Lumsden Hare
Francis Lumsden Hare (born October 17, 1874 or April 27, 1875 in Tipperary , Munster , Ireland , † August 28, 1964 in Beverly Hills , California , United States ) was an Irish film and stage actor who worked in the United States for decades .
Life
Lumsden Hare immigrated to the United States from Ireland at a young age . On Broadway in New York , he starred from 1900 to 1942 in more than 35 pieces. On the side he also worked as a producer or director of some pieces. He made his film debut in 1916, and around 140 other films and a few television appearances were to follow over the next few decades. In the first years of his film career, he mainly played leading roles, from the 1920s he switched to supporting roles. Mostly he embodied respectable Britons, for example officers, aristocrats, doctors or priests. It was used particularly often in literary films or period films. His best-known films include Uprising in Sidi Hakim , Rebecca , Northwest Passage and The Fate of Irene Forsyte . From the 1940s, his film appearances were often limited to a few seconds, but Hare remained active as a film and television actor until 1961.
Lumsden Hare died in 1964 at the age of 89. His first marriage was to Frances Rutledge, and from another marriage to Selene Johnson there was a daughter named Nora.
Filmography (selection)
- 1917: Barbary Sheep
- 1917: National Red Cross Pageant
- 1922: Sherlock Holmes
- 1929: The Black Watch
- 1929: Salute
- 1930: So This Is London
- 1931: Svengali
- 1931: Arrowsmith
- 1933: His Double Life
- 1934: The Rothschilds (The House of Rothschild)
- 1935: Crusader - Richard the Lionheart (The Crusades)
- 1935: Folies Bergère de Paris
- 1935: Cardinal Richelieu
- 1935: Battle for India (Clive of India)
- 1935: The Three Musketeers
- 1935: Bengali
- 1936: A Princess for America (The Princess Comes Across)
- 1936: Signals to London (Lloyd's of London)
- 1936: Under Two Flags (Under Two Flagg)
- 1936: The Last of the Mohicans (The Last of the Mohicans)
- 1936: The Treason of Surat Khan (The Charge of the Light Brigade)
- 1937: The Life of Emile Zola (The Life of Emile Zola)
- 1937: The Last of Mrs. Cheyney
- 1939: Uprising in Sidi Hakim (Gunga Din)
- 1939: Chain convict in Australia (Captain Fury)
- 1940: Northwest Passage (Northwest Passage)
- 1940: Rebecca
- 1940: A Dispatch from Reuters
- 1941: Doctor and Demon (Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde)
- 1941: suspected (Suspicion)
- 1941: Hudson's Bay
- 1942: This Above All
- 1943: Ambassador to Moscow (Mission to Moscow)
- 1943: For ever and a day (Forever and a Day)
- 1943: Jack London
- 1943: Holy Matrimony
- 1944: The Lodger
- 1944: The Canterville Ghost (The Canterville Ghost)
- 1945: Jungle Queen
- 1945: Under the black flag (Captain Kidd)
- 1945: The Picture of Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray)
- 1946: The Legacy (The Green Years)
- 1947: The Paradine Case (The Paradine Case)
- 1947: Ivy
- 1947: The Exile
- 1947: The Double Life of Walter Mitty (The Secret Life of Walter Mitty)
- 1948: Lassie's home (Hills of Home)
- 1948: Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid)
- 1949: Lassie in Need (Challenge to Lassie)
- 1949: The Fate of Irene Forsyte (That Forsythe Woman)
- 1950: Love under Black Sails (Fortunes of Captain Blood)
- 1951: The Lady and the Bandit
- 1951: Rommel, der Wüstenfuchs (The Desert Fox)
- 1953: The Heir apparent (Young Bess)
- 1953: Julius Caesar
- 1954: The Talisman (King Richard and the Crusaders)
- 1959: French beds (Count Your Blessings)
- 1959: The Four Skulls of Jonathan Drake
Web links
- Lumsden Hare in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Eugene Michael Vazzana: Silent film Necrology. McFarland, 2001, ISBN 978-0-7864-1059-0 limited preview in Google Book Search
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SURNAME | Hare, Lumsden |
ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Hare, Francis Lumsden (full name) |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish film and stage actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 17, 1874 or April 27, 1875 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Tipperary , Munster , Ireland |
DATE OF DEATH | August 28, 1964 |
Place of death | Beverly Hills , California , United States |