| Fred
Groves
1880
- 1955 |
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The actor Fred Groves launched a successful film career at the beginning
of the still young silent film era.
After his screen debut "Popsy Wopsy" (13) he took part in numerous
other movies the next few years, among them "Maria Marten or The Murder
in the Red Barn" (13), "The Idol of Paris" (14), "In the Days of Trafalgar"
(14), "The Loss of the Birkenhead" (14), "Honeymoon for Three" (15), "The
World's Desire" (15), "Florence Nightingale" (15) and Fine Feathers" (15).
During the second half of the 20s he appeared in productions like "The
Two Roads" (16), "Esther" (16), "The Manxman" (17), "The Labour Leader"
(17) and "Castle of Dreams" (19).
He only played in front of the camera sporadically in the 20s, especially
at the beginning of that decade he acted in silent movies like "London
Pride" (20), "Squibs" (21), "The Crimson Circle" (22), "Rogues of the Turf"
(23) and "Memories" (25).
His roles became smaller with the rise of the talkies, still he was
able to continue his career till to 1950.
To his movies of those years belong "Suspense" (30), "Escape!" (30),
"Sally in Our Alley" (31), "The World, the Flesh and the Devil" (32), "A
Glimpse of Paradise" (34), "Beloved Impostor" (36), "Vessel of Wrath" (38),
"21 Days" (40), "An Ideal Husband" (47) and "Your Witness" (50).
Other movies with Fred Groves:
Bridegrooms Beware (13) The Cup
Final Mystery (14) Inquisitive Ike (14) The Suicide Club (14) Beautiful
Jim (14) Her Luck in London (14) There's Good in Everyone (15) Gilbert
Gets Tiger-Itis (15) Midshipman Easy (15) Gilbert Dying to Die (15) London's
Yellow Peril (15) From Shopgirl to Duchess (15) Her Nameless Child (15)
Another Man's Wife (15) Grip (15) Home (15) Yvonne (15) Mr. Lyndon at Liberty
(15) Charity Ann (15) A Will of Her Own (15) The Firm of Girdlestone (15)
Mother Love (16) Meg the Lady (16) Driven (16) Smith (17) Drink (17) The
Grit of a Jew (17) Garryowen (20) Judge Not (20) The Mayor of Casterbridge
(21) A Master of Craft (22) Squibs Qins the Calcutta Sweep (22) Squibs
M.P. (23) Squibs' Honeymoon (23) Out of the Blue (31) The Ghost Camera
(33) Puppets of Fate (33) The Old Curiosity Shop (34) Royal Cavalcade (35)
Dance Band (35) Royal Eagle (36) Second Bureau (36) The Squeaker (37) Richard
of Bordeaux (38) The Viper (38) Strange Boarders (38) No Parking (38) The
Challenge (38) Climbing High (38) Morning Departure (46) My Brother Jonathan
(48) My Brother's Keeper (48) Old Mother Riley's New Venture (49) Up for
the Cup (50) The Girl Who Couldn't Quite (50) |
