C. V. France

{{Short description|British actor (1868–1949)}} {{redirect|Charles France|the rugby player|Charles France (rugby union)}} {{unreferenced|date=June 2019}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}} {{Use British English|date=July 2012}} {{Infobox person | name = C. V. France | image = | imagesize = | caption = | birth_name = Charles V. France | birth_date = {{Birth date|1868|6|30|df=y}} | birth_place = [[Bradford]], [[West Riding of Yorkshire]], [[England]], UK | death_date = {{Death date and age|1949|4|13|1868|6|30|df=y}} | death_place = [[Gerrards Cross]], [[Buckinghamshire]], [[England]], UK | occupation = Actor | years_active = 1910–44}}

'''Charles Vernon France''' (30 June 1868 – 13 April 1949) was a British actor, usually credited as '''C. V. France'''.

==Stage career== France appeared (along with [[Ralph Richardson]]) in [[William Somerset Maugham]]'s 1932 play ''[[For Services Rendered#Original Production|For Services Rendered]]: A Play in Three Acts'' and [[Maurice Baring]]'s 1912 drama ''The Grey Stocking: A Play in Four Acts.''

France's stage acting was singled out for praise in Maugham's 1938 literary memoir, ''[[The Summing Up]]'': "…But there is one actor whom, since he has never reached the rank of a star, and so has hardly received the recognition that he deserves, I should like to mention. This is C. V. France. He has acted in several of my plays. He has never played a part in which he has not been admirable. He has represented to the smallest particular the character that I had in my mind’s eye. It would be difficult to find on the English stage a more competent, intelligent, and versatile actor".

==Complete filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''[[The Blue Bird (1910 film)|The Blue Bird]]'' (1910, short) – Time * ''[[Eugene Aram (1924 film)|Eugene Aram]]'' (1924) – Squire Lester * ''[[The Burgomaster of Stilemonde]]'' (1929) * ''[[The Loves of Robert Burns]]'' (1930) – Lord Farquhar * ''[[The Skin Game (1931 film)|The Skin Game]]'' (1931) – Mr. Hillcrist – The Hillcrists * ''[[These Charming People]]'' (1931) – Minx * ''[[Black Coffee (1931 film)|Black Coffee]]'' (1931) – Sir Claude Amory * ''[[A Night Like This (1932 film)|A Night Like This]]'' (1932) – Micky the Mailer * ''[[Lord Edgware Dies (film)|Lord Edgware Dies]]'' (1934) – Lord Edgware * ''[[Royal Cavalcade]]'' (1935) – Father * ''[[Scrooge (1935 film)|Scrooge]]'' (1935) – Spirit of Christmas Future * ''[[Tudor Rose (film)|Tudor Rose]]'' (1936) – Clergy at Execution (uncredited) * ''[[Broken Blossoms (1936 film)|Broken Blossoms]]'' (1936) – High Priest * ''[[Crime Over London]]'' (1936) – (uncredited) * ''[[Victoria the Great]]'' (1937) – Archbishop of Canterbury * ''[[A Yank at Oxford]]'' (1938) – Dean Snodgrass * ''[[Strange Boarders]]'' (1938) – Col. Lionel Anstruther * ''[[If I Were King]]'' (1938) – Father Villon * ''[[The Ware Case (1938 film)|The Ware Case]]'' (1938) – Judge * ''[[Cheer Boys Cheer]]'' (1939) – Tom Greenleaf * ''[[Ten Days in Paris]]'' (1940) – General de Guermantes * ''[[Night Train to Munich]]'' (1940) – Admiral Hassinger * ''[[Breach of Promise (1942 film)|Breach of Promise]]'' (1942) – Morgan * ''[[Went the Day Well?]]'' (1942) – Mr Ashton, the vicar * ''[[The Halfway House]]'' (1944) – Mr. Truscott, Solicitor * ''[[It Happened One Sunday]]'' (1944) – Magistrate (final film role) {{div col end}}

==External links== *{{IMDb name|0289795|C.V. France}}

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