Roger Maxwell (actor)
Roger Maxwell | |||||||||||||||
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Born | Roger Done Latham 1 January 1900 | ||||||||||||||
Died | 24 November 1971 | (aged 71)||||||||||||||
Occupation | Actor | ||||||||||||||
Years active | 1927–1971 | ||||||||||||||
Cricket information | |||||||||||||||
Batting | Unknown | ||||||||||||||
Domestic team information | |||||||||||||||
Years | Team | ||||||||||||||
1920 | Marylebone Cricket Club | ||||||||||||||
Career statistics | |||||||||||||||
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Source: Roger Latham at ESPNcricinfo |
Roger Maxwell real name Roger Done Latham (1 January 1900 – 24 November 1971) was an English actor and first-class cricketer.[1][2]
The son of Alexander Mere Latham, he was born at
First World War ongoing, Maxwell attended the Royal Military College, Sandhurst from which he graduated into the Middlesex Regiment as a second lieutenant in August 1918.[4] Following the war, he was promoted to lieutenant in September 1921, which was antedated to February 1920.[5] Maxwell played first-class cricket for the Marylebone Cricket Club (MCC) against the British Army cricket team at Lord's in June 1920.[6] Batting once in the match, he ended the MCC's first innings unbeaten on 16, sharing in a 58 runs stand for the final wicket with Richard Busk.[7]
Progressing into a career in acting, Maxwell's first role was in the 1927 docudrama The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands.[3] On stage he appeared in the West End in
Ian Hay's Leave It to Psmith and Off the Record, Terence Rattigan's Who Is Sylvia? and Peter Jones's The Party Spirit
.
In 1959, he was a member of the jury at the Venice Film Festival.[8]
Maxwell died on the Isle of Man at Onchan in November 1971.[9]
Filmography
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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1927 | The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands | ||
1938 | Save a Little Sunshine | Hector Stanley | |
1949 | Badger's Green | Sir John | |
1949 | Stop Press Girl | Director | Uncredited |
1950 | Ha'penny Breeze | Mr. Simmonds | |
1951 | Mister Drake's Duck | Col. Maitland | |
1951 | Night Was Our Friend | Colonel | |
1952 | Song of Paris | Weldon | |
1952 | Treasure Hunt | Military-Looking Man | Uncredited |
1952 | Girdle of Gold | Chairman of the Bench | |
1953 | Deadly Nightshade | Col. Smythe | |
1953 | The Steel Key | ||
1953 | Glad Tidings | Uncredited | |
1954 | John Wesley | General Holt | |
1955 | No Smoking | Major | |
1955 | The Cockleshell Heroes | Passenger on train | Uncredited |
1956 | Keep It Clean | General Ponsonby-Goreham | |
1956 | Reach for the Sky | Pantiles | Uncredited |
1959 | The Captain's Table | Fred | Uncredited |
1960 | A Touch of Larceny | Club Member #2 | |
1960 | The Angry Silence | Collins | |
1963 | The Cracksman | Magistrate | Uncredited |
1965 | Doctor Zhivago | Beef-Faced Colonel | |
1970 | The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer | Party chairman | |
1971 | Dad's Army | General Wilkinson "Peppery Old Gent" | (final film role) |
References
- ^ "Roger Maxwell". BFI. Archived from the original on 16 May 2019.
- ^ "Roger Maxwell - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ a b Noble, Peter (1959). British Film and Television Year Book. Vol. 9. Cinema TV Today. p. 183.
- ^ "No. 30893". The London Gazette (Supplement). 10 September 1918. p. 10721.
- ^ "No. 32469". The London Gazette (Supplement). 27 September 1921. p. 7622.
- ^ "First-Class Matches played by Roger Latham". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Marylebone Cricket Club v Army, 1920". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 October 2021.
- ^ "Roger Maxwell". IMDb.
- Kent & Sussex Courier. 7 July 1972. p. 44
External links
- Roger Maxwell at IMDb
- Roger Maxwell at the Internet Broadway Database