David Hawthorne (actor)

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David Hawthorne
Stage actor
Years active1920 - 1937

David Hawthorne (22 May 1888 – 18 June 1942) was a British

silent era, but later switched to character roles.[3] One of his more notable roles was that of Rob Roy MacGregor in the 1922 film Rob Roy.[4][5]

His stage work included the original

Comedy Theatre survives, showing him as a detective interviewing a witness, as filmed for Pathé News.[10]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "David Hawthorne - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  2. ^ "David Hawthorne". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 March 2016.
  3. – via Google Books.
  4. ^ Richards p.187
  5. ^ "ARTS NEWS: Rob Roy silent film to open film festival, Queen portrait for Holyroodhouse, YDance win award". HeraldScotland. 30 November 2018.
  6. ^ "Production of Sirocco - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  7. – via Google Books.
  8. – via Google Books.
  9. ^ "BFI Screenonline: Laburnum Grove (1936) Credits". www.screenonline.org.uk.
  10. ^ Pathé, British. "Busman's Honeymoon". www.britishpathe.com.

Bibliography

  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918-1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.
  • Richards, Jeffrey. Films and British National Identity: From Dickens to Dad's Army. Manchester University Press, 1997.

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