Portrait of Vernon Steele

Vernon Steele

Acting

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vernon Steele (18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Daniel Antonietti, a professor of music, and his English wife, the former Grace Emma Bolton. Vernon Steele was christened Arturo Romeo Antonietti and his family eventually settled in London, England. His sister was actress Hilda Anthony.

Born: September 16, 1882

Place of Birth: Santiago, Chile

Filmography

1949
Madame Bovary

as Priest

1948
To the Ends of the Earth

as Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)

1945
They Were Expendable

as Army Doctor

1942
Mrs. Miniver

as Glee Club Member (uncredited)

1939
The Witness Vanishes

as Nigel Partridge

1939
The Bill of Rights

as Thomas Jefferson

1939
North of the Yukon

as RCMP Insp. Wylie

1938
Flight to Fame

as Officer

1938
Kidnapped

as Captain

1937
Step Lively, Jeeves!

as Lord Fenton (uncredited)

1937
Time Out for Romance

as Count Michael Montaine

1936
Lloyd's of London

as Thomas Lawrence

1936
Dracula's Daughter

as Squires (uncredited)

1935
Captain Blood

as King James

1935
Bonnie Scotland

as Col. Gregor McGregor

1934
1934
1934
1933
Design for Living

as Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)

1933
The Silk Express

as Dr. Harold Rolph

1933
1929
Big News

as Reporter

1924
The House of Youth

as Rhodes Winston

1923
The Wanters

as Tom Armstrong

1923
What Wives Want

as Austin Howard

1923
Alice Adams

as Arthur Russell

1923
Temptation

as John Hope

1922
The Girl Who Ran Wild

as The Schoolmaster

1922
For the Defense

as Christopher Armstrong

1921
Out of the Chorus

as Ross Van Beekman

1921
1920
His House in Order

as Hillary Jesson

1919
Mind the Paint Girl

as Lord Francombe

1919
Human Desire

as Jasper Norton

1919
The Phantom Honeymoon

as Captain Bob Tidewater

1919
1919
The Firing Line

as John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III

1918
The Panther Woman

as Beverly Peale

1917
Polly of the Circus

as John Douglas the Minister

1916
Silks and Satins

as Jacques Desmond

1916
The Supreme Sacrifice

as Reverend Philip Morton

1915
Her Great Match

as Prince Adolph

1915
The Vampire

as Robert Sterling