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Warburton Gamble

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Warburton Gamble
Gamble in ad for As a Man Thinks (1919)
Born
Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble

(1882-12-16)16 December 1882
London, England, UK
Died27 August 1945(1945-08-27) (aged 62)
London, England, UK
OccupationActor
SpouseGillian Scaife
Gamble with Elsie Ferguson in A Society Exile 1919.

Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble (16 December 1882 – 27 August 1945) was a British stage and film actor.

Gamble was born on 16 December 1882 in London and acted on stage professionally as early as 1905.[1] His work on stage included a season of acting with the Theater Guild Repertory Company in San Francisco.[2] He debuted on Broadway in Love and the Man (1905), appeared with Auriol Lee in Milestones (1912) and last performed on Broadway in Tonight or Never (1930).[3]

Gamble's film debut occurred in The Unforseen (1917).[1] He spent a number of years working in Hollywood during the silent and early sound eras. He played the role of Doctor Watson in the 1933 Sherlock Holmes film A Study in Scarlet. His final two films were at Ealing Studios.

Gamble was married to English actress Gillian Scaife.[4] He died on 27 August 1945 in London.[1]

Filmography

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Year Title Role Notes
1917 The Unforseen Henry Traquair
1918 Thirty a Week Freddy Ruyter
1919 The Silver King Herbert Skinner
1919 The Two Brides Count Gabrielle di Marchesi
1919 As a Man Thinks Benjamin De Lota
1919 A Society Exile Lord Bissett
1919 La Belle Russe Phillip Sackton
1919 The Invisible Bond Otis Vale
1920 The Paliser Case Monty Paliser
1920 The Cost Mowbray Langdon
1920 The Law of the Yukon Medford Delaney
1921 Poor, Dear Margaret Kirby Gordon Pell
1921 Fine Feathers John Brand
1921 Dangerous Lies Leonard Pearce
1923 Lights of London Clifford Armytage
1931 Tonight or Never Count Albert von Gronac
1932 As You Desire Me Baron
1932 Fast Life Halstead
1933 Tonight Is Ours Alex
1933 Child of Manhattan Eggleston
1933 A Study in Scarlet Dr. Watson
1933 By Candlelight Baron von Ballin
1936 Blind Man's Bluff Tracy
1936 Lonely Road Fedden
1940 Spare a Copper Sir Robert (final film role)

Bibliography

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  • Hardy, Phil. The BFI Companion to Crime. University of California Press, 1997.

References

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  1. ^ a b c McMullen, Kieran (11 October 2012). The Many Watsons. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-78092-304-8. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Debate Planned on 'Strange Interlude'". The San Francisco Examiner. 10 June 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 9 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Warburton Gamble". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ^ "How They Met Wives". Los Angeles Evening Express. 13 March 1920. p. 16. Retrieved 9 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
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