Henry Longhurst (actor)

{{Short description|British actor (1891–1970)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox person | name = Henry Longhurst | image = Actor Henry B. Longhurst.jpg | caption = in ''Murder Ahoy!'' (1964) | birth_date = February 1891 | birth_place = Brighton, Sussex, England | birth_name = Henry Birt Longhurst | death_date = {{death date and age|1970|04|11|1891|02}} | death_place = Reading, Berkshire England | education = | occupation = Actor | years_active = | spouse = | children = }} '''Henry B. Longhurst''' (February 1891 in Brighton, Sussex – 11 April 1970 in Reading, Berkshire) was a British actor.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090116105428/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/218573 BFI.org]</ref>

==Selected filmography== ===Film=== {{Div col|colwidth=30em}} * ''Chin Chin Chinaman'' (1931) - Purser * ''The Crooked Lady'' (1932) - John Morland * ''When London Sleeps'' (1932) - Inspector Bradley * ''Let Me Explain, Dear'' (1932) - Dr. Coote * ''A Safe Proposition'' (1932) - Sergeant Crouch * ''My Lucky Star'' (1933) - Dudley Collins * ''Letting in the Sunshine'' (1933) - (uncredited) * ''Dangerous Ground'' (1934) - Inspector Hurley * ''Over the Garden Wall'' (1934) - Minor role (uncredited) * ''Blossom Time'' (1934) - Minor role (uncredited) * ''Menace'' (1934) - (uncredited) * ''I Spy'' (1934) - Police Constable * ''Murder at Monte Carlo'' (1935) - Editor * ''Abdul the Damned'' (1935) - General of the Bodyguards * ''Bulldog Jack'' (1935) - Melvor (uncredited) * ''The Vandergilt Diamond Mystery'' (1936) - Inspector Greig * ''Under Proof'' (1936) - Inspector Holt * ''Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street'' (1936) - Man On The Quayside Who Talks To Sweeney Todd (uncredited) * ''The Avenging Hand'' (1936) - Streeter * ''Jack of All Trades'' (1936) - Party Guest (uncredited) * ''For Valour'' (1937) - Inspector Harding * ''Crackerjack'' (1938) - Insp. Lunt * ''Old Mother Riley, MP'' (1939) - Henry Wicker * ''Sailors Don't Care'' (1940) - Adm. Drake * ''Gasbags'' (1941) - Woodcutter (uncredited) * ''Old Mother Riley's Ghosts'' (1941) * ''Let the People Sing'' (1942) * ''A Place of One's Own'' (1945) - Inspector * ''Perfect Strangers'' (1945) - Petty Officer * ''Old Mother Riley at Home'' (1945) - Commissionaire * ''The Long Dark Hall'' (1951) - Judge * ''Lady Godiva Rides Again'' (1951) - Soap director * ''His Excellency'' (1952) - Lord Kynaston * ''Time Gentlemen, Please!'' (1952) - PC Tumball * ''Circumstantial Evidence'' (1952) - Bolton * ''The Captain's Paradise'' (1953) - Prof. Killick * ''The Red Beret'' (1953) - Minor Role (uncredited) * ''Eight O'Clock Walk'' (1954) - Clerk of Court (uncredited) * ''Diplomatic Passport'' (1954) - Jonathan (uncredited) * ''The Belles of St. Trinian's'' (1954) - Doctor (uncredited) * ''Mad About Men'' (1954) - Mayor (uncredited) * ''The Quatermass Xperiment'' (1955) - George - Maggie's Father (uncredited) * ''Touch and Go'' (1955) - Mr. Pritchett * ''Private's Progress'' (1956) - Mr. Spottiswood * ''Keep It Clean'' (1956) - Magistrate * ''Brothers in Law'' (1957) - Rev. Arthur Thursby * ''Lucky Jim'' (1957) - Professor Hutchinson * ''Gideon's Day'' (1958) - Reverend Courtney, the vicar * ''A Touch of Larceny'' (1959) - Club Member * ''A French Mistress'' (1960) - Second Governor * ''The Night We Got the Bird'' (1961) - Vicar * ''Heavens Above!'' (1963) - Deaf Gentleman * ''Murder Ahoy!'' (1964) - Cecil Ffolly Hardwicke (uncredited) * ''Young Cassidy'' (1965) - Doctor * ''Circus of Fear'' (1966) - Henry, Hotel Porter {{div col end}}

===Television=== * ''The Diary of Samuel Pepys'' (1958) – Speaker of the House of Commons<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/a59d88f852f84cb3b8780a02b6b9c24d |title=The Diary of Samuel Pepys: Episode 13 |date=6 June 1958 |publisher=BBC Genome Project |accessdate=15 April 2026}}</ref>

==References== <references/>

==External links== * {{IMDb name|0519337|Henry Longhurst}}

{{DEFAULTSORT:Longhurst, Henry}} Category:1891 births Category:1970 deaths Category:English male film actors Category:Male actors from Brighton Category:20th-century English male actors