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C. Aubrey Smith

British actor (1863-1948)

C. Aubrey Smith was an English test cricketer and actor of stage and screen. In film he made a niche of the officer-and-gentleman type, as in the first sound version of The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). In Hollywood he organised British actors into a cricket team, and his screen credits included Rebecca (1940) and And Then There Were None (1945).

C. Aubrey Smith appears in 3 films in The Rerun, from 1940 to 1946. Most of that work is in romance, mystery and comedy. Frequent collaborators in The Rerun: Florence Bates (2), Billy Bevan (2), Judith Anderson (2), Alfred Hitchcock (2).

Known for

  • The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). A defining officer-and-gentleman part in the first sound version.
  • Rebecca (1940). Part of the cast of the 1940 drama.
  • And Then There Were None (1945). One of the guests in the 1945 mystery.
  • Cluny Brown (1946). A late film credit from his years in Hollywood.

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Quick answers

What movies and TV shows has C. Aubrey Smith been in?
C. Aubrey Smith appears in Cluny Brown (1946), And Then There Were None (1945) and Rebecca (1940) on The Remote.
When was C. Aubrey Smith born?
C. Aubrey Smith was born on 21 July 1863.

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