Gibb McLaughlin

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Gibb McLaughlin (born July 19, 1884 in Sunderland , United Kingdom , † November 27, 1960 allegedly in London ) was a British actor .

Live and act

McLaughlin has been an actor since 1911 when he appeared at the theater under the direction of Robert Courtneidge. Gibb McLaughlin made early appearances in the plays " Princess Caprice " and " The Arcadians ". With “ The Belle of New York ” he went on tour through Great Britain, in 1913 he celebrated his first success at the London Comedy Theater with the plays “ Strife ” and “ Jim the Penman ”.

Gibb McLaughlin made his film debut in 1920 when he played the minor role of Satan in " Beyond the Dreams of Avarice ". In the following four decades, the skinny actor with the distinctive, sunken face, the huge nose and the worried to sinister expression played an abundance of small to the smallest roles; both in B-films and in ambitious large-scale productions such as The Private Life of Henry VIII , Catherine the Great , The Scarlet Flower , Caesar and Cleopatra and Oliver Twist . In 1933 he was seen with the leading role of Sir Grant Rayburn in the drama “ High Finance ”; the artist had another leading role at the end of 1937 with the eponymous Mr. Reeder in the adaptation of an Edgar Wallace model, “ Mr. Reeder in Room 13 ", receive.

McLaughlin batches in fact reflect the entire range of minor roles: he embodied officials, clergy, electricians, porters, executioners, spies, generals and representatives of the high nobility. Despite his intensive work for the cinema and, most recently, for British television, Gibb McLaughlin remained primarily connected to the stage and also appeared regularly on smaller stages in London after 1945.

Filmography

  • 1920: Beyond the Dreams of Avarice
  • 1921: The Road to London
  • 1922: The Bohemian Girl
  • 1922: The Pointing Finger
  • 1923: Three to One Against
  • 1923: Constant Hot Water
  • 1924: Odd Tricks
  • 1925: The Only Way
  • 1925: Nell Gwynne
  • 1926: A Child of the Street (London)
  • 1926: The House of Marney
  • 1927: The King's Maitresse (Madame Pompadour)
  • 1927: Poppies of Flanders
  • 1927: The White Sheik
  • 1928: The Farmer's Wife
  • 1928: Eileen of Trees
  • 1928: Secret marriage (Kitty)
  • 1928: The Silent House
  • 1929: Power Over Men
  • 1930: The W Plan
  • 1930: The Nipper
  • 1931: Sally in Our Alley
  • 1931: Jealousy
  • 1931: Congress Dances
  • 1932: Goodnight Vienna
  • 1932: White Face
  • 1932: The Love Contract
  • 1933: The Private Life of Henry VIII. (The Private Life of Henry VIII.)
  • 1933: Bitter Sweet
  • 1933: High Finance
  • 1933: Dick Turpin
  • 1934: Catherine the Great (Catherine the Great)
  • 1934: Yours is my heart (Blossom Time)
  • 1934: Little Friend
  • 1934: Chu Chin Chow
  • 1934: Jud Suss ( Jew Suss )
  • 1934: The Scarlet Flower (The Scarlet Pimpernel)
  • 1935: The Iron Duke
  • 1935: Struensee - My Heart of the Queen (The Dictator)
  • 1935: Bulldog Jack
  • 1935: Drake of England
  • 1935: The Dubarry (I Give My Heart)
  • 1935: Hyde Park Corner
  • 1936: Broken Blossoms
  • 1936: Juggernaut
  • 1936: All in
  • 1936: Irish for Luck
  • 1937: You Live and Learn
  • 1937: Mr. Reeder in Room 13
  • 1938: Consenting Adults (Break the News)
  • 1938: Thirteen Men and a Gun
  • 1939: Hey Hey USA!
  • 1939: Confidential Lady
  • 1939: Bravo George! (Come on George)
  • 1939: Spy for a Day
  • 1940: Spellbound
  • 1940: Freedom Radio
  • 1941: The Governor of Pennsylvania (Penn of Pennsylvania)
  • 1941: The Young Mr. Pitt
  • 1942: Much Too Shy
  • 1942: Tomorrow We Live
  • 1943: My Learned Friend
  • 1944: Give Us the Moon
  • 1944: Champagne Charlie
  • 1945: Caesar and Cleopatra (Caesar and Cleopatra)
  • 1947: Oliver Twist
  • 1948: When Women Dream (Once Upon a Dream)
  • 1948: Pique Dame ( The Queen of Spades )
  • 1949: The Rat of Soho (Night and the City)
  • 1950: The Black Rose (The Black Rose)
  • 1950: Be a Millionaire (The Lavendar Hill Mob)
  • 1952: The Irresistible (The Card)
  • 1952: Top Secret
  • 1952: The Man Who Did n't Know Himself (The Man Who Watched Trains Go By)
  • 1952: Mr. Pickwick (The Pickwick Papers)
  • 1953: I'm the master of the house (Hobson's Choice)
  • 1954: The Brain Machine
  • 1954: Alluring Deep (The Deep Blue Sea)
  • 1955: The Man Who Never Was (The Man Who Never Was)
  • 1956: Flotsam of Passion (Sea Wife)
  • 1957: The Ugly Truth (The Naked Truth)
  • 1958: Too Many Crooks
  • 1959: Charlie Drake (TV movie)
  • 1960: The Missing Page (TV movie)

literature

  • Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 5: L - N. Rudolf Lettinger - Lloyd Nolan. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 202.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ McLaughlin on patheticfacts.com
  2. ↑ all secondary sources name London as the place of death, but the English death register in 1960 does not include Gibb McLaughlin
personal data
SURNAME McLaughlin, Gibb
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH July 19, 1884
PLACE OF BIRTH Sunderland , UK
DATE OF DEATH November 27, 1960
Place of death unsure: London