C. Aubrey Smith

Biography

C. Aubrey Smith (Sir Charles Aubrey Smith, CBE) was an English born stage and screen actor, prominent in Hollywood films starting from the beginning of the sound era.

Career Overview

C. Aubrey Smith has 113 screen credits in a career dating back to 1915. Their work spans 5 cinematic universes — most prominently Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection with 1 titles. Signature works include The Prisoner of Zenda, Curtain at Eight, The Bump. 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

113

Birth Date

1863-07-19 00:00:00

Birth Place

London, England, UK

Known For

• 

  The Prisoner of Zenda
• 

  Curtain at Eight
• The Bump
• 

  Scotland Yard Investigator
• 

  Forever Yours
• 

  Beyond Tomorrow

Associated Universes

Universe traveler — spans 5 universes

• Sherlock Holmes (Basil Rathbone) Collection (1 titles)
• Maisie Ravier Collection (1 titles)
• The Thin Man Collection (1 titles)
• Bulldog Drummond (Ronald Colman) Collection (1 titles)
• Tarzan (Johnny Weissmuller) Collection (1 titles)

Frequent Collaborators

• Ronald Colman (1 collaborations)
• Madeleine Carroll (1 collaborations)
• Douglas Fairbanks Jr. (1 collaborations)
• Mary Astor (1 collaborations)
• David Niven (1 collaborations)
• Raymond Massey (1 collaborations)
• Montagu Love (1 collaborations)
• Philip Sleeman (1 collaborations)
• Eleanor Wesselhoeft (1 collaborations)
• Torben Meyer (1 collaborations)

Credits

• actors (113 credits)

  • Complicated Women

    Self (archive footage)

    actor

    actors
    2003
  • Little Women

    Mr. Laurence

    actor

    actors
    1949
  • Luxury Liner

    Edward Thorndike

    actor

    actors
    1948
  • An Ideal Husband

    Earl of Caversham

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Unconquered

    Lord Chief Justice

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • High Conquest

    Col. Hugh Bunning

    actor

    actors
    1947
  • Rendezvous with Annie

    Archibald Clyde

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Cluny Brown

    Charles "Duff" Graham

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • Terror by Night

    Elderly gentleman on train station (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1946
  • And Then There Were None

    John Mandrake

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Scotland Yard Investigator

    James Collison

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Forever Yours

    Grandfather

    actor

    actors
    1945
  • Secrets of Scotland Yard

    Sir Christopher Pelt

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The Adventures of Mark Twain

    Oxford Chancellor

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Sensations of 1945

    Dan Lindsay

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • The White Cliffs of Dover

    Walter Forsythe

    actor

    actors
    1944
  • Madame Curie

    Lord Kelvin

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Flesh and Fantasy

    Dean of Norwalk (segment 2)

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Two Tickets to London

    Admiralty Detective Fairchild

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Forever and a Day

    Eustace Trimble

    actor

    actors
    1943
  • Free and Easy

    The Duke

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • Maisie Was a Lady

    Al Walpole

    actor

    actors
    1941
  • A Little Bit of Heaven

    Grandpa

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Waterloo Bridge

    The Duke

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Beyond Tomorrow

    Allan 'Chad' Chadwick

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Rebecca

    Colonel Julyan

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • City of Chance

    The Judge

    actor

    actors
    1940
  • Balalaika

    General Karagin

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Another Thin Man

    Colonel MacFay

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Eternally Yours

    Gramps

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Under-Pup

    Grandpa

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • Five Came Back

    Henry Spengler

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Sun Never Sets

    John Randolph

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • The Four Feathers

    General Burroughs

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • East Side of Heaven

    Cyrus Barrett Sr.

