Lyn Harding

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1876-10-12 (76 years old)

Deathday

1952-12-26

Place of Birth

St Brides Wentlooge, Wales, UK

Lyn Harding

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lyn Harding (12 October 1867 – 26 December 1952) (real name David Llewellyn Harding) was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio. He had an imposing and menacing stage presence and came to be cast as the villain in many films, notably Professor Moriarty in dramatisations of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lyn Harding,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Acting

1936

1937

Fire Over England

as Sir Richard Ingolby

1939

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

as Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby

1937

Silver Blaze

as Professor Moriarty

1935

1937

The Pearls of the Crown

as John Russell / Henry VIII

1936

The Invader

as Gonzalo Gonzalez

1928

1934

Wild Boy

as Frank Redfern

1933

The Constant Nymph

as Albert Sanger

1937

Please Teacher

as Wing Foo

1939

The Missing People

as Joseph Bronstone

1934

The Lash

as Branson Haughton

1932

1922

1927

Land of Hope and Glory

as Roger Whiteford

1931

The Speckled Band

as Dr. Grimesby Rylott

1924

Yolanda

as Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy

1935

Escape Me Never

as Herr Heinrich

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