Eliot Makeham

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Eliot Makeham (born December 22, 1882 as Harold Elliott Makeham in London , England , † February 8, 1956 , ibid) was a British actor.

life and career

Eliot Makeham began his acting career in the theater. It wasn't until 1931, when he was almost 50 years old, that he made his cinema debut in the short film The Lame Duck . Until the year of his death, the short character actor played in a total of over 130 film productions, mostly in rather comical supporting roles as an oppressed husband or employee. In Carol Reed's Night Train to Munich (1940) he played the German Schwab, who dropped a derogatory comment against the National Socialists and was then intimidated. One of Makeham's best-known roles today is the corrupt governor from the adventure film The Red Corsair (1952) with Burt Lancaster . Towards the end of his life he also starred in some early television series from the UK.

From 1919 he was married to Johanna DeVries, the marriage ended with her death in 1931; from 1934 until his death he was married to Betty Shale. He died in February 1956 at the age of 74 in his native London.

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Eliot Makeham at Allmovie
personal data
SURNAME Makeham, Eliot
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Makeham, Harold Elliott (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British theater and film actor
DATE OF BIRTH December 22, 1882
PLACE OF BIRTH London , England
DATE OF DEATH February 8, 1956
Place of death London , England