Wilfred Noy
Wilfred Noy (born Wilfred Noy Blumberg, 24 December 1883 – 29 March 1948[1]) was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. Noy was the maternal uncle of Leslie Howard.[2] He directed more than 80 films between 1910 and 1936. He also appeared in 18 films between 1924 and 1939.[3] In 1925 he went to the United States to make The Lost Chord, a remake of one of his earlier British hits.
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Wilfred Noy
Paramount Pictures · Moving Picture World (Jan. - Feb. 1925), on the Internet Archive · Public domain
- Born
- 1883 · South Kensington.
- Died
- 1948 · Worthing.
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Occupation
- actor · screenwriter · film producer · film director
- Languages
- English
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Wilfred Noy (born Wilfred Noy Blumberg, 24 December 1883 – 29 March 1948[1]) was an English film director, actor, screenwriter and producer of the silent era. Noy was the maternal uncle of Leslie Howard.[2] He directed more than 80 films between 1910 and 1936. He also appeared in 18 films between 1924 and 1939.[3] In 1925 he went to the United States to make The Lost Chord, a remake of one of his earlier British hits.
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Wilfred Noy (1883–1948) was a British actor, film actor and film director, among other activities. Born in South Kensington, the actor died in Worthing. Languages used include English.
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He stayed to make several more films in America during the late 1920s[4] before returning to Britain.
• Lorna Doone (1912) • King Charles (1913) • The Heroine of Mons (1914) • Old St. Paul's (1914) • The Verdict of the Heart (1915) • The Master of Merripit (1915) • Under the Red Robe (1915) • It's Always the Woman (1916) • A Princess of the Blood (1916) • The Little Damozel (1916) • On the Banks of Allan Water (1916) • The Queen Mother (1916) • Asthore (1917) • Home Sweet Home (1917) • Ave Maria (1918) • A Master of Men (1918) • Castle of Dreams (1919) • Inheritance (1920) • The Face at the Window (1920) • The Marriage Lines (1921) • The Temptation of Carlton Earle (1923) • Rogues of the Turf (1923) • Little Miss Nobody (1923) • Paddy the Next Best Thing (1923) • The Substitute Wife (1925) • The Midnight Girl (1925) • The Lost Chord (1925) • The Devil's Cage (1928) • Lilies of the Field (1930) • Possessed (1931) • The Barton Mystery (1932) • Menace (1934) • The Broken Rosary (1934) • Father O'Flynn (1935) • Well Done, Henry (1936) • Annie Laurie (1936) • Song of the Forge (1937) • Melody of My Heart (1937) • The Body Vanished (1939)
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Actor
• Janice Meredith (1924) - Dr. Joseph Warren • Interference (1928) - Dr. Gray • The Doctor's Secret (1929) - Mr. Redding • The Careless Age (1929) - Lord Durhugh • Lilies of the Field (1930) - Butler • The Flirting Widow (1930) - Martin • Let Us Be Gay (1930) - Whitman - 1st Butler • Transgression (1931) - Taylor, the Maury Butler (uncredited) • Possessed (1931) - Bertram - Mark's Butler (uncredited) • Emma (1932) - Drake • Forbidden (1932) - (uncredited) • The Barton Mystery (1932) - Griffiths • Going Gay (1933) - Director of Opera Falkenheim • Menace (1934) - Dean • Talking Feet (1937) - (uncredited) • The Body Vanished (1939) - Snelling
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1948
Wilfred Noy died at Worthing.
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South Kensington.
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Worthing.
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- 1.Maxford, Howard. Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. 2019-11-08. 978-1-4766-2914-8.
- 2.Eforgan, Estel. Leslie Howard: The Lost Actor. London: Vallentine Mitchell, 2010. .
- 3.Brunel, Adrian. Nice Work: The Story of Thirty Years in British Film Production. Forbes Robertson. 1949.
- 4.The Film Renter and Moving Picture News. 1925.
- 5.Vazzana, Eugene Michael. Silent Film Necrology. McFarland. 2001. 978-0-7864-1059-0.
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