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Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1860-01-06

Place of Birth

Marlborough, England, UK

Morton Selten

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton. Given the name Morton Richard Stubbs at birth, and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, it was generally acknowledged that Selten was an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII). He began acting on the stage in 1878, mainly in America. In 1889, Selten played Clarence Vane in Mrs. Hargrove's Our Flat at the Lyceum Theatre and Captain Heartsease in Bronson Howard's American Civil War epic, Shenandoah. He would go on to play in some twenty-five Broadway productions over the following three decades. His film career began in the 1920s. He appeared in Branded in 1921. His last film role was the King of the Land of Legend in the 1940 Alexander Korda production The Thief of Bagdad. Selten died during filming.

Known for

The Thief of Bagdad

The Thief of Bagdad

When Prince Ahmad is blinded and cast out of Bagdad by the nefarious Jaffar, he joins forces with the scrappy thief Abu to win back his royal place, as well as the heart of a beautiful princess.

The Divorce of Lady X

The Divorce of Lady X

A London barrister believes the woman who spent the night in his hotel suite is the erring wife of his newest client.

Annie, Leave the Room!

Annie, Leave the Room!

British comedy film directed by Leslie S. Hiscott

A Yank at Oxford

A Yank at Oxford

A brash young American aristocrat attending Oxford University gets a chance to prove himself and win the heart of his antagonist's sister.

His Majesty & Co.

His Majesty & Co.

John, holidaying in the Ruritanian principality of Poldavia, falls for Princess Sandra. Returning to Britain, he meets not only the princess but her parents. As the King is a wine expert and the Queen a decent cook, they get together to open a restaurant, where John can also sing at table.

Somebody's Darling

Somebody's Darling

A squire's novelist son poses as a nurse to save an heiress from her guardian's private asylum.

The Ghost Goes West

The Ghost Goes West

Peggy Martin, daughter of a wealthy American businessman, persuades her father to buy a haunted Scottish castle from Donald Glourie. As the castle is dismantled and transported to Florida, its ghost tags along. Donald and Peggy fall in love, but the restless apparition proves to unwelcome, and they must find a way to appease the kilt-wearing spirit.

Fire Over England

Fire Over England

In 1588, relations between Spain and England are at the breaking point. With the support of Queen Elizabeth I, British sea raiders such as Sir Francis Drake regularly capture Spanish merchantmen, bringing gold from the New World.

The Shadow Between

The Shadow Between

A romantic drama film directed by Norman Walker.

Once in a New Moon

Once in a New Moon

When a small English town is dragged out into space by the force of a 'dead star' passing Earth, the populace try to organise a local government based on equal rights for all, but conflicts arise between the local aristocracy and the villagers.

Young Man's Fancy

Young Man's Fancy

An aristocrat falls in love with a human cannonball

Wedding Rehearsal

Wedding Rehearsal

The grandmother of a British nobleman, reluctant to marry, plays matchmaker. He outmaneuvers her by getting all of the matches married off.

Shipyard Sally

Shipyard Sally

A lancashire singer buys a pub in Clydebank and hits money troubles when the shipbyards are closed. She takes a petition to London to try to get them reopened.

Moscow Nights

Moscow Nights

During the First World War, Russian officer Ignatoff, wounded, falls in love with his nurse, Natasha. But she is subject to an upcoming marriage of family convenience to Brioukow, a wealthy industrialist of peasant stock. Brioukow is unjustifiably jealous, since Natasha has not betrayed him. He forces Ignatoff into his debt as a means of humiliating him. When Ignatoff's new friend, Madame Sabline, offers to pay his debt, preventing his ruin, Ignatoff comes quickly to realize that Madame Sabline has an ulterior motive, one that could prove dangerous to more lives than just Ignatoff's.

Action for Slander

Action for Slander

A bankrupt officer, accused of cheating at cards, defends his honour with a writ.