Warwick Ward

Manson Warwick Ward ( born December 3, 1891 in St. Ives, Cambridgeshire, † December 9, 1967 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire ) was a British actor with a short but intense career in German silent film, and film producer.

Life

Warwick Ward came in 1907 to the stage and joined in the coming years, especially in the company of pieces, but also had success with traditional roles. Among his most famous stage partners included the famous colleague Sir George Alexander.

After returning from military service in 1919 Ward started his film career. Here, as before, on the stage, he was cast as preferred perfect gentleman and youthful charmer and lovers. Mid-1920s, Ward reached its popularity peak. A roll of film led him to Hollywood, from 1925 to 1928 he turned primarily in German studios. Known internationally made ​​him his German debut, he gave in EA Dupont staging vaudeville. There Ward embodied the trapeze artists Artinelli, the Emil Jannings kicking back and paid for it with his life, his mistress. 1928 Ward returned back to England, but could not prevail in the domestic talkies. In the beginning of 1933, Kurt Gerron incurred staging child, I am looking forward to your coming, he completed his last ( tiny ) appearance.

Ward moved to his repeated return to London but behind the camera and gave early 1937 his debut as a producer for the film company " Welwyn ". After one and a half years, this career was temporarily stopped, but he returned in late 1941 back to film production, this time in the service of the Associated British Picture Corporation. With fabrics such as the war and the outbreak drama The Man from Morocco, the romantic comedy Love and youth of the musical romance The Dancing Vienna, where he had also worked as a writer, he succeeded in the 1940s, some commercial successes respect. With another " Welwyn " production, the romance The Young and the Guilty to Warwick Ward adopted early in 1958 by the active film work.

Filmography

Actor

Producer