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Arthur Chesney(1881-1949)

  • Actor
  • Writer
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Arthur Chesney was born on 21 November 1881 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Fanny Hawthorne (1927), Sorrell and Son (1933) and Colonel Blood (1934). He was married to Estelle Winwood. He died on 27 August 1949 in London, England, UK.
BornNovember 21, 1881
DiedAugust 27, 1949(67)
BornNovember 21, 1881
DiedAugust 27, 1949(67)
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Fanny Hawthorne (1927)
Fanny Hawthorne
7.3
  • Sir Timothy Farrar
  • 1927
Margot Grahame, Peter Penrose, and H.B. Warner in Sorrell and Son (1933)
Sorrell and Son
4.3
  • Mr. Porteous
  • 1933
Colonel Blood (1934)
Colonel Blood
  • Samuel Pepys
  • 1934
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog (1927)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
7.3
  • Her Husband
  • 1927

Credits

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Actor

  • The Flamingo Affair
    5.4
    • Roberts
    • 1948
  • Wendy Hiller and Roger Livesey in I Know Where I'm Going! (1945)
    I Know Where I'm Going!
    7.4
    • Harmonica Player
    • 1945
  • Song of the Forge
    • Huckleberry
    • 1937
  • Please Teacher (1937)
    Please Teacher
    6.8
    • Round
    • 1937
  • Anna Neagle in Girl in the Street (1937)
    Girl in the Street
    6.9
    • Marius' Butler
    • 1937
  • Wallace Ford and John Mills in You're in the Army Now (1937)
    You're in the Army Now
    5.6
    • Suger Daddy (uncredited)
    • 1937
  • Diana Churchill and John Lodge in Sensation (1936)
    Sensation
    5.7
    • Ernie Turnpit
    • 1936
  • Chick
    • Lord Frensham
    • 1936
  • Youthful Folly
    • Lord Wilmington
    • 1934
  • The Fortunate Fool (1934)
    The Fortunate Fool
    4.9
    • Battling Stubbs aka Batty
    • 1934
  • Fernand Gravey and Anna Neagle in Runaway Queen (1934)
    Runaway Queen
    • (uncredited)
    • 1934
  • Colonel Blood (1934)
    Colonel Blood
    • Samuel Pepys
    • 1934
  • Margot Grahame, Peter Penrose, and H.B. Warner in Sorrell and Son (1933)
    Sorrell and Son
    4.3
    • Mr. Porteous
    • 1933
  • Chelsea Life
    • Ambrose Lincoln
    • 1933
  • Night of the Garter (1933)
    Night of the Garter
    • Vicar
    • 1933

Writer

  • Daphne and the Dean
    Short
    • sketch
    • 1913

Personal details

  • Alternative name
    • Arthur Cheeney
  • Born
    • November 21, 1881
    • Wandsworth, London, England, UK
  • Died
    • August 27, 1949
    • London, England, UK
  • Spouse
    • Estelle Winwood(divorced)
  • Relatives
      Edmund Gwenn(Sibling)
  • Other works
    Stage actor.
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    Younger brother of screen actor Edmund Gwenn.

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