Nelson Keys

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The Strand Magazine, January 1921

Nelson Keys (7 April 1886 in

film actor,[1][2] a star in musical comedy and stage revue, including the 1924 Ziegfeld Follies.[3]

He was the father of film producer Anthony Nelson Keys and director John Paddy Carstairs, who wrote his biography, Bunch in 1941.[3]

Filmography

Year Title Role Notes
1916 Judged by Appearances
1918 Once Upon a Time Harry Gwynne
1923 Castles in the Air
1927 Tip Toes Al Kaye
1927 Madame Pompadour Duc de Courcelette
1927 Mumsie Spud Murphy
1928 The Triumph of the Scarlet Pimpernel Robespierre
1929 When Knights Were Bold Sir Guy de Vere
1929 Splinters
1931 Almost a Divorce Richard Leighton
1933 Send 'em Back Half Dead Hank Ruck Short
1936 Eliza Comes to Stay Sir Gregory
1936 The Last Journey The Frenchman
1936 In the Soup Emile Moppert
1936 Dreams Come True Anton
1937 Wake Up Famous Alfred Dimbleden
1937 Knights for a Day Bert Wrigley (final film role)

References

  1. ^ "Nelson Keys - Theatricalia".
  2. ^ "Nelson Keys | BFI". Ftvdb.bfi.org.uk. 26 April 1939. Archived from the original on 25 October 2008. Retrieved 14 December 2016.
  3. ^ – via Google Books.

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