Claud Allister

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1888-08-02 (82 years old)

Deathday

1970-07-26

Place of Birth

London, England, UK

Claud Allister

Biography

Claud Allister (3 October 1888 – 26 July 1970) was an English actor. After his education at Felsted, in Essex, he appeared in 74 films between 1929 and 1955. He was born William Claud Michael Palmer in London, England and died in Santa Barbara, California. His interment was located in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery. He began his career as a stockbroker's clerk but gave it up and made his stage debut in 1910. He toured England playing minor parts till the war started. He served in WWI and in 1924 went to America to act on the stage. In 1929 he made his film debut where he featured in The Trial of Mary Dugan. Description above from ...

Acting

1941

The Reluctant Dragon

as Sir Giles (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)

1930

Reaching for the Moon

as Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford

1938

Arrest Bulldog Drummond

as Sir Basil Leghorne

1931

On the Loose

as Mr. Loder's friend

1929

Bulldog Drummond

as Algy Longworth

1941

A Yank in the R.A.F.

as Officer-Motorist (uncredited)

1937

Bulldog Drummond at Bay

as Algy Longworth

1934

1949

1930

Monte Carlo

as Prince Otto von Liebenheim

1938

Kentucky Moonshine

as Lord Boffingwell (uncredited)

1937

1931

I Like Your Nerve

as Archie Lester

1934

Those Were the Days

as Capt. Horace Vale

1936

Three Live Ghosts

as Lord 'Spoofy' Brockton

1929

1936

Lady Luck

as Briggs

1931

Captain Applejack

as John Jason

1938

1930

The Florodora Girl

as Lord Rumblesham

1935

The Dark Angel

as Lawrence Bidley

1931

Meet the Wife

as Victor Staunton

1940

Lillian Russell

as Arthur Sullivan

1938

Blond Cheat

as Lord Basil Sheldon (uncredited)

1945

Kiss the Bride Goodbye

as Adolphus Pickering

1935

Every Night at Eight

as Mr. Vernon (uncredited)

1931

Platinum Blonde

as Dawson - the Valet

1934

1932

The Midshipmaid

as Chinley

1948

The First Gentleman

as Manservant

1936

Dracula's Daughter

as Sir Aubrey

1955

1933

Excess Baggage

as Colonel Murgatroyd R.S.V.P.

1941

Confirm or Deny

as William (scenes deleted)

1937

The Awful Truth

as Lord Fabian (uncredited)

1931

The Sea Ghost

as Percy Atwater

1930

In the Next Room

as Parks (butler)

1940

1933

The Medicine Man

as Hon. Freddie Wiltshire

1938

1939

1944

1930

Slightly Scarlet

as Albert Hawkins

1932

Diamond Cut Diamond

as Joe Fragson

1932

Two White Arms

as Dr. Biggash

1948

Quartet

as 1st. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")

1946

Gaiety George

as Archie

1934

The Private Life of Don Juan

as The Duke, as Dukes Go

1952

Hong Kong

as Hotel Manager

1933

Sleeping Car

as Baron Delande

2004

Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6

as Sir Giles (voice) (archive sound)

1930

Such Men Are Dangerous

as Fred Wyndham

1941

Charley's Aunt

as Spectator

1945

Don Chicago

as Lord Piccadilly

1953

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