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Roy Emerton (9 October 1892 – 30 November 1944) was a British film actor. Earlier in his life, he was a sailor, stoker, docker, railway worker, and miner and served in the First World War. He played in a great number of popular London stage plays and shows, including Shakespeare, as well as film work. Partial filmography
Roy Emerton was a big, brawny character actor whose scarred face and resounding deep voice made him a natural for menacing roles. One of his best and most typical was as the evil Boss McGinty in The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935).
- Actor, Soundtrack
- October 9, 1892
- Roy Emerton
- November 30, 1944
Roy Emerton was a big, brawny character actor whose scarred face and resounding deep voice made him a natural for menacing roles. One of his best and most typical was as the evil Boss McGinty in The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes (1935).
- October 9, 1892
- November 30, 1944
The novel and the film begin with a focus on Lord Peter Wimsey (Robert Montgomery) and Harriet (Constance Cummings). But the film more quickly incorporates the crime by depicting the victim Noakes (Roy Emerton) and his relations with those around him.
Career. Earlier in his life, he was a sailor, stoker, docker, railway worker, miner, and served in World War I. He played in a great number of popular London stage shows, including Shakespeare as well as film work. Roy Emerton was a British film actor.
Roy Emerton is known as an Actor. Some of his work includes The Thief of Bagdad, Q Planes, The Man in Grey, The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes, Big Fella, The Drum, The Case of the Frightened Lady, and The Sign of Four: Sherlock Holmes' Greatest Case.
After discharge from the RAF in September 1918 took up a variety of jobs but ended up as an actor with the stage name Roy Emerton. He appeared as a supporting actor in films released every year from 1931 to 1944.
