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George Relph is a Actor British born on 27 january 1888

George Relph

George Relph
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Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 27 january 1888
Death 24 april 1960 (at 72 years) at London (United-kingdom)

George Relph (27 January 1888 – 24 April 1960) was an English actor. He acted in more than a dozen films, and also many plays. He served in the British Armed Forces in World War I, and was shot in the leg, hindering his return to acting. But Relph eventually got back on stage, and his career continued. His son, Michael, became a producer in the British film industry. His last role was in the 1959 film version of Ben Hur which was released five months before Relph's death.

Biography

Au théâtre, George Relph entame sa carrière au début des années 1900 et joue pour la première fois à Londres en 1909, dans Hamlet de William Shakespeare (à noter qu'en 1925, il est Horatio dans la même pièce, aux côtés de John Barrymore tenant le rôle-titre). Par la suite, il se produit souvent sur les scènes londoniennes, notamment au sein de la troupe du théâtre Old Vic. En tournée, il joue dans son pays natal et à l'étranger, entre autres à Broadway (New York) dès 1911.

Parmi ses autres pièces notables, mentionnons Oncle Vania d'Anton Tchekhov (1945-1946, avec Laurence Olivier, Margaret Leighton et Ralph Richardson), Antigone de Jean Anouilh, Une demande en mariage d'Anton Tchekhov et L'École de la médisance de Richard Brinsley Sheridan (toutes trois en 1949 et mises en scène par Laurence Olivier, avec Peter Cushing, Vivien Leigh et Laurence Olivier), Ardèle ou la Marguerite de Jean Anouilh (1951, avec Isabel Jeans et Patrick Macnee), ou encore Le Cabotin de John Osborne (1957, avec Laurence Olivier, Brenda De Banzie et Joan Plowright).

Le Cabotin est repris à Broadway en 1958, ce qui permet à George Relph d'obtenir la même année une nomination au Tony Award du meilleur second rôle masculin (celui de Billy Rice) dans une pièce. En outre, son metteur en scène Tony Richardson réalise l'adaptation au cinéma (même titre) de 1960, où Roger Livesey reprend le rôle de Billy.

Au grand écran, George Relph débute dans cinq films muets américains sortis en 1915 et 1916 (dont Insouciance de Maurice Tourneur en 1915), avant deux ultimes films muets, britanniques, sortis en 1921.

Après le passage au parlant, il tient d'abord un petit rôle non crédité dans Le Fantôme vivant de T. Hayes Hunter (avec Boris Karloff et Cedric Hardwicke), sorti en 1933. Suivent neuf autres films britanniques disséminés de 1939 à 1958, dont Tortillard pour Titfield de Charles Crichton (1953, avec Stanley Holloway et Naunton Wayne).

Son dernier film, américain, est Ben-Hur de William Wyler (avec Charlton Heston dans le rôle-titre et Stephen Boyd, lui-même personnifiant Tibère), sorti en novembre 1959, quelques mois avant sa mort.

À la télévision enfin, George Relph apparaît dans deux séries britanniques dédiées au théâtre, de 1956 à 1958.

Il est le père du réalisateur et producteur Michael Relph (1915-2004) et le grand-père de l'assistant-réalisateur et producteur Simon Relph (né en 1940).

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Filmography of George Relph (13 films)

