# Fred Paul

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{{Short description|British actor and director (1880–1967)}}
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'''Fred Paul''' (1880–1967) was a [Swiss](/source/Switzerland)-born [British](/source/United_Kingdom) [actor](/source/actor) and [film director](/source/film_director).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/5168 |title=BFI &#124; Film & TV Database &#124; PAUL, Fred |access-date=2011-05-23 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121023081736/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/5168 |archive-date=2012-10-23 |url-status=dead }}</ref> He was born in [Lausanne](/source/Lausanne) in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of [sound films](/source/sound_films).<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/people/id/574720/|title=BFI Screenonline: Paul, Fred (1880-1967) Biography}}</ref>

==Selected filmography==
'''Director'''
* ''[The Dop Doctor](/source/The_Dop_Doctor_(film))'' (1915)
* ''[Infelice](/source/Infelice_(film))'' (1915)
* ''[The Second Mrs Tanqueray](/source/The_Second_Mrs_Tanqueray_(1916_film))'' (1916)
* ''[The Vicar of Wakefield](/source/The_Vicar_of_Wakefield_(1916_film))'' (1916)
* ''[Lady Windermere's Fan](/source/Lady_Windermere's_Fan_(1916_film))'' (1916)
* ''[Her Greatest Performance](/source/Her_Greatest_Performance)'' (1916)
* ''[The Lyons Mail](/source/The_Lyons_Mail_(1916_film))'' (1916)
* ''[The Duchess of Seven Dials](/source/The_Duchess_of_Seven_Dials)'' (1920)
* ''[The House on the Marsh](/source/The_House_on_the_Marsh)'' (1920)
* ''[Lady Tetley's Decree](/source/Lady_Tetley's_Decree)'' (1920)
* ''[The Little Welsh Girl](/source/The_Little_Welsh_Girl)'' (1920)
* ''[The English Rose](/source/The_English_Rose)'' (1920)
* ''[Uncle Dick's Darling](/source/Uncle_Dick's_Darling)'' (1920)
* ''[A Woman Misunderstood](/source/A_Woman_Misunderstood)'' (1921)
* ''[If Four Walls Told](/source/If_Four_Walls_Told)'' (1922)
* ''[The Recoil](/source/the_Recoil_(1924_film))'' (1924)
* ''[The Last Witness](/source/The_Last_Witness_(1925_film))'' (1925)
* ''[Safety First](/source/Safety_First)'' (1926)
* ''[Thou Fool](/source/Thou_Fool)'' (1926)
* ''[The Luck of the Navy](/source/The_Luck_of_the_Navy_(film))'' (1927)
* ''[The Broken Melody](/source/The_Broken_Melody_(1929_film))'' (1929)
* ''[In a Lotus Garden](/source/In_a_Lotus_Garden)'' (1931)
* ''[Romany Love](/source/Romany_Love)'' (1931)

'''Actor'''
* ''[East Lynne](/source/East_Lynne_(1913_film))'' (1913)
* ''[Sixty Years a Queen](/source/Sixty_Years_a_Queen)'' (1913)
* ''[Lights of London](/source/Lights_of_London_(1914_film))'' (1914)
* ''[The Dop Doctor](/source/The_Dop_Doctor_(film))'' (1915)
* ''[Infelice](/source/Infelice_(film))'' (1915)
* ''[The Rogues of London](/source/The_Rogues_of_London)'' (1915)
* ''[A Cinema Girl's Romance](/source/A_Cinema_Girl's_Romance)'' (1915)
* ''[John Halifax, Gentleman](/source/John_Halifax%2C_Gentleman_(1915_film))'' (1915)
* ''[If Four Walls Told](/source/If_Four_Walls_Told)'' (1922)
* ''[The Right to Strike](/source/The_Right_to_Strike)'' (1923)
* ''[The Last Witness](/source/The_Last_Witness_(1925_film))'' (1925)

''Producer''
* ''[Dombey and Son](/source/Dombey_and_Son_(film))'' (1917)

==References==
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==External links==
*{{IMDb name|0666835}}

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