Colin Keith-Johnston
Colin Keith-Johnston | |
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Born | |
Died | 3 January 1980 London | (aged 83)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1927-1959 |
Colin Keith-Johnston MC (8 October 1896 - 3 January 1980) was a British actor.
Keith-Johnston was born in London, the son of Robert Keith-Johnston and Jessy Macfie, and was a prominent actor of the stage.[1][2] As well as film appearances, he appeared onstage as Stanhope in the first production of Journey's End in the United States.[3]
He played hero Mr. Darcy in Helen Jerome's Broadway-hit adaptation of Pride and Prejudice at the Music Box Theatre in 1935.[4] This was a notable role, the first to make Darcy a central part of the love story and to emphasize throughout the play the character's passion for and physical attraction to heroine Elizabeth Bennet.[5] Colin married Margaret Cookson (cousin of actors Marjorie Browne and Joy Launor Heyes) and their son Hugo Keith-Johnston born in 1954 was a successful child actor who appeared in Not In Front of the Children (1968) for BBC Television with Ronald Hines and Wendy Craig.[6]
He fought in World War One as an officer in the
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1927 | Somehow Good | Doctor | |
1929 | Lucky in Love | Captain Brian Fitzroy | |
1933 | Berkeley Square | Tom Pettigrew | |
1934 | Open All Night | Henry | |
1937 | The Price of Folly | Martin | |
1939 | Q Planes | Tower Controller | Uncredited |
1947 | The Exile | Captain Bristol | |
The Paradine Case | Clerk of the Court | Uncredited | |
1948 | Kiss the Blood off My Hands |
Judge | |
Joan of Arc | Philip, Duke of Burgundy | ||
Enchantment | The Eye | ||
1949 | Love Happy | Actor | Uncredited |
1950 | Rogues of Sherwood Forest | Munster | Uncredited |
Fancy Pants | Twombley | ||
1958 | The Left Handed Gun | John Tunstall |
Notes
- ^ "Colin Keith-Johnston | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Colin Keith-Johnston – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ Bordman, p. 381
- ^ "Pride and Prejudice – Broadway Play – Original | IBDB".
- ISBN 978-1421422824.
- ^ "Hugo Keith-Johnston". BFI. Archived from the original on 5 October 2019.
References
- Bordman, Gerald Martin (1995). American Theatre: A Chronicle of Comedy and Drama, 1914-1930. Oxford University Press US. ISBN 0-19-509078-0.
External links
- Colin Keith-Johnston at IMDb
- Colin Keith-Johnston at the Internet Broadway Database