Scrubby — Outward Bound Character Profile

About Scrubby

The ship's steward who chats with Mrs. Cliveden-Banks. He was condemned to sail the vessel for eternity as punishment for his own past suicide.

Character Facts

Played by

Alec B. Francis

Appears in

Outward Bound (1930)

Role

Supporting

Relationships (2)

• Scrubby — Social Passenger-Steward — Mrs. Cliveden-Banks (Alison Skipworth)

  Casual social interaction between a high-society passenger and the ship's crew.

• Scrubby — Narrative Rescuer Vs Condemned — Henry (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.)

  Contrasting fates: one passenger escapes death, the other is eternally bound to the vessel.

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• Tom Prior (Leslie Howard)
• Henry (Douglas Fairbanks Jr.)
• Mrs. Midget (Beryl Mercer)
• Ann (Helen Chandler)
• Thompson, the Examiner (Dudley Digges)
• Mrs. Cliveden-Banks (Alison Skipworth)