William Austin

Personal Info

Birthday

June 10, 1884

Day of Death

1975-06-15

(91 years old)

Place of Birth

Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]

Also Known As

William Crosby Piercy Austin

William Austin

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Austin (12 June 1884 – 15 June 1975) was a British character actor who was born on a sugar plantation in Georgetown in British Guiana (now Guyana).

On the death of his father he was brought to England to complete his education. He later filled a business post in Shanghai and on being sent to San Francisco by the company he worked for, he decided to stay in America and take up acting on the stage and later in films. He appeared in many American films and serials between the 1920s and the 1940s, though the vast majority of his roles were small and uncredited.

Known For

Batman

The Private Life of Henry VIII

National Velvet

The Gay Divorcee

Alice in Wonderland

Imitation of Life

"It"

The Return of the Vampire

Filmography

1947
The Ghost Goes Wild
as Barnaby
1946
Alias Mr. Twilight
as Forbes (uncredited)
1945
Swingin' on a Rainbow
as Musician (uncredited)
National Velvet
as Reporter (uncredited)
1943
The Return of the Vampire
as Detective Gannett
Batman
as Alfred
1941
Charley's Aunt
as Spectator
1939
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes
as Inquisitive Stranger
1938
Doctor Rhythm
as Mr. Martingale
1937
Live, Love and Learn
as Bob's Butler (uncredited)
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted
as Constable Holly
1936
The Garden Murder Case
as Sneed, Hammle's Butler (Uncredited)
1935
$1,000 a Minute
as Salesman
The Goose and the Gander
as Arthur Summers
Redheads on Parade
as Trelawney Redfern
Oil for the Lamps of China
as Clerk in Chase's office
1934
Imitation of Life
as Englishman at Party (uncredited)
The Gay Divorcee
as Cyril Glossop
1933
Alice in Wonderland
as Gryphon
The Private Life of Henry VIII
as Duke of Cleves
Three Men in a Boat
as Harris
1932
High Society
as Wilberforce Strangeways
County Hospital
as Ollie's Hospital Roommate
Rule 'Em and Weep
as Duke
1931
Corsair
as Richard Bentinck
A Tailor-Made Man
as Jellicott
1930
Along Came Youth
as Lord Eustace
Let's Go Native
as Basil Pistol
The Flirting Widow
as James Raleigh
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu
as Sylvester Wadsworth
The Man from Blankley's
as Mr. Poffley
Embarrassing Moments
as Jasper Hickson
1929
The Marriage Playground
as Lord Wrench
Sweetie
as Prof. Percy Willow
Illusion
as Mr. Z
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu
as Sylvester Wadsworth
1928
What a Night!
as Percy Penfield
Someone to Love
as Aubrey Weems
Just Married
as Percy Jones
The Fifty-Fifty Girl
as Engineer
Red Hair
as Dr. Eustace Gill
Drums of Love
as Raymond of Boston
1927
Swim Girl, Swim
as Mr. Spangle PhD.
The World At Her Feet
as Det. Hall
Duck Soup
as Lord Tarbotham
"It"
as Monty Montgomery
1926
The Flaming Forest
as Alfred Wimbledon
Her Big Night
as Harold Crosby, cub reporter
Fig Leaves
as Andre's Assistant
What Happened to Jones
as Henry Fuller
1925
The Fate of a Flirt
as Riggs
The Best People
as Arthur Rockmere
Seven Days
as Dal Brown
The Night Club
as Gerly - The Valet
Head Winds
as Theodore Van Felt
Who Cares
as Dr. Harry Oldershaw
1924
The Garden of Weeds
as Archie
The Reckless Age
as Lord Allan Harrowby
1923
Ruggles of Red Gap
as Mr. Belknap-Jackson
1922
The Cowboy King
as Wilbur
Handle with Care
as Peter Carter
1920
Common Sense
as Reggie Barrett