Jack Trevor
Jack Trevor (14 December 1893 – 19 December 1976) (born Anthony Cedric Sebastian Steane) was an English film actor of the silent era and sound era.[1] He appeared in 67 films between 1922 and 1943.
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| Born | 14 December 1893 London, England |
| Died | 19 December 1976 (aged 86) Deal, Kent, England |
| Other names | Cedric Steane |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1922-1943 |
Joined up 1915. Recommended for commission; posted to Wareham, Bovington (Wool), Gallipoli, Egypt, France Summer 1916, the Somme. Temp 2nd Lt 1916. In June 1917, when under orders to return to France after sick leave, he absented himself; and on 15/12/17 he was convicted at the Central Criminal Court on a charge of obtaining jewellery by fraud and sentenced to 6 months imprisonment in the second division. Recorder felt sentence was not too severe. He was sent to Wormwood Scrubs. He was cashiered in Dec 1917 and 'the king no longer required his services'.[2] Called up again in March 1918 he went AWOL and was declared a deserter 16 May 1918.
Claiming to have won the Military Cross serving with the Manchester Regiment during World War I, during World War II he made propaganda films for Joseph Goebbels’ ministry, for which he was eventually sentenced to three years’ imprisonment[3] but the sentence was quashed on appeal as he was held to be acting under duress.
Filmography
- Pages of Life (1922) as Lord Mainwaring
- The Grass Orphan (1922)
- Petticoat Loose (1922) as Max Lorraine
- Not for Sale (1924) as Desmond North
- The Venus of Montmartre (1925) as the Prince of Chéran
- Den of Iniquity (1925) as Hellmuth Roeder
- The Second Mother (1925) as Baron Fred Brochstädt
- Secrets of a Soul (1926) as Erich
- Love is Blind (1926) as the film director
- Cab No. 13 (1926) as François Tapin
- The Golden Butterfly (1926) as Teddy Aberdeen
- Trude (1926)
- The Great Duchess (1926) as the adventurer
- Rhenish Girls and Rhenish Wine (1927) as Baron Wendlingen
- The Love of Jeanne Ney (1927)
- Circle of Lovers (1927) as Paul Neurath
- The Hunt for the Bride (1927) as Bill Hoot
- Chance the Idol (1927) as Golding
- The Great Unknown (1927) as Major Paul Roy Amery
- Intoxicated Love (1927) as Robert Elliot
- The Prisoners of Shanghai (1927) as Consul Ralph Sinclair
- Nameless Woman (1927) as Frank Milton
- The Girl with the Five Zeros (1927) as the swindler
- The Catwalk (1927) as Baron Boreslav von Schrandens Sohn
- The Island of Forbidden Kisses (1927)
- The Devious Path (1928) as Walter Frank
- The Countess of Sand (1928)
- Rasputin, the Holy Sinner (1928) as Prince Yusupov
- The Duty to Remain Silent (1928) as Robert
- Folly of Love (1928)
- Love's Masquerade (1928) as the writer
- Modern Pirates (1928) as Major John Brent
- Champagne (1928) as the officer
- The Lady and the Chauffeur (1928) as Jan Derrik
- The Alley Cat (1929) as Jimmy Rice
- Fräulein Else (1929) as Paul
- Three Around Edith (1929) as Thomas Morland
- Anesthesia (1929) as René Vernon
- My Sister and I (1929) as Baron Udo von Ebenhausen
- The White Roses of Ravensberg (1929) as Dr. Marcel Hochwald
- Bright Eyes (1929) as Jean
- Foolishness of His Love (1929)
- The Great Longing (1930) as himself
- Two Worlds (1930) as Capitain Stanislaus
- The Song of the Nations (1931)
- A Voice Said Goodnight (1932) as Gerald Creighton
- The Five Accursed Gentlemen (1932) as Strawber
- Lily Christine (1932) as Ivor Summerset
- Hangmen, Women and Soldiers (1935) as Capitain MacCallum
- Engel mit kleinen Fehlern (1936)
- Under Blazing Heavens (1936) as Mr. Hicks
- Das schöne Fräulein Schragg (1937)
- Cause for Divorce (1937) as Fenton
- Tango Notturno (1937) as Pilot Commander
- Mirror of Life (1938)
- Women for Golden Hill (1938) as Larry
- Napoleon Is to Blame for Everything (1938) as Minister
- Der Polizeifunk meldet (1939)
- Menschen vom Varieté (1939)
- Der letzte Appell (1939)
- Carl Peters (1941) as the British Consul of Zanzibar
- Uncle Kruger (1941) as British Officer
- My Life for Ireland (1941) as the president of the martial court
- Rembrandt (1942)
- The Eternal Tone (1943) as the American
- Immensee (1943) as Kellner
See also
References
- "Jack Trevor". BFI.
- National Archives
- Trow, M. J. (2008). War Crimes. Barnsley: Pen & Sword. ISBN 978-1-84415-728-0.
External links
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