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 PlaistedBulldog Drummond as AlgyCharming Sinners as GregsonThree Live Ghosts as SpoofyIn the Next Room as Parks Slightly Scarlet as Albert HawkinsSuch Men Are Dangerous as Fred WyndhamMurder Will Out as Alan FitzhughLadies Love Brutes as TailorThe Czar of Broadway as FrancisThe Florodora Girl as Lord RumbleshamMonte Carlo as Prince Otto von LiebenheimReaching for the Moon as Sir Horace Partington ChelmsfordCaptain Applejack as John Jason Meet the Wife as Victor StauntonI Like Your Nerve as Archie LesterPlatinum Blonde as Dawson, the ValetThe Sea Ghost as Percy AtwaterOn the Loose as Mr. Loder's friendThe Unexpected Father as ClaudeTwo White Arms as Dr. BiggashDiamond Cut Diamond as Joe FragsonThe Return of Raffles as BunnyThe Midshipmaid as ChinleyThat's My Wife as Archie TrevorExcess Baggage as Col. Murgatroyd, RSVPSleeping Car as Baron DelandeThe Private Life of Henry VIII as CornellThe Medicine Man as Hon. Freddie WiltshireThose Were the Days as Capt. Horace ValeThe Return of Bulldog Drummond as Algy LongworthThe Lady Is Willing as BrevinThe Private Life of Don Juan as The Duke, as Dukes GoEvery Night at Eight as Mr. Vernon The Dark Angel as Lawrence BidleyThree Live Ghosts as Lord 'Spoofy' BrocktonDracula's Daughter as Sir Aubrey Yellowstone as Guest with Monocole Lady Luck as BriggsLet's Make a Night of It as MontyBulldog Drummond at Bay as Algy LongworthDanger: Love at Work as SalesmanThe Awful Truth as Lord Fabian Kentucky Moonshine as Lord Boffingwell Men Are Such Fools as RudolfBlond Cheat as Lord Basil Sheldon Storm Over Bengal as ReddingArrest Bulldog Drummond as Sir Basil LeghorneCaptain Fury as SucoLillian Russell as Arthur SullivanPride and Prejudice as Mr. Beck The Reluctant Dragon as Sir Giles Charley's American Aunt as Cricket Match SpectatorA 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 BarstowThe Hundred Pound Window as Hon. FreddieThe Captain from Köpenick, aka I Was a Criminal as First Railroad EmployeeKiss the Bride Goodbye as Adolphus PickeringDon Chicago as Lord PiccadillyGaiety George as ArchieDumb Dora Discovers Tobacco as Sir PercivalQuartet as 1st. Clubman The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad as Ratty Hong Kong as Hotel ManagerDown Among the Sheltering Palms as Woolawei Kiss Me Kate as PaulThe Black Shield of Falworth as Sir George