford, 1715-1886 ..." Parker and Company. Retrieved 7 June 2019 – via Google Books.
- 1 2 Marriage Register of All Saints Church, Hampstead, 1904, p.212
- ↑ "Ancestry® - Genealogy, Family Trees & Family History Records". www.ancestry.co.uk. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
- ↑ "Death Notice". The Times. 19 December 1962. p. 1.
- ↑ Obituary in The Stage Year Book. Published by Carson & Comerford Limited, 1963
External links
[edit]- Bryan Powley at IMDb
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