Stewart Rome
Stewart Rome, actually Wernham Ryott Gifford ( born January 30, 1886 in Newbury, Berkshire, United Kingdom, † February 26, 1965 ) was a British actor, a silent movie idol of the 10s and 20s.
Life
Rome had started a degree in civil engineering and worked for four years in this profession. In 1906 he moved into acting. Rome made his debut in the play ' The Girl Behind the Counter'. He then went on extended tour through Australia and New Zealand.
Back in England, Rome began in 1913 a film career that made the handsome actor into one of the most popular movie stars of the next decade and a half. In 1915 he ranked in a survey of a British magazine after the popular actor at No. 2, just behind Charles Chaplin. Stewart Rome embodied in its ( cultural-historical meaningless ) films romantic lover, perfect gentleman, elegant and sporty adventurer nobles of all kinds.
In the years 1923/24 commitments led him also in German and French studios. Briefly, he also tried his luck in Hollywood. With the dawn of the talkie era Rome succeeded problems of the transition to character roles. He continued to play leading roles: officers with impeccable manners and proper detective inspectors, venerable spouse and noble characters of all kinds. 1950 Rome ended his film work and later returned to his birthplace.