Warburton Gamble
English actor (1882–1945)
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Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble (16 December 1882 – 27 August 1945) was a British stage and film actor.
Gamble was born on 16 December 1882 in London and acted on stage professionally as early as 1905.[1] His work on stage included a season of acting with the Theater Guild Repertory Company in San Francisco.[2] He debuted on Broadway in Love and the Man (1905), appeared with Auriol Lee in Milestones (1912) and last performed on Broadway in Tonight or Never (1930).[3]
Gamble's film debut occurred in The Unforseen (1917).[1] He spent a number of years working in Hollywood during the silent and early sound eras. He played the role of Doctor Watson in the 1933 Sherlock Holmes film A Study in Scarlet. His final two films were at Ealing Studios.
Gamble was married to English actress Gillian Scaife.[4] He died on 27 August 1945 in London.[1]
Filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1917 | The Unforseen | Henry Traquair | |
| 1918 | Thirty a Week | Freddy Ruyter | |
| 1919 | The Silver King | Herbert Skinner | |
| 1919 | The Two Brides | Count Gabrielle di Marchesi | |
| 1919 | As a Man Thinks | Benjamin De Lota | |
| 1919 | A Society Exile | Lord Bissett | |
| 1919 | La Belle Russe | Phillip Sackton | |
| 1919 | The Invisible Bond | Otis Vale | |
| 1920 | The Paliser Case | Monty Paliser | |
| 1920 | The Cost | Mowbray Langdon | |
| 1920 | The Law of the Yukon | Medford Delaney | |
| 1921 | Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby | Gordon Pell | |
| 1921 | Fine Feathers | John Brand | |
| 1921 | Dangerous Lies | Leonard Pearce | |
| 1923 | Lights of London | Clifford Armytage | |
| 1931 | Tonight or Never | Count Albert von Gronac | |
| 1932 | As You Desire Me | Baron | |
| 1932 | Fast Life | Halstead | |
| 1933 | Tonight Is Ours | Alex | |
| 1933 | Child of Manhattan | Eggleston | |
| 1933 | A Study in Scarlet | Dr. Watson | |
| 1933 | By Candlelight | Baron von Ballin | |
| 1936 | Blind Man's Bluff | Tracy | |
| 1936 | Lonely Road | Fedden | |
| 1940 | Spare a Copper | Sir Robert | (final film role) |
Bibliography
- Hardy, Phil. The BFI Companion to Crime. University of California Press, 1997.
