Frank Lawton
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Frank Lawton was an English actor, born Frank Lawton Mokeley. He was married to Evelyn Laye
, with whom he acted several times including in My Husband and I
(? - 10 June 1969) (his death).
His parents were stage players Daisy May Collier and Frank Mokeley (Frank Lawton (I)
). His first major screen credit was Young Woodley (1930).
Evelyn Laye
Evelyn Laye, CBE was an English theatre and film actress.-Early years and career:Born as Elsie Evelyn Lay in Bloomsbury, London, Laye made her first stage appearance in August 1915 at the Theatre Royal, Brighton as Nang-Ping in Mr...
, with whom he acted several times including in My Husband and I
My Husband and I (1956 TV series)
My Husband and I was a short-lived black-and-white British sitcom starring Evelyn Laye and her husband Frank Lawton, who played themselves. It ran for seven episodes in 1956. My Husband and I was written by Geoffrey Kerr and James Leasor...
(? - 10 June 1969) (his death).
His parents were stage players Daisy May Collier and Frank Mokeley (Frank Lawton (I)
Frank Lawton (I)
Frank Lawton was an American vaudevillian entertainer whose popularity extended far beyond his country’s borders.-Early life:Like so many 19th and early 20th century actors who made their living traveling from town to town often under assumed stage names, Frank Lawton’s past is difficult to trace...
). His first major screen credit was Young Woodley (1930).
Selected filmography
- Cavalcade (1933)
- Friday the ThirteenthFriday the Thirteenth (1933 film)Friday the Thirteenth is a 1933 British drama film directed by Victor Saville and starring Jessie Matthews, Sonnie Hale and Muriel Aked. The film depicts the lives of several passengers in the hours before they are involved in a bus crash.-Cast:...
(1933) - David Copperfield (1935)
- The Devil-DollThe Devil-DollThe Devil-Doll is a horror film directed by Tod Browning and starring a cross-dressing Lionel Barrymore and Maureen O'Sullivan as his daughter, Lorraine Levond...
(1936) - The Mill on the FlossThe Mill on the Floss (film)The Mill on the Floss is a 1937 British drama film directed by Tim Whelan and starring Frank Lawton, Victoria Hopper, Geraldine Fitzgerald and James Mason...
(1937) - The Four Just MenThe Four Just Men (film)The Four Just Men is a 1939 British thriller film directed by Walter Forde and starring Hugh Sinclair, Griffith Jones, Edward Chapman and Garry Marsh. It is based on the novel The Four Just Men by Edgar Wallace.-Cast:...
(1939) - Went the Day Well?Went the Day Well?"Went the Day Well?" is a British war film produced by Ealing Studios in 1942 as unofficial propaganda. It tells of how an English village is taken over by German paratroopers . Made during the war, it reflects the greatest potential nightmares of many Britons of the time, although the threat of...
(1942) - The Winslow BoyThe Winslow Boy (1948 film)The Winslow Boy is a 1948 film adaptation of Terence Rattigan's play The Winslow Boy. It was made by De Grunwald Productions and distributed by the British Lion Film Corporation. It was directed by Anthony Asquith and produced by Anatole de Grunwald with Teddy Baird as associate producer. The...
(1948)