    actor

    actors
    1939
  • It Might Be You

    Self - Epilogue

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Sixty Glorious Years

    Duke of Wellington

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Kidnapped

    Duke of Argyle

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Four Men and a Prayer

    Loring Leigh

    actor

    actors
    1938
  • Thoroughbreds Don't Cry

    Peter Calverton

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Hurricane

    Father Paul

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • The Prisoner of Zenda

    Colonel Zapt

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Victoria the Great

    (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Wee Willie Winkie

    Colonel Williams

    actor

    actors
    1937
  • Lloyd's of London

    Old Q

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Garden of Allah

    Father J. Roubier

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Romeo and Juliet

    Lord Capulet

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • The Story of Papworth, the Village of Hope

    Epilogue

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Little Lord Fauntleroy

    Earl of Dorincourt

    actor

    actors
    1936
  • Things You Never See on the Screen

    Self

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Tunnel

    Lloyd

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Hollywood Extra Girl

    Crusades Actor (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Crusades

    The Hermit

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • China Seas

    Sir Guy Wilmerding

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Jalna

    Nicholas Whiteoaks

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Right to Live

    Major Liconda

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Clive of India

    Prime Minister

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Gilded Lily

    Lloyd Granville

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • The Lives of a Bengal Lancer

    Major Hamilton

    actor

    actors
    1935
  • Caravan

    Baron von Tokay

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Firebird

    Police Inspector Miller

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • We Live Again

    Prince Kortchagin

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Cleopatra

    Enobarbus

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

    Reginald Neilsen

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • One More River

    General Charwell

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The Scarlet Empress

    Prince August

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • The House of Rothschild

    Duke of Wellington

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Gambling Lady

    Peter Madison

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Queen Christina

    Aage

    actor

    actors
    1934
  • Bombshell

    Mr. Middleton

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Curtain at Eight

    Detective Jim Hanley

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Morning Glory

    Hedges

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Adorable

    Prime Minister Von Heynitz

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Barbarian

    Cecil Harwood

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Secrets

    William Marlowe

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • Luxury Liner

    Edward Thorndyke

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • The Monkey's Paw

    Sergeant Major Morris

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • They Just Had to Get Married

    Aubrey Hampton

    actor

    actors
    1933
  • No More Orchids

    Jerome Cedric

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Trouble in Paradise

    Giron

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Love Me Tonight

    Duke d'Artelines

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • But the Flesh Is Weak

    Florian Clement

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Tarzan the Ape Man

    James Parker

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Polly of the Circus

    James Northcott

    actor

    actors
    1932
  • Surrender

    Count Reichendorf

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Phantom of Paris

    Bourrelier

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Guilty Hands

    Reverend Hastings

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Son of India

    Dr. Wallace

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Man in Possession

    Mr. Dabney

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Just a Gigolo

    George Hampton

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Never the Twain Shall Meet

    Mr. Pritchard

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Daybreak

    General Von Hertz

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Contraband Love

    Paul Machin, JP

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Trader Horn

    St. Clair (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • The Bachelor Father

    Basil "Chief" Winterton

    actor

    actors
    1931
  • Passion Flower

    Man at Ferry Boat Pier (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Birds of Prey

    Arthur Hilton

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Such Is the Law

    James Whittaker

    actor

    actors
    1930
  • Show People

    Man at Movie Preview (uncredited)

    actor

    actors
    1928
  • The Rejected Woman

    Peter Leslie

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Unwanted

    Colonel Carrington

    actor

    actors
    1924
  • The Temptation of Carlton Earle

    Carlton Earle

    actor

    actors
    1923
  • Flames of Passion

    Richard Hawke KC

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Bohemian Girl

    Devilshoof

    actor

    actors
    1922
  • The Shuttle of Life

    Reverend John Stone

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Bump

    John Brice

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Castles in Spain

    The builder

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • The Face at the Window

    Bentinck

    actor

    actors
    1920
  • Red Pottage

    Lord Newhaven

    actor

    actors
    1918
  • The Witching Hour

    Jack Brookfield

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • Jaffery

    Jaffery

    actor

    actors
    1916
  • John Glayde's Honor

    John Glayde

    actor

    actors
    1915
  • The Builder of Bridges

    Edward Thursfield

    actor

    actors
    1915