Vernon Steele

Personal Info

Birthday

September 16, 1882

Day of Death

1955-07-23

(72 years old)

Place of Birth

Santiago, Chile

Also Known As

Vernon Steel

R. Vernon Steele

R.V. Steele

Victor Steele

Arturo Romeo Antonietti

Vernon Steele

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vernon Steele (18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Daniel Antonietti, a professor of music, and his English wife, the former Grace Emma Bolton. Vernon Steele was christened Arturo Romeo Antonietti and his family eventually settled in London, England. His sister was actress Hilda Anthony.

Known For

They Were Expendable

Design for Living

Mrs. Miniver

Captain Blood

Dracula's Daughter

Madame Bovary

Bonnie Scotland

Lloyd's of London

Filmography

1949
Madame Bovary
as Priest
1948
To the Ends of the Earth
as Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)
1945
They Were Expendable
as Army Doctor
1943
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
as Captain Blair
1942
Mrs. Miniver
as Glee Club Member (uncredited)
1939
The Witness Vanishes
as Nigel Partridge
The Bill of Rights
as Thomas Jefferson
North of the Yukon
as RCMP Insp. Wylie
1938
Flight to Fame
as Officer
Kidnapped
as Captain
1937
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Lord Fenton (uncredited)
Time Out for Romance
as Count Michael Montaine
1936
Lloyd's of London
as Thomas Lawrence
Dracula's Daughter
as Squires (uncredited)
1935
Captain Blood
as King James
Bonnie Scotland
as Col. Gregor McGregor
1934
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Wedding Guest
The Great Flirtation
as Bigelow
Where Sinners Meet
as Saunders
1933
Design for Living
as Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)
The Silk Express
as Dr. Harold Rolph
The King's Vacation
as Barstow
1929
Big News
as Reporter
1924
The House of Youth
as Rhodes Winston
1923
The Wanters
as Tom Armstrong
What Wives Want
as Austin Howard
Alice Adams
as Arthur Russell
Temptation
as John Hope
1922
The Girl Who Ran Wild
as The Schoolmaster
For the Defense
as Christopher Armstrong
1921
Out of the Chorus
as Ross Van Beekman
The Highest Bidder
as Hastings
1920
His House in Order
as Hillary Jesson
1919
Mind the Paint Girl
as Lord Francombe
Human Desire
as Jasper Norton
The Phantom Honeymoon
as Captain Bob Tidewater
The Witness for the Defense
as Dick Hazelwood
The Firing Line
as John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III
1918
The Panther Woman
as Beverly Peale
1917
Polly of the Circus
as John Douglas the Minister
1916
Silks and Satins
as Jacques Desmond
The Supreme Sacrifice
as Reverend Philip Morton
1915
Her Great Match
as Prince Adolph
The Vampire
as Robert Sterling