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Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

1876-10-12

Place of Birth

St Brides Wentlooge, Wales, UK

Lyn Harding

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Lyn Harding (12 October 1867 – 26 December 1952) (real name David Llewellyn Harding) was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio. He had an imposing and menacing stage presence and came to be cast as the villain in many films, notably Professor Moriarty in dramatisations of the Sherlock Holmes stories. Description above from the Wikipedia article Lyn Harding,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known for

Wild Boy

Wild Boy

This film is a caper story of greyhound racing and the efforts of a crooked dog owner to stop a rival's dog, Wild Boy, from running in the Greyhound Derby.

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Goodbye, Mr. Chips

Throughout the late 19th-century and early 20th-century, Mr Arthur Chipping rises from a shy, nervous teacher to the beloved, revered headmaster of Brookfield School, with his life and career shaped by his love for his wife and his unwavering dedication to his students.

Escape Me Never

Escape Me Never

Romantic quadrangle involving two brothers, one a burgeoning ballet composer; a willful heiress; and a waif.

Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant

Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant

'Shanghai. Lieutenant escapes from spies and regains stolen plans.' (British Film Catalogue)

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.

Land of Hope and Glory

Land of Hope and Glory

A girl saves her fiancé's stabiliser plans from spies.

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes

Holmes, retired to Sussex, is drawn into a last case when his arch enemy Moriarty arranges with an American gang to kill one John Douglas, a country gentleman with a mysterious past. Holmes' methods baffle Watson and Lestrade, but his results astonish them. In a long flashback, the victim's wife tells the story of the sinister Vermissa Valley.

The Man Who Changed His Mind

The Man Who Changed His Mind

Dr. Laurence, a once-respectable scientist, begins to research the origin of the mind and the soul. The science community rejects him, and he risks losing everything for which he has worked. He begins to use his discoveries to save his research and further his own causes, thereby becoming ... a mad scientist, almost unstoppable.

Knight Without Armour

Knight Without Armour

In the last days of Czarist Russia, Russian-speaking Briton A.J. Fothergill is enlisted by his government to go undercover as Bolshevik radical Peter Ouranoff in an attempt to gain access to the revolutionaries' inner circle. Tasked with accompanying lovely aristocrat Alexandra Vladinoff from Moscow to Petrograd to be tried for crimes against the proletariat, Peter attempts to spirit her out of the war-torn country.

The Pearls of the Crown

The Pearls of the Crown

The story of the seven pearls of the English Crown, from Henry VIII to 1937 – three of them missing.

When Knighthood Was in Flower

When Knighthood Was in Flower

Mary Tudor falls in love with a new arrival to court, Charles Brandon. She convinces her brother King Henry VIII to make him his Captain of the Guard. Meanwhile, Henry is determined to marry her off to the aging King Louis XII of France as part of a peace agreement.

The Barton Mystery

The Barton Mystery

British crime film directed by Henry Edwards

The Prime Minister

The Prime Minister

A biopic of the legendary Benjamin Disraeli, his rise from a foppish young novelist to the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom and confidante of Queen Victoria.

The Mutiny Of The Elsinore

The Mutiny Of The Elsinore

The story of a surly crew, an honest God-fearing captain, a hardboiled-but-loyal Scotch mate, a scoundrelly second-mate, and then a mutiny, the fight and the final voyage to a safe harbor. But not before the Captain has been murdered, his pretty daughter in peril, her rescue by the single passenger on board, and a member of the crew thrown overboard by another crew member.

The Man Who Changed His Name

The Man Who Changed His Name

A young woman begins to suspect that her wealthy, respectable husband may be an escaped Canadian murderer.