Alexander Field (actor)

{{Short description|English actor (1892–1971)}}

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| birth_date = 6 June 1892

| birth_place = London, England

| death_date = 17 August 1971 (aged 79)

| death_place = London, England

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| occupation = Actor

| yearsactive = 1926 - 1960 (film)

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Alexander Field (6 June 1892 – 17 August 1971) was an English film and television actor.{{cite web|url=http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29429c6|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160915162038/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba29429c6|url-status=dead|archive-date=15 September 2016|title=Alexander Field|publisher=}}

Career

Alexander Field first appeared on stage at the London Palladium in 1912 and in the following year at the Gaiety Theatre in Manchester. He joined Sir Philip Ben Greet's Shakespearian productions and remained with them for some time. Field also played in some silent pictures before the First World War. He served in the war and, after demobilisation, he continued his stage and film careers.{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/mgc/alexander-field|title=Alexander Field - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=lXnXDQAAQBAJ&dq=Alexander+Field+The+Encyclopedia+of+British+Film%3A+Fourth+edition&pg=PA247|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition|first=Brian|last=McFarlane|date=16 May 2016|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9781526111975|via=Google Books}} His stage work included a role in the original production of R.C. Sherriff's Journey's End, directed by James Whale, at the Apollo Theatre in 1928.{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/play/30f/journeys-end/production/mj4|title=Production of Journey's End - Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}

Partial filmography

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