W. Graham Brown(1870-1937)
- Actor
W. Graham Brown born William Graham Browne in Ireland in 1870, highly
well-known West End and Broadway theatre star from the 1890's, plays
include 'Penelope' at the Lyceum Theatre in 1909 and as 'David Bliss'
in Noel Coward's 'Hay Fever' at the Ambassador's Theatre in 1925.
handsome dapper who starred in only one silent film role as 'Lord
Burlington' in a USA movie 'Mrs. Plum's Pudding' directed by Al
Christie and starring his then wife Marie Tempest for the Nestor Film
Company in 1915, played mostly supporting roles in few English films,
his first played 'Pignolet' in 'The Lady Is Willing' in 1934 directed
by Gilbert Miller and starring Leslie Howard, perhaps his best known
film and his last as 'Dr. Kurt Broman' in 'Moonlight Sonata' a musical
drama in 1937 starring American actor Charles Farrell and the famous
pianist Ignacy Jan Paderewski.
