Gus McNaughton

Gus McNaughton
in The 39 Steps (1935)
Born	29 July 1881 Hornsey, London, England
Died	18 November 1969 (aged 88) Castor, Cambridgeshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1947
Spouse(s)	Charlotte Poluski (? - ?)

Gus McNaughton (29 July 1881 – 18 November 1969), also known as Augustus Le Clerq and Augustus Howard,^[1][2] was an English film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1930 and 1947. He was born in London and died in Castor, Cambridgeshire.^[3] He is sometimes credited as Gus MacNaughton.^[4] He appeared on stage from 1899, as a juvenile comedian with the Fred Karno company, the influential British music hall troupe. In films, McNaughton was often cast as the "fast-talking sidekick", and he appeared in several popular George Formby comedies of the 1930s and 1940s.^[5] He also appeared twice for director Alfred Hitchcock in both Murder! (1930) and The 39 Steps (1935).^[6]

Filmography

• Children of Chance (1930)
• Murder! (1930)
• The Maid of the Mountains (1932)
• Lucky Girl (1932)
• The Last Coupon (1932)
• His Wife's Mother (1932)
• Leave It to Me (1933)
• Heads We Go (1933)
• Money Talks (1933)
• The Love Nest (1933)
• Radio Parade (1933)
• Happy (1933)
• Crime on the Hill (1933)
• Their Night Out (1933)
• Seeing Is Believing (1934)
• Master and Man (1934)
• The Luck of a Sailor (1934)
• There Goes Susie (1934)
• Spring in the Air (1934)
• Invitation to the Waltz (1935)
• Royal Cavalcade (1935)
• Joy Ride (1935)
• The Crouching Beast (1935)
• Barnacle Bill (1935)
• The 39 Steps (1935)
• Music Hath Charms (1935)
• The Heirloom Mystery (1936)
• Not So Dusty (1936)
• Keep Your Seats, Please (1936)
• Southern Roses (1936)
• You Must Get Married (1936)
• Busman's Holiday (1936)
• Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith (1937)
• Keep Fit (1937)
• Storm in a Teacup (1937)
• Action for Slander (1937)
• Easy Riches (1938)
• We're Going to Be Rich (1938)
• You're the Doctor (1938)
• Keep Smiling (1938)
• The Citadel (1938)
• The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
• South Riding (1938)
• Sidewalks of London (1938)
• There Ain't No Justice (1939)
• What Would You Do, Chums? (1939)
• I Killed the Count (1939)
• Trouble Brewing (1939)
• Q Planes (1939)
• That's the Ticket (1940)
• All at Sea (1940)
• Blind Folly (1940)
• Two for Danger (1940)
• George and Margaret (1940)
• Old Bill and Son (1941)
• Penn of Pennsylvania (1941)
• Facing the Music (1941)
• Jeannie (1941)
• South American George (1941)
• Let the People Sing (1942)
• Much Too Shy (1942)
• Rose of Tralee (1942)
• The Day Will Dawn (1942)
• The Shipbuilders (1943)
• Demobbed (1944)
• A Place of One's Own (1945)
• The Trojan Brothers (1946)
• Here Comes the Sun (1946)
• The Turners of Prospect Road (1947)
• This Was a Woman (1948)
• Feature Story (1949)

Theatre

• Darling, I Love You (1931)^[7]

References

1. Michael Kilgarriff (1998). Grace, Beauty & Banjos. Oberon. p. 245. ISBN 9781840021165.
2. Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 108.
3. "Gus McNaughton". BFI.
4. "Gus McNaughton". hitchcock.zone.
5. Hal Erickson. "Gus McNaughton - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
6. "Gus McNaughton". aveleyman.com.
7. At the Bristol Hippodrome (February 9-14 1931), with Gus McNaughton, Eddie Childs, Sybil Woodruffe, Felice Lascelles, Phyllis Palmer, Kenneth Berrell, Hawes Cowan, Beryl Adair, Jack McNaughton.

External links

• Gus McNaughton at the Internet Movie Database