M. A. Wetherell
Marmaduke Arundel "Duke" Wetherell (1883 – 25 February 1939) was a British–South African actor, screenwriter, producer, film director and big-game hunter. In the 1930s, Marmaduke went to Loch Ness to look for the Loch Ness monster. Wetherell claimed to have found footprints, but when casts of the footprints were sent to scientists for analysis they turned out to be from a hippopotamus; a prankster had used a hippopotamus-foot umbrella stand. Biography. Born in Bodmin, Cornwall, Wetherell acted in both British and South African films during the silent era. In the 1920s he branched out to  producing and directing films but they were not a success. He produced, directed and played the lead role in his productions of "Livingstone" (1925) and "Robinson Crusoe" (1927). A planned biography of Lawrence of Arabia called "Revolt in the Desert" to be photographed by Freddie Young who had photographed his war films "The Somme" (1927) and "Victory" (1928) did not eventuate. He was responsible for the hoax "surgeon's photograph" of the Loch Ness Monster. He was the father of actor Ian Colin. Selected filmography. Actor Director Producer