Ralph Forbes

Actor

About

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Also Known As

Ralph Taylor

Birth Place

London, England, GB

Born

September 30, 1896

Died

March 31, 1951

Filmography

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Frenchman's Creek (1944)

Harry St. Columb

Adventure in Diamonds (1940)

Curtain Call (1940)

Leslie Barrivale

Calling Philo Vance (1940)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

Sir Hugo Baskerville

Photos & Videos

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Twentieth Century (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I Despise Temperament!

Smilin' Through (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Rather Sweet Of Me

Family & Companions

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Heather Angel

Wife

Actor.

Ruth Chatterton

Wife

Actor. Married December 20, 1924.

Doris Sayers

Wife

Actor.

Biography

Filmography

Cast (Feature Film)

Frenchman's Creek (1944)

Harry St. Columb

Adventure in Diamonds (1940)

Curtain Call (1940)

Leslie Barrivale

Calling Philo Vance (1940)

The Private Lives of Elizabeth and Essex (1939)

The Hound of the Baskervilles (1939)

Sir Hugo Baskerville

The Magnificent Fraud (1939)

Tower of London (1939)

Kidnapped (1938)

Annabel Takes a Tour (1938)

Viscount [Ronald River-Clyde]

Convicts at Large (1938)

Women Are Like That (1938)

If I Were King (1938)

The Last of Mrs. Cheyney (1937)

The Thirteenth Chair (1937)

Make a Wish (1937)

The Legion of Missing Men (1937)

Rich Relations (1937)

Stage Door (1937)

Cast of stage play

Mary of Scotland (1936)

Romeo and Juliet (1936)

Paris, young nobleman kinsman to the prince

Love Letters of a Star (1936)

Meredith Landers

Piccadilly Jim (1936)

Lord [Freddie] Priory

I'll Name the Murderer (1936)

Daniel Boone (1936)

Stephen Marlowe

The Three Musketeers (1935)

Duke of Buckingham

Age of Indiscretion (1935)

Enchanted April (1935)

The Goose and the Gander (1935)

Streamline Express (1935)

Rescue Squad (1935)

Outcast Lady (1934)

[David] Fenwick

The Barretts of Wimpole Street (1934)

Captain Surtees Cook

Strange Wives (1934)

The Fountain (1934)

Twentieth Century (1934)

Bombay Mail (1934)

William Luka Patson

Derek Marbury, also known as John Drake

The Mystery of Mr. X (1934)

[Sir Christopher] Marche

The Solitaire Man (1933)

[Robert] Bascom

Christopher Strong (1933)

Harry Rawlinson

The Avenger (1933)

The Phantom Broadcast (1933)

Pleasure Cruise (1933)

Richard Taversham

Thunder Below (1932)

Smilin' Through (1932)

The Bachelor Father (1931)

Beau Ideal (1931)

Her Wedding Night (1930)

Lilies of the Field (1930)

Inside the Lines (1930)

Karl von Reiden

The Lady of Scandal (1930)

The Green Goddess (1930)

The Trail of '98 (1929)

The Actress (1928)

The Masks of the Devil (1928)

The Whip (1928)

Lord Brancaster

Restless Youth (1928)

Under the Black Eagle (1928)

The Enemy (1928)

The Latest From Paris (1928)

Beau Geste (1926)

Cast (Short)

La Fiesta de Santa Barbara (1935)

Life Events

1921

British film actor

1926

Hollywood film actor

Photo Collections

Smilin' Through (1932) - Lobby Cards

Here are a few Lobby Cards from MGM's Smilin' Through (1932), starring Norma Shearer and Fredric March. Lobby Cards were 11" x 14" posters that came in sets of 8. As the name implies, they were most often displayed in movie theater lobbies, to advertise current or coming attractions.

The Green Goddess - Movie Poster

Here is the American one-sheet movie poster for The Green Goddess (1930), starring George Arliss. One-sheets measured 27x41 inches, and were the poster style most commonly used in theaters.

Videos

Twentieth Century (1934) -- (Movie Clip) I Despise Temperament! Bracketed by press agent O'Malley and business manager Webb (Roscoe Karns, Walter Connnolly), who work for her semi-fugitive former boss (who's also on board), actress Lily (Carole Lombard) isn't happy with her assistant (Dale Fuller), her boyfriend (Ralph Forbes) or the train service in Howard Hawks' Twentieth Century, 1934.

Smilin' Through (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Rather Sweet Of Me MGM travels through time, as Carteret (Leslie Howard) and Owen (O.P. Heggie) join Kathleen (first Cora Sue Collins then Norma Shearer) for her 5th and 21st birthdays, then with suitor Willie (Ralph Forbes), in director Sidney Franklin's Smilin' Through, 1932.

Smilin' Through (1932) -- (Movie Clip) Just Ghastly Stuffy boyfriend Willie (Ralph Forbes) and Kathleen (Norma Shearer) have been hiding from a storm in the old mansion, not realizing that the guy who just turned up (Fredric March) is rightful owner Kenneth, in MGM's Smilin' Through, 1932.

Christopher Strong (1933) -- (Movie Clip) -- I've Always Wanted To Fly Katharine Hepburn's first scene in her second movie, as aviatrix Cynthia, captured by Harry (Ralph Forbes) on a treasure-hunt, Colin Clive (title character) also a trophy for his daughter, Harry's girlfriend, Monica (Helen Chandler), in Christopher Strong, 1933, directed by Dorothy Arzner.

Green Goddess, The -- (Movie Clip) I Know Your Motive Continuing his opening scene, Himalayan potentate "The Raja" (George Arliss) reveals some scarier traits for accidental British visitors (H.B. Warner, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce) in the early talkie The Green Goddess, 1930.

Green Goddess, The -- (Movie Clip) In All His Glory British subjects stranded in the Himalayas (H.B. Warner, Ralph Forbes, Alice Joyce) receive the local ruler "The Raja," (George Arliss) making his first appearance in The Green Goddess, 1930.

Green Goddess, The -- (Movie Clip) Open, Himalayas Brief opening credits then Britishers (H.B. Warner, Alice Joyce, Ralph Forbes) in spectacular flight, and comfortable after a crash landing, in the early Warner Bros. talkie The Green Goddess, 1930, starring George Arliss.

Family

Mary Forbes

Mother

Actor. Born 1879; died 1974.

Brenda Forbes

Sister

Actor. Born 1909; died on September 11, 1996.

Companions

Heather Angel

Wife

Actor.

Ruth Chatterton

Wife

Actor. Married December 20, 1924.

Doris Sayers

Wife

Actor.

Bibliography

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