| Warburton Gamble | |
|---|---|
_-_Ad_4.jpg) Gamble in ad for As a Man Thinks (1919) | |
| Born | Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble (1882-12-16)16 December 1882 London, England, UK |
| Died | 27 August 1945(1945-08-27) (aged 62) London, England, UK |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Spouse | Gillian Scaife |
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. His work on stage included a season of acting with the Theater Guild Repertory Company in San Francisco. 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).
Gamble's film debut occurred in The Unforseen (1917). 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. He died on 27 August 1945 in London.
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.
References
- ^ McMullen, Kieran (11 October 2012). The Many Watsons. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-78092-304-8. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- "Debate Planned on 'Strange Interlude'". The San Francisco Examiner. 10 June 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 9 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- "Warburton Gamble". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
- "How They Met Wives". Los Angeles Evening Express. 13 March 1920. p. 16. Retrieved 9 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
- Warburton Gamble at IMDb
- Warburton Gamble at the Internet Broadway Database
- Warburton Gamble (striped pants) in the 1915 Broadway play Outcast with costars Charles Cherry, Elsie Ferguson, and J. Woodall Birde (University of Washington, Sayre Digital Collection)
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