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| As James Agar in 1921 |
Malcolm Gibson Cherry was born on the 17th of May, 1878 in Liverpool, it was reported in the Liverpool Pictorial, to James Frederick Cherry and Lady Emily Cherry. He was firstly busy as a theatre actor, very successful on British stages with his first appearance at the age of 18 at the Queen's, Manchester as Mardian in 'Anthony and Cleopatra'. There followed various Shakespeare parts over the next few years inclusing, 'Hamlet', King Henry IV' and as Lennox in 'Macbeth'. In 1899 he toured as Walter Blackmore in 'The Black Mask'. In 1900 he was taken under the management of Miss Julia Neilson and Mr William Mollison who he was to remain with for 20 years. Another early role was in the play 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' which was premiered on Thursday the 15th of October 1903 at Nottingham Theatre
Royal by the Terry-Neilson Theatre Company. Husband and wife, Fred
Terry and Julia Neilson, originated the two leading roles of 'Sir Percy
Blakeley' and 'Lady Marguerite Blakeney', and they where joined by Louis
Calvert as 'The Prince of Wales', Malcolm Cherry as 'Lord Anthony
Dewhurst', Leonard Craoke as 'Armand St Just', Charles Bibby as 'Citizen
Chauvelin', Alfred Kendrick as 'Sir Andrew Ffoulkes', and Mary Trewman
as 'Suzanne de Tournay'. The play was then taken to London's West End opening in April 1905 at the New Theatre (now Noel Coward Theatre) where he performed the role until July 1911. Also in 1911 he performed as Charles 11 in 'Sweet Nell of Old Drury', considered one of his best performances.
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| He starred here as Farmer Boldwood in 1915 |
September 1912 saw him leave for the United States where he was immediately successful as John Rhead in 'Milestones'. He then made a tour of the United States before returning to London in 1913 to appear as Meade Burrell in 'The Barrier' at The Strand. At The Royalty in 1914 he acted Carl Sanderson in 'The Man Who Stayed At Home' in which he gave a fine performance and further proved his veratilty playing Charles 11 in 'Mavourneen' at 'His Majesty's'. In the film business he appeared only sporadically from 1915 and was known for his performance as Farmer Boldwood in 'Far From The Maddening Crowd' alongside Florence Turner and Henry Edwards in 1915. The story of a girl farmer who weds a faithless sergeant who is killed by her suitor, and realises she loves the bailiff. He then married the Bedfordshire born actress Una Vane Baumgartner ( Una Venning ) in 1917 with whom he has a daughter.
His silent movies include 'A Welsh Singer' (1915) with and directed
by Henry Edwards, 'A Place in the Sun (1916), 'My Lady's Dress' (1917) with Gladys Cooper, 'Hope (1919) with Isobel Elsom and 'The Call of Youth' (1921) with Mary Glynne and Marjorie Hume.Other movies include 'Grim Justice' (1916), 'A Member of Tattersall's' (1919) and 'Linked by Fate' (1919). At the Court in 1921 he played Wilfred Whitebriar in 'The Old House' and soon afterwards illness put an end to his acting career. Malcolm Cherry died on the 13th of April 1925 at the age of 47 at his home in Harrington Court, Kensington.
see also :- http://www.thefootballvoice.com/2023/04/a-history-of-liverpool-thespians-rose.html
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