Percy Walsh

{{Short description|British actor (1888–1952)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2016}} {{Use British English|date=August 2016}} '''Percy Walsh''' (24 April 1888 in Luton, Bedfordshire – 19 January 1952 in London) was a British stage and film actor.<ref name=theatricalia>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/17k/percy-walsh/past|title=Percy Walsh - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=V7vPDQAAQBAJ&q=Percy+Walsh+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=RA8-PA1899|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111968|via=Google Books}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2daac87|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160306203942/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba2daac87|url-status=dead|archive-date=6 March 2016|title=Percy Walsh|publisher=}}</ref> His stage work included appearing in the London premieres of R.C.Sherriff's ''Journey's End'' (1928) and Agatha Christie's ''And Then There Were None'' (1943) and ''Appointment with Death'' (1945).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/30f/journeys-end/production/mj4|title=Production of Journey's End - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref><ref name=theatricalia/>

==Selected filmography== {{Div col}} * ''How's Chances?'' (1934) - Castellano * ''The Office Wife'' (1934, Short) - Simms * ''Jew Süss'' (1934) - (uncredited) * ''The Green Pack'' (1934) - Monty Carr * ''Dirty Work'' (1934) - Customer With Umbrella (uncredited) * ''The Man Who Knew Too Much'' (1934) - Detective Inspector (uncredited) * ''Open All Night'' (1934) * ''Death Drives Through'' (1935) - Mr. Lord * ''The Case of Gabriel Perry'' (1935) - William Read * ''Me and Marlborough'' (1935) - Naylor * ''Boys Will Be Boys'' (1935) - Prison Governor * ''Checkmate'' (1935) - Mr Curtail * ''Brown on Resolution'' (1935) - Kapitan von Lutz * ''The River House Mystery'' (1935) - (uncredited) * ''Admirals All'' (1935) - Adm. Westerham * ''King of the Damned'' (1935) - Capt. Perez * ''The Prisoner of Corbal'' (1936) - Gamekeeper * ''Educated Evans'' (1936) - Capt. Reid * ''Windbag the Sailor'' (1936) - Captain of the 'Rob Roy' (uncredited) * ''Annie Laurie'' (1936, Short) * ''Take a Chance'' (1937) - (uncredited) * ''Dark Journey'' (1937) - Captain of Swedish Packet * ''Knights for a Day'' (1937) - Lord Southdown * ''Oh, Mr Porter!'' (1937) - Superintendent * ''It's in the Blood'' (1938) - Jules Barres * ''The Gang Show'' (1938) - E.H. McCullough * ''Annie Laurie'' (1939) - Alec Laurie * ''The Four Just Men'' (1939) - Prison Governor * ''Traitor Spy'' (1939) - Otto Lemnel * ''Pastor Hall'' (1940) - Herr Veit * ''Ten Days in Paris'' (1940) * ''Let George Do It!'' (1940) - Schwartz - Spy Chieftain * ''Old Bill and Son'' (1941) - Gustave (uncredited) * ''Inspector Hornleigh Goes To It'' (1941) - Inspector Blow * ''"Pimpernel" Smith'' (1941) - Dvorak * ''Jeannie'' (1941) - French Customs Man * ''The Common Touch'' (1941) - McFarlane (uncredited) * ''Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light'' (1941, Short) - Officer * ''The Big Blockade'' (1942) - German * ''Breach of Promise'' (1942) - Saxon Rose * ''Secret Mission'' (1942) - Fayolle * ''Much Too Shy'' (1942) * ''Talk About Jacqueline'' (1942) - (uncredited) * ''Thursday's Child'' ( Jan' 1943) - Charles Lennox --re-released & edited 1946 * ''The Adventures of Tartu'' (1943) - Dr. Willendorf * ''They Met in the Dark'' (1943) - Police Sergeant * ''I Live in Grosvenor Square'' (1945) - Merridew * ''Meet Me at Dawn'' (1947) - Shooting Gallery Man * ''The Courtneys of Curzon Street'' (1947) - Sir Frank Murchison * ''Fame Is the Spur'' (1947) - Suddaby * ''This Was a Woman'' (1948) - Professor of Music * ''One Night with You'' (1948) - Hotel Proprietor * ''The Guinea Pig'' (1948) - Alec Stevens * ''Scott of the Antarctic'' (1948) - Chairman of Meeting * ''Now Barabbas'' (1949) - Jones * ''Stop Press Girl'' (1949) - Editor, Evening Comet * ''Train of Events'' (1949) - District Superintendent (segment "The Engine Driver") * ''Golden Salamander'' (1950) - Guillard * ''The Happiest Days of Your Life'' (1950) - Monsieur Joue * ''Dick Barton at Bay'' (1950) - Prof. Mitchell (final film role) {{div col end}}

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==External links== *{{IMDb name|0909814}}

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