Hugh Croise
British actor, film director, and screenwriter
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Hugh Croise was a British actor, film director, and screenwriter.
He co-wrote the 1920 film By Berwin Banks. He portrayed Charles Devenish in the 1916 film Sally Bishop.
In 1922, he was part of a discussion on good filmmaking and his comments were reported in a newspaper. He noted the big budgets used in American filmmaking.[1]
In 1924 he made a series of films for the Old Man in the Corner series adapted from short stories by Baroness Orczy.[2][3] He made three featurettes with songs.[4]
Filmography
Actor
- A London Flat Mystery (1915) as Inspector
- Driven (1916 film) as Mr. Crichton
- A London Flat Mystery (1916) as Bert Johnson
- Sally Bishop (1916 film) (1916) as Charles Devenish
- The Game of Liberty (1916), Under Suspicion for U.S. release, as Bert Johnson[5]
Director
- Always Tell Your Wife (1923),[5] filming was completed by Alfred Hitchcock
- The Old Man in the Corner (1924),[5] a 12 two-reel series
- The Happy Prisoner (1924)[5]
- Ragan in Ruins (1925)[5]
- The Ball of Fortune (1926)
- Legend of Tichborne Dole (1926)
- The Raw Recruit (1928)[5]
- Nap (1928), adapted from a 1914 play by Ernest Lotinga[5]
- The Barrister (1928)
- Victoria Girls Skipping (1928), "Victoria Theatre Dancers"[5]
- Scrooge (1928)[6]
- Doing His Duty (1930)[5]
- The Burglar and the Girl (1931)[5]
Producer and screenwriter
- Three Men in a Boat[1] adapted from a Jerome K. Jerome story[7]
- Four Men in a Van[1]
See also
- List of Stoll Pictures films (1924)
