In 1932 he was invited to Hollywood from the London stage by director James Whale, to perform (alongside Charles Laughton again), the role of insane Saul Femm in the film adaptation of J. B. Priestley's novel Benighted, titled The Old Dark House (1932).[5][6]
brember, wills, 1883, 1948, early, 20th, century, english, theatre, film, actor, born15, march, 1883reading, berkshire, englanddied29, september, 1948, 1948, aged, angeles, california, united, statesoccupationactoryears, active1905, contents, early, life, care. Brember Wills 1883 1948 was an early 20th Century English theatre and film actor Brember WillsBorn15 March 1883Reading Berkshire EnglandDied29 September 1948 1948 09 29 aged 65 Los Angeles California United StatesOccupationActorYears active1905 Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 3 Personal life 4 Filmography 5 References 6 Bibliography 7 External linksEarly life editWillis was born in Reading in the County of Berkshire England on 15 March 1883 citation needed Career editHe made his acting debut on the stage in 1905 citation needed His acting career was interrupted in 1914 by the outbreak of World War I when he volunteered with the British Army s Royal Army Medical Corps as Private 600 and saw active service 1 In July August 1926 he performed in Henrik Ibsen s Pillars of Society at the Everyman Theatre in Hampstead and at the Royalty Theatre in London 2 In March 1927 he performed with Charles Laughton and Sybil Thorndike in the play Angela at the Prince s Theatre in London 3 He played Polonius in John Gielgud s 1930 production of Hamlet at The Old Vic 4 In 1932 he was invited to Hollywood from the London stage by director James Whale to perform alongside Charles Laughton again the role of insane Saul Femm in the film adaptation of J B Priestley s novel Benighted titled The Old Dark House 1932 5 6 In February 1935 he appeared in Gaston Baty s dramatized adaptation of Crime and Punishment at the Embassy Theatre in London 7 and in the same year also played the role of Ananias in a performance run of the Ben Jonson comedy The Alchemist at the Prince s Theatre 8 In January 1936 he appeared in the play Golden Gander at the Embassy Theatre in London 9 In January 1937 Wills appeared in an early British Broadcasting Corporation evening television broadcast of the play Cinderella dramatized by his wife 10 Personal life editHe was married to the theatre actress Margaret Carter with whom he regularly performed on stage 11 Filmography editCarnival 1931 The Old Dark House 1932 What Happened to Harkness 1934 Unfinished Symphony 1934 The Scarlet Pimpernel 1934 References edit Brember Wills World War 1 Medal Index Card The National Archive Kew Surrey England Order Code WOP 3723 212 218012 http discovery nationalarchives gov uk details r D5923767 Theatre Collection Document Ordering Code MS38 3626 Cadbury Research Library University of Birmingham Charles Laughton A Difficult Actor by S Callow P 307 Pub Random House 2012 William Shakespeare Production of Hamlet Theatricalia Hollywood Cauldron 13 Horror films from the Genre s Golden Ages P 39 by G W Mank Pub Macfarland 2001 Kawin p 178 Theatre Collection Document ordering code MS38 540 Cadbury Research Library University of Birmingham England Newspaper cutting dated 1935 advertising the production listed on eBay June 2019 https www ebay co uk itm 1935 Ben Jonsons Alchemist Vera Cook Alan Trotter Brember Wills 233206411394 hash item364c2f7082 g m3wAAOSwZvFbC6xc Theatre Collection Document Ordering Code XSM38 Cadbury Research Library University of Birmingham England http calmview bham ac uk Record aspx src CalmView Catalog amp id XMS38 2F1296 British Universities Film amp Television Council Archive http bufvc ac uk screenplays index php prog 66 Entry for Wills on the Classic Horror Players website Bibliography editBruce F Kawin Horror and the Horror Film Anthem Press 2012 External links editBrember Wills at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Brember Wills amp oldid 1181359721, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
