M. A. Wetherell

Marmaduke Arundel "Duke" Wetherell (1883[1] – 25 February 1939) was a British–South African actor, screenwriter, producer and film director.[2]

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.[3] 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[4] [5].

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

Bibliography
  • Low, Rachael. History of the British Film, 1918–1929. George Allen & Unwin, 1971.

References
  1. "Wetherell, Marmaduke Arundel". FreeBMD. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  2. "M.A. Wetherell". BFI. Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 6 September 2018.
  3. Low p.155
  4. p. 12 Morris, L. Robert & Raskin, Lawrence Lawrence of Arabia: The 30th Anniversary Pictorial History Doubleday, 1 Oct 1992
  5. http://www.crawleyscastingcalls.com/index.php/component/movies/?id=60&lettre=ALL



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