Seymour Hicks filmography

Sir Edward Seymour Hicks (30 January 1871 – 6 April 1949), better known as Seymour Hicks, was a British actor, music hall performer, playwright, screenwriter, theatre manager and producer. He became well known for writing, starring in and producing Edwardian musical comedy. Beginning in 1913, however, he had a significant film career. Hicks began in film during the silent era and continued to act in sound films.

His first role was for his own screenplay adaptation of A Christmas Carol, titled Scrooge, alongside William Lugg, J. C. Buckstone, and his wife Ellaline Terriss.^[1] His next film role was in the title role of the film biography David Garrick.

Hicks formed his own production company in 1923. The same year, he made his director's début, alongside Alfred Hitchcock, in Always Tell Your Wife although no director was credited on film itself. He wrote the screenplay for this, as well as for several films in the early 1930s. Hicks directed two more films: Sleeping Partners in 1930 and Glamour in 1931. Later notable films included The Lambeth Walk in 1939 and Busman's Honeymoon in 1940. He made his last supporting role in Silent Dust shortly before his death in 1949.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Director credit	Writer credit
1912	The World Famous Musical Comedy Atistes Seymour Hicks and his wife Ellaline Terris in a Selection of Their Dances	On-screen participant
1913	Scrooge	Scrooge		Y
	David Garrick	David Garrick
1923	Always Tell Your Wife	James Chesson	Y	Y
1927	Blighty	Armistice day enthusiast in hospital
1930	Tell Tales	On-screen participant
	Sleeping Partners	He	Y
1931	The Love Habit	Justin Abelard		Y
	Glamour	Henry Garthorne	Y	Y
1932	Money for Nothing	Jay Cheddar		Y
1934	The Secret of the Loch	Professor Heggie
1935	Royal Cavalcade	Gentleman
	Vintage Wine	Charles Popinot		Y
	Mr What's His Name	Alfred Henfield		Y
	Scrooge	Ebenezer Scrooge
1936	It's You I Want	Victor Delaney
	Eliza Comes to Stay	Sandy Verrall
1937	Change for a Sovereign	Cast Member
1939	The Lambeth Walk	Sir John Tremayne
	Young Man's Fancy	Henry, Duke of Beaumont
1940	Busman's Honeymoon	Mervyn Bunter
1941	Pastor Hall	General von Grotjahn
1947	Fame Is the Spur	Lord Lostwithiel, 'Old Buck'
1949	Silent Dust	Lord Clandon

Note: The source for the film appearances is the British Film Institute.^[2]

References

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