Patrick Aherne
Patrick DeLacy Aherne (born January 6, 1901 in Kings Norton , Worcestershire , England , † September 30, 1970 in Woodland Hills , California ) was a British actor .
life and work
Patrick "Pat" Aherne was the son of the architect William de Lacey Aherne (1870–1945) and his wife Louise Thomas (1871–1944). His younger brother Brian Aherne was also an actor. Patrick Aherne was married to the comedy actress Renee Houston (1902–1980), they had two biological and two other adopted children. He died of cancer in 1970 at the age of 69.
Aherne took part in around 60 films and several television series between the 1920s and 1950s. In the 1920s, he was a popular leading man of British cinema, which, however, because of a hearing impairment at the beginning of Tonfilmes suffered a career setback. Afterwards he mostly played only minor supporting roles, first until the mid-1940s in Great Britain, then later in Hollywood after his relocation to the United States. There he played mostly dignified figures such as generals, doctors or aristocrats. He played his last minor role in 1957 as a court usher in the prosecution's witness .
Filmography (selection)
- 1924: The Cost of Beauty
- 1926: Blinkeyes
- 1926: The Game Chicken
- 1926: The Ball of Fortune
- 1927: Hunting Tower
- 1929: City of Play
- 1934: The Return of Bulldog Drummond
- 1937: The Stoker
- 1939: Test flight QE 97 (Q Planes)
- 1943: Thursday's Child
- 1943: Warn That Man
- 1945: Dream without End (Dead of Night)
- 1947: Amber, the great courtesan (Forever Amber)
- 1947: If Winter Comes
- 1947: The Paradine Case (The Paradine Case)
- 1947: Typhoon (Green Dolphin Street)
- 1948: Torment of Love (A Women's Vegenance)
- 1950: Rogues Of Sherwood Forest ( Robin Hood's Retribution )
- 1950: Rocket Moon launches (Roketship XM)
- 1951: Soldiers Three
- 1951: The Day the Earth Stood Still (The Day the Earth Stood Still)
- 1952: Bwana Devil (Bwana Devil)
- 1952: The Condemned Ship (Botany Bay)
- 1953: The sinking of the Titanic (Titanic)
- 1953: Secret Command Africa (The Royal African Rifles)
- 1953: The Desert Rats (The Desert Rats)
- 1954: The Laughing Bomb (Knock on Wood)
- 1955: The Court Jester (The Court Jester)
- 1956: The Man Who Knew Too Much (The Man Who Knew Too Much)
- 1957: Witness for the Prosecution (Witness for the Prosecution)
Web links
- Patrick Aherne in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Patrick Aherne in the database of Find a Grave (English)
- Patrick Aherne on starscolor.com (filmography and photos)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Patrick Aherne on thepeerage.com , accessed September 11, 2016.
- ↑ William De Lacey Aherne (1870-1945). on records.ancestry.com, accessed February 25, 2013.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Aherne, Patrick |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | DeLacy Aherne, Patrick (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 6, 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kings Norton , Worcestershire , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 30, 1970 |
| Place of death | Woodland Hills , California |