Claud Allister


Claud Allister was an English actor with an extensive film career in both Britain and Hollywood, where he appeared in more than 70 films between 1929 and 1955.

Life and career

He was born in London. After receiving his education at Felsted School in Essex, he began his career as a stockbroker's clerk in the City of London, but gave up a life in the Square Mile on deciding that he preferred the stage, upon which he made his début in 1910.
He toured England's repertory theatres playing minor parts up to the outbreak of World War I, when he was commissioned into the British Army as a subaltern, and saw active service with the Suffolk Regiment and the Machine Gun Corps.
Post-war he returned to acting, appearing in the West End in Bulldog Drummond, and in 1924 went to America to perform on the stage there initially. In 1929 he made his film début in The Trial of Mary Dugan. In 1934 he appeared in the West End in the historical play Mary Read.
Allister died on 26 July 1970 at Santa Barbara, California, aged 81.

Filmography

  • The Trial of Mary Dugan as Henry James Plaisted
  • Bulldog Drummond as Algy
  • Charming Sinners as Gregson
  • Three Live Ghosts as Spoofy
  • In the Next Room as Parks
  • Slightly Scarlet as Albert Hawkins
  • Such Men Are Dangerous as Fred Wyndham
  • Murder Will Out as Alan Fitzhugh
  • Ladies Love Brutes as Tailor
  • The Czar of Broadway as Francis
  • The Florodora Girl as Lord Rumblesham
  • Monte Carlo as Prince Otto von Liebenheim
  • Reaching for the Moon as Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
  • Captain Applejack as John Jason
  • Meet the Wife as Victor Staunton
  • I Like Your Nerve as Archie Lester
  • Platinum Blonde as Dawson, the Valet
  • The Sea Ghost as Percy Atwater
  • On the Loose as Mr. Loder's friend
  • The Unexpected Father as Claude
  • Two White Arms as Dr. Biggash
  • Diamond Cut Diamond as Joe Fragson
  • The Return of Raffles as Bunny
  • The Midshipmaid as Chinley
  • That's My Wife as Archie Trevor
  • Excess Baggage as Col. Murgatroyd, RSVP
  • Sleeping Car as Baron Delande
  • The Private Life of Henry VIII as Cornell
  • The Medicine Man as Hon. Freddie Wiltshire
  • Those Were the Days as Capt. Horace Vale
  • The Return of Bulldog Drummond as Algy Longworth
  • The Lady Is Willing as Brevin
  • The Private Life of Don Juan as The Duke, as Dukes Go
  • Every Night at Eight as Mr. Vernon
  • The Dark Angel as Lawrence Bidley
  • Three Live Ghosts as Lord 'Spoofy' Brockton
  • Dracula's Daughter as Sir Aubrey
  • Yellowstone as Guest with Monocole
  • Lady Luck as Briggs
  • Let's Make a Night of It as Monty
  • Bulldog Drummond at Bay as Algy Longworth
  • Danger: Love at Work as Salesman
  • The Awful Truth as Lord Fabian
  • Kentucky Moonshine as Lord Boffingwell
  • Men Are Such Fools as Rudolf
  • Blond Cheat as Lord Basil Sheldon
  • Storm Over Bengal as Redding
  • Arrest Bulldog Drummond as Sir Basil Leghorne
  • Captain Fury as Suco
  • Lillian Russell as Arthur Sullivan
  • Pride and Prejudice as Mr. Beck
  • The Reluctant Dragon as Sir Giles
  • Charley's American Aunt as Cricket Match Spectator
  • A Yank in the R.A.F. as Officer/Motorist
  • Never Give a Sucker an Even Break as Bitten Englishman
  • Confirm or Deny as William
  • Don't Get Personal as Sir Cecil
  • Forever and a Day as William Barstow
  • The Hundred Pound Window as Hon. Freddie
  • The Captain from Köpenick, aka I Was a Criminal as First Railroad Employee
  • Kiss the Bride Goodbye as Adolphus Pickering
  • Don Chicago as Lord Piccadilly
  • Gaiety George as Archie
  • Dumb Dora Discovers Tobacco as Sir Percival
  • Quartet as 1st. Clubman
  • The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad as Ratty
  • Hong Kong as Hotel Manager
  • Down Among the Sheltering Palms as Woolawei
  • Kiss Me Kate as Paul
  • The Black Shield of Falworth as Sir George