Ernest Torrence

Actor

About

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Birth Place

United Kingdom

Born

June 26, 1878

Died

May 15, 1933

Filmography

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I Cover the Waterfront (1933)

Sherlock Holmes (1932)

Professor James Moriarty

Hypnotized (1932)

The hypnotist [Professor Horace S. Limberly]

Sporting Blood (1931)

Shipmates (1931)

Scotty [McTavish]

Fighting Caravans (1931)

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Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) -- (Movie Clip) William Canfield Jr.

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Hat Shop

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

I Cover the Waterfront (1933)

Sherlock Holmes (1932)

Professor James Moriarty

Hypnotized (1932)

The hypnotist [Professor Horace S. Limberly]

Sporting Blood (1931)

Shipmates (1931)

Scotty [McTavish]

Fighting Caravans (1931)

The Cuban Love Song (1931)

New Adventures of Get Rich Quick Wallingford (1931)

The Great Lover (1931)

Strictly Unconventional (1930)

Officer O'Brien (1930)

John P. O'Brien

Sweet Kitty Bellairs (1930)

Sir Jasper Standish

Call of the Flesh (1930)

Desert Nights (1929)

The Unholy Night (1929)

The Bridge of San Luis Rey (1929)

Speedway (1929)

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928)

The Cossacks (1928)

Across to Singapore (1928)

Capt. Mark Shore

Twelve Miles Out (1927)

Captain Salvation (1927)

The King of Kings (1927)

The Blind Goddess (1926)

Big Bill Devens

The Lady of the Harem (1926)

The Wanderer (1926)

The Rainmaker (1926)

The Dressmaker From Paris (1925)

Night Life of New York (1925)

The Pony Express (1925)

"Ascension" Jones

Peter Pan (1924)

The Side Show of Life (1924)

Andrew Lackaday

The Heritage of the Desert (1924)

North of 36 (1924)

The Fighting Coward (1924)

Gen. Orlando Jackson

The Covered Wagon (1924)

West of the Water Tower (1924)

The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1923)

The Brass Bottle (1923)

Fakresh-el-Aamash

Ruggles of Red Gap (1923)

Cousin Egbert Floud

The Trail of the Lonesome Pine (1923)

"Devil" Jud Tolliver

The Kingdom Within (1922)

Singed Wings (1922)

Emilio, a clown

Broken Chains (1922)

The Prodigal Judge (1922)

Solomon Mahaffy

Tol'able David (1921)

Cast (Short)

The American Venus (1926)

Life Events

Photo Collections

Steamboat Bill, Jr. - Lobby Cards

Steamboat Bill, Jr. - Lobby Cards

Videos

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) -- (Movie Clip) William Canfield Jr. Meeting the son he hasn’t seen in many years, Bill (Ernest Torrence), with first-mate Tom (Lewis), is looking for a guy with a white carnation, not expecting the dandified college man William Jr. (Buster Keaton), the first appearance by the director and star, in Steamboat Bill, Jr., 1928.

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Hat Shop Arrived in River Junction, his father (Ernest Torrence), alarmed at his appearance and tastes, brings the title character (director and star Buster Keaton) to the hat shop, a famous routine — certainly not the “mere slapstick” Keaton greatly disliked — from Steamboat Bill, Jr., 1928.

Great Lover, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) I Have Something To Restrain International opera star Paurel (Adolphe Menjou, title character) is determined to convince American protege Diana (Irene Dunne) that he isn’t romantically interested in her, though we know better, as they engage in a personal training session, in The Great Lover, 1931.

Great Lover, The (1931) -- (Movie Clip) I Can Almost See Her Arriving New York on the ship from a European tour, world class lothario and opera singer Paurel (Adolphe Menjou) and his man (Ernest Torrence) fail to identify the voice of Diana (Irene Dunne), meeting press agent Finny (Cliff Edwards) and reporter Rosco (Ates), in The Great Lover, 1931.

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) -- (Movie Clip) I'll Pick The Young Man Determined to make good on an invitation from Mary (Marion Byron), daughter of his dad's wealthy steamboat rival (Tom McGuire), Canfield Jr. (director and star Buster Keaton) employs an elaborate costume switch to evade his father (Ernest Torrence), in Steamboat Bill, Jr., 1928.

Steamboat Bill, Jr. (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Muddy Waters The jaunty opening, in which star Buster Keaton credits his colleagues for contributions to writing and directing, though he always did the work himself, and the introduction of rivals King (Tom McGuire) and Canfield (Ernest Torrence, with first mate Tom Lewis), in Steamboat Bill, Jr., 1928.

Captain Salvation (1927) -- (Movie Clip) Waterfront Jezebel MGM roars a silent Nor'easter into 1840 New England, among those rescued is de-facto leading lady Pauline Starke as "Bess Morgan," and nobody cares about her except the leading man Lars Hanson, as sailor and ministry student "Anson," his girlfriend Mary (Marceline Day) confused, in Captain Salvation, 1927.

Across To Singapore (1928) -- (Movie Clip) Unfurl Your Shirt Tail! Happy roughhousing in the home the sailing Shore brothers, 1857 Massachusetts, youngest Joel (Ramon Novarro) jousting with big brother Mark, just home from a long voyage and newly smitten with Joel's playmate Priscilla (Joan Crawford), who's grown up pretty, in Across To Singapore, 1928.

Across To Singapore (1928) -- (Movie Clip) You'll Need A Gang Docked in Singapore, brother Matthew (Duke Martin) plots against Mark (Ernest Torrence) for naming young Joel (Ramon Novarro) first mate, Anna May Wong the temptress, photo of Joan Crawford, Mark's girl back home, in Across To Singapore, 1928, based on All The Brothers Were Valiant.

Untamed (1929) -- (Movie Clip) A Lady On This Boat Playboy Andy (Robert Montgomery) warbling a tune by Louis Alter and Joe Goodwin when "Bingo" (Joan Crawford), raised in the tropics making her first trip to New York, expresses her interest, her possessive uncle (Ernest Torrence) alarmed, in MGM's Untamed, 1929.

Family

David Torrence

Brother

Actor.

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