Vernon Steele

Personal Info

Know For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1882-09-16 (73 years old)

Deathday

1955-07-23

Place of Birth

Santiago, Chile

Vernon Steele

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vernon Steele (18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Daniel Antonietti, a professor of music, and his English wife, the former Grace Emma Bolton. Vernon Steele was christened Arturo Romeo Antonietti and his family eventually settled in London, England. His sister was actress Hilda Anthony.

Acting

1923

Temptation

as John Hope

1935

Bonnie Scotland

as Col. Gregor McGregor

1937

Step Lively, Jeeves!

as Lord Fenton (uncredited)

1935

Captain Blood

as King James

1923

The Wanters

as Tom Armstrong

1939

The Witness Vanishes

as Nigel Partridge

1918

The Panther Woman

as Beverly Peale

1916

The Supreme Sacrifice

as Reverend Philip Morton

1948

To the Ends of the Earth

as Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)

1942

Mrs. Miniver

as Glee Club Member (uncredited)

1917

Polly of the Circus

as John Douglas the Minister

1920

His House in Order

as Hillary Jesson

1933

The Silk Express

as Dr. Harold Rolph

1919

The Firing Line

as John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III

1929

Big News

as Reporter

1933

1936

Dracula's Daughter

as Squires (uncredited)

1934

1938

Kidnapped

as Captain

1922

The Girl Who Ran Wild

as The Schoolmaster

1933

Design for Living

as Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)

1937

Time Out for Romance

as Count Michael Montaine

1939

North of the Yukon

as RCMP Insp. Wylie

1921

1915

The Vampire

as Robert Sterling

1919

Human Desire

as Jasper Norton

1949

Madame Bovary

as Priest

1945

They Were Expendable

as Army Doctor

1919

The Phantom Honeymoon

as Captain Bob Tidewater

1939

The Bill of Rights

as Thomas Jefferson

1934

1936

Lloyd's of London

as Thomas Lawrence

1922

For the Defense

as Christopher Armstrong

1916

Silks and Satins

as Jacques Desmond

1934

1919

1938

Flight to Fame

as Officer

1921

Out of the Chorus

as Ross Van Beekman

1915

Her Great Match

as Prince Adolph

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Alice Adams

as Arthur Russell

1919

Mind the Paint Girl

as Lord Francombe

1924

The House of Youth

as Rhodes Winston

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