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Roy Emerton

Roy Emerton

Actor

Born October 9, 1893 in Burford, Oxfordshire, England, UK

Died November 30, 1944

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Roy Emerton was a big, brawny character actor whose scarred face and resounding deep voice made him a natural for menacing roles. One of his best and most typical was as the evil Boss McGinty in The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935).

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Preview Clip: Big Fella (1937, Paul Robeson, Elisabeth Welch, Roy Emerton, Eldon Gorst)

Filmography

Actor

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Year

A Lady Surrenders Poster

A Lady Surrenders Feature Film1944Cornish Fisherman

Henry V Feature Film1944Lieutenant Bardolph

Time Flies Poster

Time Flies Feature Film1944Capt. John Smith

Welcome Mr Washington Poster

Welcome Mr Washington Feature Film1944Selby

The Adventures of Tartu Poster

The Adventures of Tartu Feature Film1943Plant Guard

The Man in Grey Poster

The Man in Grey Feature Film1943Gamekeeper

The Young Mr. Pitt Poster

The Young Mr. Pitt Feature Film1942Dan Mendoza

Old Mother Riley's Circus Poster

Old Mother Riley's Circus Feature Film1941Santley, circus owner

Haunted Honeymoon Poster

Haunted Honeymoon Feature Film1940Noakes

The Frightened Lady Poster

The Frightened Lady Feature Film1940Gilder

The Good Old Days Feature Film1940Grimes

The Thief of Bagdad Poster

The Thief of Bagdad Feature Film1940Jailer

Home from Home Poster

Home from Home Feature Film1939Bill Burton

Q Planes Poster

Q Planes Feature Film1939Viking First Mate

Convict 99 Poster

Convict 99 Feature Film1938Colonial

Everything Happens to Me Poster

Everything Happens to Me Feature Film1938

The Case of the Frightened Lady TV Movie1938Gilder

The Drum Poster

The Drum Feature Film1938Wafadar

The Gang Feature Film1938Pearson, Theatre Royal Proprietor

Big Fella Poster

Big Fella Feature Film1937Spike

Doctor Syn Poster

Doctor Syn Feature Film1937Capt. Howard Collyer, R.N.

I, Claudius Poster

I, Claudius Feature Film1937Octavius

Silent Barriers Poster

Silent Barriers Feature Film1937Moody

The Last Adventurers Poster

The Last Adventurers Feature Film1937John Arkell

Everything Is Thunder Poster

Everything Is Thunder Feature Film1936Kostner

Nine Days a Queen Poster

Nine Days a Queen Feature Film1936Squire

Pot Luck Poster

Pot Luck Feature Film1936Berkeley

It Happened in Paris Poster

It Happened in Paris Feature Film1935Gendarme

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes Poster

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes Feature Film1935Boss McGinty

Java Head Poster

Java Head Feature Film1934Broadrick

Lorna Doone Poster

Lorna Doone Feature Film1934Carver Doone

The Lash Poster

The Lash Feature Film1934Steve

Over Night Poster

Over Night Feature Film1932Captain Paulson

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case Poster

The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case Feature Film1932The Tattooed Man

Shadows Feature Film1931Captain

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