Alexander Field was an English

England

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 actor born 6 June 1892 in London

London

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, England

England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. It shares land borders with Scotland to the north and Wales to the west; the Irish Sea is to the north west, the Celtic Sea to the south west, with the North Sea to the east and the English Channel to the south separating it from continental...

, UK and died 17 August 1971, also in London

London

London is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...

, England

England

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, UK, aged 79.

Career

He first appeared on stage at the London Palladium

London Palladium

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 in 1912 and in the following year at the Gaiety Theatre

Gaiety Theatre

The Gaiety Theatre is a theatre on South King Street in Dublin, Ireland, off Grafton Street and close to St. Stephen's Green. It specialises in operatic and musical productions, with occasional dramatic shows.-History:Designed by architect C.J...

 in Manchester

Manchester

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. He joined Sir Philip Ben Greet's Shakespearian productions and remained with them for some time. He also played in some silent pictures before World War I

World War I

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. He served in the war and after demobilisation, he continued his stage and film careers.

Partial filmography

• The Crooked Billet
  The Crooked Billet
  The Crooked Billet is a 1929 British drama film directed by Adrian Brunel and starring Madeleine Carroll, Carlyle Blackwell and Miles Mander.-Cast:* Carlyle Blackwell - Dietrich Hebburn* Madeleine Carroll - Joan Easton* Miles Mander - Guy Morrow...
  
  (1929)
• Call of the Sea
  Call of the Sea
  -Plot:Lt. Cmdr. Good is a naval officer who goes on an extensive search for his long-lost friend who mysteriously disappeared on a tropical island-Cast:*Henry Edwards.....Lt Cmdr. Good*Chrissie White.....Iris Tares*Bernard Nedell.....Ramon Tares...
  
  (1930)
• When London Sleeps
  When London Sleeps
  When London Sleeps is a British crime film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring Harold French, Francis L. Sullivan, Diana Beaumont and René Ray. It was filmed at Twickenham Studios in west London. It was based on a play by Charles Darrell....
  
  (1932)
• The Crooked Lady
  The Crooked Lady
  The Crooked Lady is a 1932 British drama film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott and starring George Graves, Isobel Elsom, Ursula Jeans and Austin Trevor. It was filmed at Twickenham Studios....
  
  (1932)
• The Double Event (1934)
• Waterloo (1937)
• The Dark Eyes of London (1939)
• The Torso Murder Mystery (1939)
• Here Come the Huggetts
  Here Come the Huggetts
  Here Come the Huggetts is a 1948 British film, the first of the Huggetts Trilogy about a working class English family. All three films were directed by Ken Annakin and released by Gainsborough Pictures....
  
  (1948)
• Waterfront Woman (1950)
• Secret Venture
  Secret Venture
  Secret Venture is a 1955 British B-movie thriller film directed by R. G. Springsteen and starring Kent Taylor, Jane Hylton and Kathleen Byron.-Plot:...
  
  (1955)
• The Pleasure Lovers (1964)