Aubrey Mallalieu was born George William Mallalieu on the 8th of June 1873 in West Derby, Liverpool, the son of William Mallalieu a well-known stage comedian, and his wife Margaret Ellen Smith. He had a sister called Polly who corresponded with Lewis Carroll in the 1890s. He adopted the stage name of Aubrey early in his acting career. It is believed that he had a lengthy stage career before making the move into films. Archive sources available in New Zealand indicate that the white-haired, bespectacled British character actor of Dickensian appearance, complete with comb-over, is believed to have acted on stage in Australia and New Zealand during the first two decades of the 20th century spending a considerable number of years touring with stage companies. In December 1912 Aubrey was touring Australia with Leal Douglas in a piece called 'Feed the Brute'. Leal had emigrated to Australia as a child and began her stage career there. The two formed a company and took it on a tour of South Africa, then in May 1913 they travelled together to England on the SS Ballarat, with The Era reporting that Mallalieu was returning after an absence of five years. He may have played supporting roles during the silent film era in Britain, but no named credits have been located as it was rare for supporting players to be name-checked at this period.
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| In 'Pimpernel Smith' (1941) |
On the big screen from the 1930s, usually as a respectable elder gentleman of the establishment, he appeared extensively in films during the 1930s and 1940s with over 120 film credits to his name. Just a few of his many film appearances include 'The Riverside Murder' (1935), 'Love at Sea' (1936), 'The Black Tulip' (1937), 'All That Glitters' (1937), 'East of Ludgate Hill' (1937), 'You're the Doctor' (1938), 'The Stars Look Down' (1940), 'Spare a Copper' (1940), 'Chamber of Horrors' (1940) and 'Haunted Honeymoon' (1940).
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With Constance Cummings and Robert Montgomery in 'Haunted Honeymoon' (1940) |
There followed appearances in 'Black Sheep of Whitehall' (1942), 'Unpublished Story' (1942), 'The Goose Steps Out' (1942), 'Murder in Reverse' (1945), 'School for Secrets' (19460, 'Meet Me at Dawn' (1947) and 'The Winslow Boy' (1948).
For fans of Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne he appeared alongside them in 'A Girl in a Million' (1946), where he played the part of the Judge.
He was previously married to Winifred A. Chadwick and died on the 28th of May, 1948 in Ealing, London.
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