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Known For

Acting

Known Credits

22

Gender

Male

Birthday

1860-01-06

Day of Death

1939-07-27 (79 years old)

Place of Birth

Marlborough, England, UK

Also Known As

Morton Selton

Morton Setten

Morton Selten

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton. Given the name Morton Richard Stubbs at birth, and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, it was generally acknowledged that Selten was an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII). He began acting on the stage in 1878, mainly in America. In 1889, Selten played Clarence Vane in Mrs. Hargrove's Our Flat at the Lyceum Theatre and Captain Heartsease in Bronson Howard's American Civil War epic, Shenandoah. He would go on to play in some twenty-five Broadway productions over the following three decades. His film career began in the 1920s. He appeared in Branded in 1921. His last film role was the King of the Land of Legend in the 1940 Alexander Korda production The Thief of Bagdad. Selten died during filming.

Known For

Acting

Fire Over England

1937

Fire Over England

as

Lord Burleigh

The Divorce of Lady X

1938

The Divorce of Lady X

as

Lord Steele

Wedding Rehearsal

1932

Wedding Rehearsal

as

Major Harry Wroxbury

Moscow Nights

1934

Moscow Nights

as

General Kovrin

Shipyard Sally

1939

Shipyard Sally

as

Lord Alfred Randall

The Thief of Bagdad

1940

The Thief of Bagdad

as

The Old King

Service for Ladies

1932

Service for Ladies

as

Mr. Robertson

Falling for You

1933

Falling for You

as

Caldicott

In the Soup

1936

In the Soup

as

Abernethy Ruppershaw

Action for Slander

1937

Action for Slander

as

Judge Trotter (as Morton Selton)

A Yank at Oxford

1938

A Yank at Oxford

as

Cecil Davidson, Esq.

Annie, Leave the Room!

1935

Annie, Leave the Room!

as

Lord Spendlove

Dark World

1935

Dark World

as

Colonel

The Ghost Goes West

1935

The Ghost Goes West

as

The Glourie

The Shadow Between

1931

The Shadow Between

as

Sir George Fielder

Juggernaut

1936

Juggernaut

as

Sir Charles Clifford

Once in a New Moon

1935

Once in a New Moon

as

Lord Bravington

Ten Minute Alibi

1935

Ten Minute Alibi

as

Sir Miles Standish

Young Man's Fancy

1939

Young Man's Fancy

as

Mr. Fothergill

Two's Company

1936

Two's Company

as

Earl of Warke

His Majesty & Co.

1935

His Majesty & Co.

as

King of Poldavia

Production

Crew

Directing