C. V. France

Charles Vernon France was a British actor, usually credited as C. V. France.

Stage career

France appeared in William Somerset Maugham's 1932 play For Services Rendered: A Play in Three Acts and Maurice Baring's 1912 drama The Grey Stocking: A Play in Four Acts.
France's stage acting was singled out for praise in Maugham's 1938 literary memoir, The Summing Up: "…But there is one actor whom, since he has never reached the rank of a star, and so has hardly received the recognition that he deserves, I should like to mention. This is C. V. France. He has acted in several of my plays. He has never played a part in which he has not been admirable. He has represented to the smallest particular the character that I had in my mind’s eye. It would be difficult to find on the English stage a more competent, intelligent, and versatile actor".

Complete filmography

The Blue Bird – TimeEugene Aram – Squire LesterThe Burgomaster of Stilemonde The Loves of Robert Burns – Lord FarquharThe Skin Game – Mr. Hillcrist – The HillcristsThese Charming People – MinxBlack Coffee – Sir Claude AmoryA Night Like This – Micky the MailerLord Edgware Dies – Lord EdgwareRoyal Cavalcade – FatherScrooge – Spirit of Christmas FutureTudor Rose – Clergy at Execution Broken Blossoms – High PriestCrime Over London – Victoria the Great – Archbishop of CanterburyA Yank at Oxford – Dean SnodgrassStrange Boarders – Col. Lionel AnstrutherIf I Were King – Father VillonThe Ware Case – JudgeCheer Boys Cheer – Tom GreenleafTen Days in Paris – General de GuermantesNight Train to Munich – Admiral HassingerBreach of Promise – MorganWent the Day Well? – Mr Ashton, the vicarThe Halfway House – Mr. Truscott, SolicitorIt Happened One Sunday – Magistrate