Bramwell Fletcher
Bramwell Fletcher | |
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![]() Publicity photo, L.A. Times, September 18, 1932, for the play As Husbands Go by Rachel Crothers. | |
Born |
Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England | 20 February 1904
Died |
22 June 1988 84) Westmoreland, New Hampshire, U.S. | (aged
Occupation | Actor |
Spouse(s) |
Susan Robinson (m. 1950–19??) Lael Tucker Wertenbaker (m. 1970) |
Children | 3 |
Bramwell Fletcher (20 February 1904 in Bradford, West Riding of Yorkshire, England – 22 June 1988 in Westmoreland, New Hampshire) was an English stage, film, and television actor.[1]
Career
Fletcher appeared on the stage in 1927 and made his Broadway debut in 1929. Hollywood and sound films soon beckoned. He made his first film in 1928, S.O.S. Fletcher co-starred in Warner Brothers' 1931 film Svengali with actor John Barrymore, whose daughter Diana would marry Fletcher a decade later. He had a brief, but notable appearance in The Mummy (1932) as the assistant gone mad. In 1943, he abandoned films for the theatre and television. He wrote and acted in the critically successful 1965 play The Bernard Shaw Story.[2]
Personal life
His first two wives were actresses. He was married to Helen Chandler from 1935 to 1940 and Diana Barrymore from 1942 to 1946.[3] Both marriages ended in divorce. In 1950 he married Susan Robinson and had 3 children. In 1970 he married Lael Tucker Wertenbaker living with her in Nelson, New Hampshire, moving to Keene in 1985. He remained with her until his death in 1988.[4]
Complete filmography
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- Chick (1928)
- S.O.S. (1928)
- To What Red Hell (1929)
- So This Is London (1930)
- Raffles (1930)
- The Millionaire (1931)
- Svengali (1931)
- Men of the Sky (1931)
- Daughter of the Dragon (1931)
- Once a Lady (1931)
- The Silent Witness (1932)
- A Bill of Divorcement (1932) (uncredited)
- The Face on the Barroom Floor (1932)
- The Mummy (1932)
- The Monkey's Paw (1933)
- Only Yesterday (1933)
- The Right to Romance (1933)
- Nana (1934) (uncredited)
- The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934)
- Line Engaged (1935)
- The Undying Monster (1942)
- White Cargo (1942)
- Random Harvest (1942)
- Immortal Sergeant (1943)
- Bread of Freedom (1952 TV movie)
- Drama Into Opera: Oedipus Rex (1961 TV movie)
References
- ↑ "Bramwell Fletcher". BFI.
- ↑ "Bramwell Fletcher movies, photos, movie reviews, filmography, and biography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ↑ "Companions for Bramwell Fletcher". Turner Classic Movies.
- ↑ "Bramwell Fletcher". The New York Times. 24 June 1988.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Bramwell Fletcher. |
- Bramwell Fletcher on IMDb
- Bramwell Fletcher at the Internet Broadway Database
- Bramwell Fletcher at AllMovie
- Obituary in The New York Times
- Bramwell Fletcher papers, 1934-1981, held by the Billy Rose Theatre Division, New York Public Library for the Performing Arts