Brian Aherne

Biography

English born Brian Aherne (born William Brian de Lacy Aherne) was a stage, screen, and television actor successful in America.

Career Overview

Brian Aherne has 49 screen credits in a career dating back to 1924. Signature works include I Confess, Smart Woman, The Man Who Lost Himself. Explore the interactive character relationship maps on each title page to trace how their roles connect across franchises.

Personal Facts

Known For

Acting

Gender

male

Known Credits

49

Birth Date

1902-05-02 00:00:00

Birth Place

King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, UK

Known For

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  I Confess
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  Smart Woman
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  The Man Who Lost Himself
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  The Lady in Question
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  Captain Fury
• 

  Merrily We Live

Frequent Collaborators

• Alfred Hitchcock (3 collaborations)
• Marvin Hatley (3 collaborations)
• Hal Roach (3 collaborations)
• Dimitri Tiomkin (2 collaborations)
• Constance Bennett (2 collaborations)
• Eddie Moran (2 collaborations)
• William Stevens (2 collaborations)
• Charles D. Hall (2 collaborations)
• Norbert Brodine (2 collaborations)
• Jack Jevne (2 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (49 credits)

  • Barbara Stanwyck: Straight Down the Line

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    1997
  • Rosie!

    Oliver Stevenson

    actor

    actors
    1967
  • The Cavern

    General Braithwaite

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • The Waltz King

    Johann Strauss (Vater)

    actor

    actors
    1964
  • Sword of Lancelot

    King Arthur

    actor

    actors
    1963
  • Susan Slade

    Stanton Corbett

    actor

    actors
    1961
  • The Best of Everything

    Fred Shalimar

    actor

    actors
    1959
  • Rawhide

    - The Gentleman's Gentleman (1961) ... Woolsey actor actors
    1959
  • The Twilight Zone

    - The Trouble with Templeton (1960) ... Booth Templeton actor actors
    1959
  • The Swan

    Father Carl Hyacinth

    actor

    actors
    1956
  • A Bullet Is Waiting

    David Canham

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Prince Valiant

    King Arthur

    actor

    actors
    1954
  • Climax!

    - Night Shriek (1956) ... David actor actors
    1954
  • Titanic

    Capt. Edward John Smith

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • I Confess

    Willy Robertson

    actor

    actors
    1953
  • Robert Montgomery Presents

    - Breakdown (1953) ... Phillip Armstrong, a scientist actor actors

    - Element of Risk (1953) ... actor actors

    - The Petrified Forest (1950) ... Self - Guest Host actor actors
    1950
  • Angel on the Amazon

    Anthony Ridgeway

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • Smart Woman

    Robert Larrimore

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • The Locket

    Dr. Harry Blair

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • What a Woman

    Henry Pepper

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • First Comes Courage

    Capt. Allan Lowell

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Forever and a Day

    Jim Trimble

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • A Night to Remember

    Jeff Troy

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • My Sister Eileen

    Robert Baker

    actor

    actors
    1942
  • Skylark

    Jim Blake

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Smilin' Through

    Sir John Carteret

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • The Man Who Lost Himself

    John Evans / Malcolm Scott

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Hired Wife

    Stephen Dexter

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • The Lady in Question

    Andre Morestan

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • My Son, My Son!

    William Essex

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Vigil in the Night

    Dr. Robert S. Prescott

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Juarez

    Emperor Maximilian von Hapsburg

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Captain Fury

    Captain Michael Fury

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Merrily We Live

    E. Wade Rawlins

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • The Great Garrick

    David Garrick

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Beloved Enemy

    Dennis Riordan

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Sylvia Scarlett

    Michael Fane

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • I Live My Life

    Terence 'Terry' O'Neill

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • What Every Woman Knows

    John Shand

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Fountain

    Lewis Allison

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Constant Nymph

    Lewis Dodd

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Song of Songs

    Richard Waldow

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Madame Guillotine

    Louis Dubois

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The W Plan

    Col. Duncan Grant

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Underground

    Bill

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • Shooting Stars

    Julian Gordon

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • A Woman Redeemed

    Geoffrey Wayneflete

    actor

    actors
    1927
  • King of the Castle

    Colin O'Farrell

    actor

    actors
    1925
  • The Eleventh Commandment

    Norman Barchester

    actor

    actors
    1924