Tom Walls

Acting·Feb 17, 1883·Kingsthorpe, Northampton, Northamptonshire, England, UK

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From Wikipedia Tom Kirby Walls (18 February 1883 – 27 November 1949) was an English stage and film actor, producer and director, best known for presenting and co-starring in the Aldwych farces in the 1920s and for starring in and directing the film adaptations of those plays in the 1930s. Walls spent his early years as an actor, from 1905, mostly in musical comedy, touring the British provinces, North America and Australia and in the West End. He specialised in comic character roles, typically flirtatious middle aged men. In 1922 he went into management in partnership with the comic actor Leslie Henson. They had an early success in the West End with a long-running farce, Tons of Money, after which Walls commissioned and staged a series of farces at the Aldwych Theatre that ran almost continuously over the next decade. He and his co-star Ralph Lynn were among the most popular British actors of their time. In addition to his work in the theatre, Walls directed and acted in more than forty films between 1930 and 1949. Some of these were screen versions of the successful stage plays, others were specially-written comedies on similar lines, and there were also serious films, particularly later in Walls's career.

Film	Credit
The Interrupted Journey1949 · Mr. Clayton	Mr. Clayton
Maytime in Mayfair1949 · Inspector	Inspector
Spring in Park Lane1948 · Uncle Joshua Howard	Uncle Joshua Howard
While I Live1947 · Nehemiah	Nehemiah
The Master of Bankdam1947 · Simeon Crowther Sr.	Simeon Crowther Sr.
This Man Is Mine1946 · Philip Ferguson	Philip Ferguson
Johnny Frenchman1945 · Net Pomeroy	Net Pomeroy
Love Story1944 · Tom Tanner	Tom Tanner
The Halfway House1944 · Capt. Meadows	Capt. Meadows
They Met in the Dark1943 · Christopher Child	Christopher Child
Undercover1943 · Kossan Petrovitch	Kossan Petrovitch
OOld Iron1938 · Sir Henry Woodstock, Director, Producer	Sir Henry Woodstock, Director, Producer
Crackerjack1938 · Jack Drake	Jack Drake
SSecond Best Bed1938 · Victor Garnett, Director	Victor Garnett, Director
Strange Boarders1938 · Tommy Blythe	Tommy Blythe
FFor Valour1937 · Doubleday, Director	Doubleday, Director
Dishonour Bright1936 · Stephen Champion, Director	Stephen Champion, Director
Pot Luck1936 · Actor, Director	Actor, Director
FForeign Affaires1935 · Capt. the Hon. Archibald Gore, Director	Capt. the Hon. Archibald Gore, Director
Stormy Weather1935 · Sir Duncan Craggs, Director	Sir Duncan Craggs, Director
Me and Marlborough1935 · John Churchill - Duke of Marlborough	John Churchill - Duke of Marlborough
FFighting Stock1935 · Brig. Gen. Sir Donald Rowley, Director	Brig. Gen. Sir Donald Rowley, Director
Dirty Work1934 · Director	Director
Lady in Danger1934 · Richard Dexter, Director	Richard Dexter, Director
A Cup of Kindness1934 · Fred Tutt, Director	Fred Tutt, Director
Turkey Time1933 · Max Wheeler, Director	Max Wheeler, Director
A Cuckoo in the Nest1933 · Maj. George Bone, Director	Maj. George Bone, Director
LLeave It to Smith1933 · Smith, Director	Smith, Director
TThe Blarney Stone1933 · Tim Fitzgerald, Director	Tim Fitzgerald, Director
Thark1932 · Sir Hector Benbow, Director	Sir Hector Benbow, Director
LLeap Year1932 · Sir Peter Trallion, Director	Sir Peter Trallion, Director
A Night Like This1932 · Michael Mahoney, Director, Screenplay	Michael Mahoney, Director, Screenplay
Tons of Money1930 · Director	Director
Plunder1930 · Freddie Malone, Director	Freddie Malone, Director
Canaries Sometimes Sing1930 · Geoffrey Lymes, Director	Geoffrey Lymes, Director
OOn Approval1930 · Duke of Bristol, Director	Duke of Bristol, Director
Rookery Nook1930 · Clive Popkiss, Director	Clive Popkiss, Director
Tons of Money1924 · Producer	Producer