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Allan Cuthbertson Biography (1920-1988)

Born April 7, 1920, in Perth, Australia; died February 8, 1988, in London, England; son of Ernest and Isobel Ferguson (Darling) Cuthbertson; married Gertrude Willner (a doctor); children: one son (adopted).

CTFT learned that Allan Cuthbertson was a noted collector of illustrated books dating from the eighteenth and ninteenth centuries.

Nationality

Australian

Gender

Male

Birth Details

April 7, 1920

Perth, Australia

Death Details

February 8, 1988

London, England

Famous Works

• Credits
• LONDON DEBUT--Romeo, Romeo and Juliet, Boltons Theatre, 1947.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL STAGE APPEARANCES
• Martin Welford, Point Valaine, Embassy Theatre, London, 1947.
• Yury, The Apple Orchards, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, Bristol, U.K., 1948.
• Laertes, Hamlet, Bristol Old Vic Theatre, then St. James's Theatre, London, both 1948.
• Aimwell, The Beaux' Stratagem, Lyric Theatre, London, 1949.
• Tom, Party Manners, Embassy Theatre, 1950.
• Octavius Robinson, Man and Superman, New Theatre, then Princes Theatre, both London, 1951.
• Colonel Henniker, Carrington, V.C., Westminster Theatre, London, 1953.
• Richard Greatham, Hay Fever, Arts Theatre, Cambridge, U.K., 1971.
• Villardieu, Ardele, Queen's Theatre, London, 1975.
• John Sterling, The Ghost Train, Old Vic Theatre, London, 1976, then Vaudeville Theatre, London, 1977.
• Sir Frederick Goudhurst, Shut Your Eyes and Think of England, Hong Kong,1978.
• Sir Francis Chesney, Charley's Aunt, Adelphi Theatre, London, 1979.
• Appeared in repertory at Windsor, U.K., 1948-49.
• Also made numerous guest appearances with repertory companies, 1959- 71.
• Credits; MAJOR TOURS
• Major Fell, Little Holiday, U.K. cities, 1948.
• Tom, Party Manners, U.K. cities, 1950.
• Octavius Robinson, Man and Superman, U.K. cities, 1951.
• John Tanner, Man and Superman, U.K. cities, 1952.
• Warner, The Last Word, U.K. cities, 1958.
• Richard Greatham, Hay Fever, U.K. cities, 1971.
• Arthur Phillips, Castle in the Air, U.K. cities, 1977.
• Theodore Crozier, Hush and Hide, U.K. cities, 1978.
• Sir Francis Chesney, Charley's Aunt, U.K. cities, 1979.
• FILM DEBUT--Lieutenant Colonel Henniker, Court Martial (also known as Carrington, V.C.), British Lion, 1954.
• Credits; PRINCIPAL FILM APPEARANCES
• Clifford, Double Cross, British Lion, 1956.
• Detective Inspector, Eyewitness, Rank, 1956.
• vice-admiral, The Man Who Never Was, Twentieth Century-Fox, 1956.
• Henry Carmichael, Postmark for Danger (also known as Portrait of Alison),RKO, 1956.
• doctor, A Novel Affair (also known as The Passionate Stranger), Continental, 1957.
• Colonel Packham, Operation Conspiracy (also known as Cloak without Dagger), Republic, 1957.
• guards officer, Hell, Heaven, or Hoboken (also known as I Was Monty's Double), National Trade Association, 1958.
• staff officer, Desert Attack (also known as Ice Cold in Alex), TwentiethCentury-Fox, 1958.
• police inspector, Law and Disorder, Continental Distributing, 1958.
• Philip, The Crowning Touch, Butchers Film Service, 1959.
• George Aisgill, