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Walter Forde
Catalogued films 39Director 39Actor 3
Walter Forde (born Thomas Seymour Woolford, 21 April 1898 – 7 January 1984) was a British actor, screenwriter and director. Born in Lambeth, south London in 1898, he directed over fifty films between 1919 from the silent era through to 1949 in the sound era. He died in Los Angeles, California in 1984. Forde was the son of the music hall comedian Tom Seymour. During the 1920s, he was a silent film comedian, acting in a series of shorts before shifting into directing feature films. Emerging as an established film director in the 1930s, he directed films for Gainsborough Pictures and Ealing Studios.
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Cardboard Cavalier
The Master of Bankdam
Time Flies
One Exciting Night
It's That Man Again
The Peterville Diamond
Flying Fortress
Inspector Hornleigh Goes to It
The Ghost Train
Gasbags
Sons of the Sea
Saloon Bar
Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt
Three Cockeyed Sailors
Inspector Hornleigh on Holiday
Cheer Boys Cheer
Let's Be Famous
The Secret Four
The Phantom Strikes
The Playboy
Land Without Music
King of the Damned
Brown on Resolution
Alias Bulldog Drummond
Jack Ahoy
Chu Chin Chow
Orders Is Orders
Jack's the Boy
Condemned to Death
Lord Babs
Rome Express
The Ghost Train
The Ringer
Third Time Lucky
Bed and Breakfast
The Last Hour- WOWould You Believe It!
The Silent House- WAWait and See