Robert English
Robert English was a British actor born 2 December 1878 (though IBDB gives the year as 1874).
Robert English was born in Cheltenham, Gloucester, England, UK. He served in the South African War and also in World War I. He held the D.S.O. and Croix de Guerre and retired as Lieutenant Colonel, which helped him play military roles in a number of films. He played rugby (he was six feet two inches) and was in the Gloucester County cricket team.
In 1920 he started work in British silent films and later went on to talkies.
He died on 18 August 1941 in London.
Acted in
Separation Anxiety
1997
as Family Unity Man 1
Mrs Pym of Scotland Yard
1940
as Commissioner of Police
Song of the Road
1937
as Chairman
Talking Feet
1937
as Lord Langdale
Secret of Stamboul
1936
as Sir George
Educated Evans
1936
as Lord Brickett
Everything Is Rhythm
1936
as The Duke
Honeymoon for Three
1935
as Herbert Denver
Commissionaire
1933
as Colonel Gretton
A Honeymoon Adventure
1931
as Mr. Harvey
The Chance of a Night Time
1931
as General Rackham
The American Prisoner
1929
as Colonel Governor
A Knight in London
1928
as Mr. McComber
A Woman Redeemed
1927
as Colonel Maddox
Out to Win
1923
as Lord Altmont Frayne
The Crimson Circle
1922
as Felix Marl
The Fruitful Vine
1921
as Sir Theodore Cannynge
The Four Feathers
1921
as Lieutenant Sutch