David Horne (actor)

David Horne (actor)
David Edgar Alderson Horne (14 July 1898 in Balcombe, Sussex – 15 March 1970 in Marylebone, London) was an English film and stage actor.
Biography
British actor and playwright David Horne began his film career in the 1930s, after a distinguished early career in the theatre. He was generally seen portraying pompous, self-satisfied characters. He never managed to rise to the "star" level in his silver screen acting career, but he was an indispensable character actor, and played many utility parts such as desk clerks, newspaper editors, police officials, lawyers and doctors. He continued his theatre work until his death in 1970.
In 1924 he married the former actress Renée Mayer. The marriage was later dissolved.
Filmography
Lord of the Manor (1933) as General Sir George Fleeter (film debut)
General John Regan (1933) as Maj. Kent
Badger's Green (1934) as Major Forrester
The Case for the Crown (1934) as James Rainsford
That's My Uncle (1935) as Col. Marlowe
The Village Squire (1935) as Squire Hollis
Late Extra (1935) - Williams as Newspaper Editor
Hyde Park Corner (1935)
Gentlemen's Agreement (1935) as Sir Charles Lysle
Under Proof (1936) as Dr. Walton
The Cardinal (1936) as English Abbot
Debt of Honour (1936) as Colonel Mayhew
It's Love Again (1936) as Durland
A Touch of the Moon (1936) as Colonel Plattner
The Interrupted Honeymoon (1936) as Colonel Craddock
Seven Sinners (1936) as Hotel Manager
The House of the Spaniard (1936) as 2nd Captain
Conquest of the Air (1936) as Nero (uncredited)
The Mill on the Floss (1936) as Mr. Deane (uncredited)
Farewell Again (1937) as John Carlisle
The Green Cockatoo (1937) (uncredited)
Blind Folly (1940) as Mr. Steel
21 Days (1940) as Beavis
The Stars Look Down (1940) as Mr. Wilkins
Crimes at the Dark House (1940) as Frederick Fairlie
Return to Yesterday (1940) as Morrison
Night Train to Munich (1940) as Official at Prague Steel Works (uncredited)
The Door with Seven Locks (1940) as Edward Havelock
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It (1941) as Commissioner
Breach of Promise (1942) as Sir Hamar
The Day Will Dawn (1942) as Evans, Foreign Editor
They Flew Alone (1942) as Solicitor
The First of the Few (1942) as Mr. Higgins
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) as Mayor (uncredited)
Yellow Canary (1943) as Admiral (uncredited)
San Demetrio London (1943)
The Hundred Pound Window (1944) as Baldwin
Don't Take It to Heart (1944) as Sir Henry Wade, Prosecuting Counsel
The Man from Morocco (1945) as Dr. Duboste
I Live in Grosvenor Square (1945) as War Office Major
They Were Sisters (1945) as Mr. Field
The Seventh Veil (1945) as Dr. Kendall
The Wicked Lady (1945) as Martin Worth
The Rake's Progress (1945) as Sir John Brockley
Gaiety George (1946) as Lord Mountsbury
Caravan (1946) as Charles Camperdene
The Magic Bow (1946) as Rizzi
Men of Two Worlds (1946) as Concert Agent
Spring Song (1946) as Sir Anthony
The Man Within (1947) as Dr. Stanton
Easy Money (1948) as Mr. Hessian (voice, uncredited)
Saraband for Dead Lovers (1948) as Duke George William
It's Hard to Be Good (1948) as Edward Beckett
Once Upon a Dream (1949) as Registrar
The History of Mr. Polly (1949) as Mr. Garvace
Madeleine (1950) as Lord Justice-Clerk
Appointment with Venus (1951) as Magistrate
Street Corner (1953) as Judge (uncredited)
Martin Luther (1953) as Duke Frederick
Spaceways (1953) as Minister
The Intruder (1953) as General
Beau Brummell (1954) as Thurlow
Three Cases of Murder (1955) as Sir James (segment "Lord Mountdrago")
The Last Man to Hang? (1956) as Antony Harcombe, Q.C.
Lust for Life (1956) as Rev. Peeters
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957) as The Foreign Office
The Safecracker (1958) as Herbert Fenwright
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) as James, His Butler
The Devil's Disciple (1959) as Uncle William
The Clue of the New Pin (1961) as John Tredmere
Goodbye Again (1961) as Queen's Counsel
Dentist on the Job (1961) as Admiral Southbound
Nurse on Wheels (1963) as Dr. Golfrey Senior
The Big Job (1965) as Judge
A Flea in Her Ear (1968) as The Prosecutor
Diamonds for Breakfast (1968) as Duke of Windemere (final film)
Stage
Witness for the Prosecution (1953) as Sir Wilfrid Robarts QC
References
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1898 births
1970 deaths
English male film actors
English male stage actors
Male actors from Sussex
20th-century English male actors
People from Balcombe, West Sussex