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Ben-Hur
Ben-Hur (1959)
, 3h34
Directed by William Wyler
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Action, Adventure, Historical, Peplum
Themes Films set in Africa, Seafaring films, Christmas films, Films about religion, Films about sexuality, Transport films, Films based on the Bible, Films about Jews and Judaism, Road movies, Portrayals of Jesus in film, Chase films, Films about virginity
Actors Charlton Heston, Jack Hawkins, Haya Harareet, Stephen Boyd, Hugh Griffith, Martha Scott
Roles Tiberius Caesar
Rating80% 4.04894.04894.04894.04894.0489
In AD 26, Judah Ben-Hur (Charlton Heston) is a wealthy prince and merchant in Jerusalem, who lives with his mother, Miriam (Martha Scott); his sister, Tirzah (Cathy O'Donnell); their loyal slave, Simonides (Sam Jaffe); and his daughter, Esther (Haya Harareet), who loves Ben-Hur but is betrothed to another. His childhood friend, the Roman citizen Messala (Stephen Boyd), is now a tribune. After several years away from Jerusalem, Messala returns as the new commander of the Roman garrison. Messala believes in the glory of Rome and its imperial power, while Ben-Hur is devoted to his faith and the freedom of the Jewish people.
Davy
Davy (1958)
, 1h23
Directed by Michael Leighton George Relph
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Musical
Themes Films about music and musicians, Musical films
Actors Harry Secombe, Alexander Knox, Bill Owen, Ron Randell, Joan Sims, George Relph
Roles Uncle Pat
Rating56% 2.81622.81622.81622.81622.8162
A young entertainer is conflicted over the chance of a big break. He has to decide whether to remain with his family's music hall act or to go solo. An audition scene at Covent Garden includes an especially fine rendition of Puccini's Nessun Dorma by Secombe, who, while known mainly as a comedian, had a fine tenor voice, and Mozart's Voi Che Sapete performend by Adele Leigh.
The Titfield Thunderbolt, 1h24
Directed by Charles Crichton
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films
Actors Stanley Holloway, George Relph, Naunton Wayne, John Gregson, Hugh Griffith, Godfrey Tearle
Roles Vicar Sam Weech
Rating69% 3.4968953.4968953.4968953.4968953.496895
The residents of the (fictional) rural village of Titfield rely on the railway branch line to commute to work and transport their produce to market. So they are shocked when the government announces that the line is to be closed. Particularly hard hit is the local vicar, railway enthusiast Rev. Sam Weech (George Relph); he comes up with the idea to run it locally. He and the local squire, Gordon Chesterford (John Gregson), persuade wealthy Walter Valentine (Stanley Holloway) to provide the financial backing by telling him they can legally operate a bar while the train is running, so he will not have to wait all morning for the local pub to open.
The Final Test, 1h30
Directed by Anthony Asquith
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Themes Sports films, Cricket films
Actors Jack Warner, Jack Warner, Robert Morley, George Relph, Adrianne Allen, Brenda Bruce
Roles Syd Thompson
Rating65% 3.286213.286213.286213.286213.28621
The film is a comedy drama, set around leading cricketer Sam Palmer's last appearance for England. He desperately wants his son to be there at The Oval to witness this, but the son is more concerned with meeting a leading poet Alexander Whitehead. Whitehead, it turns out, is more interested in cricket. Whitehead takes Reggie along to the match, in time to see Sam get out for a duck.
I Believe in You, 1h35
Directed by Basil Dearden, Michael Leighton George Relph
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Themes Prison films
Actors Celia Johnson, Cecil Parker, Alastair Sim, Godfrey Tearle, Harry Fowler, George Relph
Roles Mr Dove
Rating67% 3.379783.379783.379783.379783.37978
Henry Phipps a retired Colonial Serviceman takes on the job of a probation officer, and finds it a challenge. Various characters lives are examined as Phipps and his colleagues attempt to reform (amongst others), a hardened criminal and a juvenile delinquent.
The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, 1h48
Directed by Alberto Cavalcanti
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Stanley Holloway, Derek Bond, Cedric Hardwicke, Sally Ann Howes, Mary Merrall, Cathleen Nesbitt
Roles Mr. Bray
Rating68% 3.440583.440583.440583.440583.44058
After the patriarch of the family dies and leaves them with no source of income, Nicholas Nickleby, his mother, and his younger sister Kate venture to London to seek help from their wealthy, cold-hearted uncle Ralph, an investor who arranges for Nicholas to be hired as a tutor at Dotheboys Hall in Yorkshire and finds Kate work as a seamstress. Nicholas meets Mr. Squeers just as he concludes business with Mr. Snawley, who is "boarding" his two unwanted stepsons.
Give Us the Moon
Directed by Val Guest
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Margaret Lockwood, Vic Oliver, Roland Culver, Jean Simmons, Eliot Makeham, George Relph
Roles Otto
Rating57% 2.8601852.8601852.8601852.8601852.860185
A young layabout son of a hotel owner becomes involved with a group equally committed to doing no work and tries to join. Perhaps because the theme of people avoiding work was abhorrent to wartime audiences, the film was set in the near future.
Now You're Talking, 11minutes
Directed by John Paddy Carstairs
Origin United-kingdom
Genres War, Comedy
Themes Politique, Political films
Actors Sebastian Shaw, Edward Chapman, Judy Campbell, Dorothy Hyson, George Merritt, George Relph
Roles Spy

Film de propagande sur les dangers d'un bavardage en temps de guerre.
Oh, Mr. Porter!, 1h25
Directed by Roy Ward Baker, Marcel Varnel
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Sports films, Transport films, Rail transport films, Association football films
Actors Stanley Holloway, Will Hay, George Relph, Graham Moffatt, Moore Marriott, Sebastian Smith
Rating73% 3.691473.691473.691473.691473.69147
William Porter (Will Hay) is an inept railway worker who – due to family connections – is given the job of stationmaster at a remote and ramshackle rural Northern Irish railway station in the (fictitious) town of Buggleskelly, situated on the border with the then Irish Free State.
The Ghoul
The Ghoul (1933)
, 1h17
Directed by T. Hayes Hunter
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action, Horror, Romance
Themes Théâtre, Ghost films, Films based on plays
Actors Boris Karloff, Cedric Hardwicke, Ernest Thesiger, Ralph Richardson, Dorothy Hyson, Anthony Bushell
Roles Doctor (uncredited)
Rating57% 2.8989352.8989352.8989352.8989352.898935
Gaumont British borrowed just the vaguest outline from the 1928 source novel by Frank King (and subsequent play by King and Leonard J. Hines). King's novel is sub-par Edgar Wallace in which a master criminal popularly referred to as 'The Ghoul' has been responsible for a London crime wave. Betty inherits an estate on the Yorkshire moors from a mysterious benefactor, Edward Morlant, a dabbler in mysticism who years before had been her mother's paramour. But the will requires Betty to take up residence in the old house, where Morlant's corpse soon appears, walking and talking. Morlant tells her that he is an immortal adept and demands the return of his secret diary. The usual suspects and interlopers converge on the house, and upon Morlant's next appearance his resurrected self is killed anew, unquestionably stabbed through the heart. Morlant is soon perambulating again, as people begin turning up dead. All supernatural trappings are dispelled as 'The Ghoul' is penultimately unmasked as Edward Morlant's twin brother, James, a criminal mastermind whose fictive guises included not only his brother, but a bogus police sergeant and his brother's solicitor, Broughton. In a final act of madness, James torches the mansion.
Insouciance, 50minutes
Directed by Maurice Tourneur
Origin USA
Genres Drama
Themes Théâtre, Films based on plays
Actors Holbrook Blinn, Vivian Martin, George Relph, June Elvidge
Roles Collingwood
Rating65% 3.2648953.2648953.2648953.2648953.264895
Admaston s'occupe plus de ses affaires que de sa femme. Celle-ci, insouciante, reçoit parfois Collingwood, un ami de son mari. Un jour, une remarque de Lady Attwill, une de leurs connaissances, rend jaloux le mari. Mais il finira par découvrir lors du procès en divorce qu'il n'avait rien à craindre de sa femme et de son ami.