Aubrey Mather

Aubrey Mather
Aubrey Mather in trailer for "Ball of Fire" (1941)
Born	17 December 1885 Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, England
Died	16 January 1958 (aged 72) Harrow, London, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1954

Aubrey Mather (17 December 1885 – 16 January 1958) was an English character actor.^[1]

Mather was born in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, and began his career on the stage in 1905. He debuted in London in Brewster's Millions in 1909 and on Broadway ten years later in Luck of the Navy.^[2] He eventually branched out to films, starting with Young Woodley in 1930.^[3] He often played butlers. In the 1932 film The Impassive Footman he played the eponymous footman. He died in Harrow, London, aged 72.

Partial filmography

• Young Woodley (1930)
• The Impassive Footman (1932)
• Love on the Spot (1932)
• Aren't We All? (1932)
• Red Wagon (1933)
• The Man Changed His Name (1934)
• The Silent Passenger (1935) as Mervyn Bunter
• As You Like It (1936)
• The Man in the Mirror (1936)
• Chick (1936)
• When Knights Were Bold (1936)
• Ball at Savoy (1936)
• Sabotage (1936) (uncredited)
• Captain Caution (1940)
• Arise, My Love (1940)
• Rage in Heaven (1941)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) (uncredited)
• Suspicion (1941) (uncredited)
• Ball of Fire (1941)
• Mrs. Miniver (1942) (uncredited)
• The Affairs of Martha (1942)
• Random Harvest (1942)
• The Great Impersonation (1942)
• Hello Frisco, Hello (1943)
• Heaven Can Wait (1943)
• The Song of Bernadette (1943)
• The Lodger (1944)
• Jane Eyre (1944)
• National Velvet (1944)
• Sherlock Holmes and the House of Fear (1945)
• Temptation (1946)
• The Mighty McGurk (1947)
• It Happened in Brooklyn (1947)
• For the Love of Rusty (1947)
• The Hucksters (1947)
• Julia Misbehaves (1948)
• Adventures of Don Juan (1948)
• Joan of Arc (1948)
• The Secret of St. Ives (1949)
• The Secret Garden (1949)
• That Forsyte Woman (1949)
• The Importance of Being Earnest (1952)
• South of Algiers (1953)
• Fast and Loose (1954)
• To Dorothy a Son (1954)

References

1. "Aubrey Mather". BFI.
2. The Broadway League. "Aubrey Mather - IBDB: The official source for Broadway Information".
3. "Aubrey Mather - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.

External links

• Aubrey Mather at the Internet Movie Database
• Aubrey Mather at the Internet Broadway Database