Gerald Ames

{{Short description|Actor, director, Olympic fencer (1880–1933)}} {{Use British English|date=October 2013}} {{Use dmy dates|date=May 2021}} {{Infobox person | name = Gerald Ames | image = Gerald Ames 1919 magazine head and shoulders.jpg | caption = in 1919 | birth_name = Percy Gerald Ames | birth_date = {{birth date|1880|9|12|df=yes}}<ref name="sports-reference">{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/gerald-ames-1.html |title=Gerald Ames Olympic Results |access-date=10 April 2010 |work=sports-reference.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110824022657/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/am/gerald-ames-1.html |archive-date=24 August 2011 }}</ref><ref name="bfi">{{cite web |url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/24035 |title=BFI: Gerald Ames |access-date=10 April 2010 |work=bfi.com |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090904130206/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/24035 |archive-date=4 September 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | birth_place = Blackheath, London, England | death_date = {{death date and age|1933|7|2|1880|9|12|df=yes}} | death_place = Knightsbridge, London, England | other_names = | years_active = 1905–1928 | website = }} '''Gerald Ames''' (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/22081 |title=Gerald Ames |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 May 2021}}</ref> Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema, appearing in more than sixty films between his debut in 1914 and his retirement from the screen in 1928 in a career entirely encompassing the silent era. He was also a regular stage actor who took on many leading roles in the theatre.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/sh/gerald-ames|title=Gerald Ames}}</ref>

He competed in the individual épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.<ref name="sports-reference" />

He died in 1933 after falling down the steps of Knightsbridge tube station and suffering a heart attack. He was married to the actress Mary Dibley.<ref name="bfi" /><ref name="imdb">{{cite web |url=https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0024706/ |title=IMDB: Gerald Ames |access-date=10 April 2010 |work=imdb.com}}</ref>

==Partial filmography== {{Div col|colwidth=25em}} * ''She Stoops to Conquer'' (1914) * ''The Black Spot'' (1914) * ''The Difficult Way'' (1914) * ''The MiddleMan'' (1915) * ''The Christian'' (1915) * ''Love in a Wood'' (1915) * ''The Shulamite'' (1915) * ''The Prisoner of Zenda'' (1915) * ''Rupert of Hentzau'' (1915) * ''Arsène Lupin'' (1916) * ''The Hypocrites'' (1916) * ''The King's Daughter'' (1916) * ''The Game of Liberty'' (1916) * ''The Ragged Messenger'' (1917) * ''Masks and Faces'' (1917) * ''A Gamble for Love'' (1917) * ''A Peep Behind the Scenes'' (1918) * ''Boundary House'' (1918) * ''Missing the Tide'' (1918) * ''A Turf Conspiracy'' (1918) * ''A Fortune at Stake'' (1918) * ''Adam Bede'' (1918) * ''Red Pottage'' (1918) * ''The Irresistible Flapper'' (1919) * ''Comradeship'' (1919) * ''Possession'' (1919) * ''The Forest on the Hill'' (1919) * ''Sheba'' (1919) * ''Sunken Rocks'' (1919) * ''The Nature of the Beast'' (1919) * ''Missing the Tides'' (1919) * ''Broken in the Wars'' (1919) * ''John Forrest Finds Himself'' (1920) * ''Once Aboard the Lugger'' (1920) * ''Aylwin'' (1920) * ''Anna the Adventuress'' (1920) * ''Alf's Button'' (1920) * ''The Amazing Quest of Mr. Ernest Bliss'' (1920) * ''Helen of Four Gates'' (1920) * ''Mrs. Erricker's Reputation'' (1920) * ''Mr. Justice Raffles'' (1921) * ''Tansy'' (1921) * ''Wild Heather'' (1921) * ''The Woman Who Obeyed'' (1923) * ''The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots'' (1923) * ''God's Prodigal'' (1923) * ''A Royal Divorce'' (1923) * ''The Little People'' (1926) * ''The King's Highway'' (1927) * ''The Rising Generation'' (1928) * ''A Light Woman'' (1928) {{colend}}

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==External links== *{{sports links}} *{{IMDb name}}

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