Roy Emerton


Roy Emerton was a British film actor.
Earlier in his life, he was a sailor, stoker, docker, railway worker, and miner and served in the First World War. He played in a great number of popular London stage plays and shows, including Shakespeare, as well as film work.

Partial filmography

  • Shadows - Captain
  • The Sign of Four - The Tattooed Man
  • That Night in London - Captain Paulson
  • The Lash - Steve
  • Java Head - Broadrick
  • Lorna Doone - Carver Doone
  • The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes - Boss McGinty
  • It Happened in Paris - Gendarme
  • Tudor Rose - Squire
  • Pot Luck - Berkeley
  • Everything Is Thunder - Kostner
  • The Great Barrier - Moody
  • Big Fella - Spike
  • Doctor Syn - Capt. Howard Collyer, R.N.
  • The Last Adventurers - John Arkell
  • I, Claudius - Octavius
  • The Drum - Wafadar
  • Convict 99 - Colonial
  • The Gang Show - Pearson, Theatre Royal Proprietor
  • Everything Happens to Me
  • Q Planes - Viking First Mate
  • Home from Home - Bill Burton
  • The Good Old Days - Grimes
  • Busman's Honeymoon - Noakes
  • The Case of the Frightened Lady - Gilder
  • The Thief of Bagdad - Jailer
  • Old Mother Riley's Circus - Santley, circus owner
  • The Young Mr. Pitt - Dan Mendoza
  • The Man in Grey - Gamekeeper
  • The Adventures of Tartu - Plant Guard / Member of Underground
  • Time Flies - Capt. John Smith
  • Welcome, Mr. Washington - Selby
  • Love Story - Cornish Fisherman
  • Henry V - Lieutenant Bardolph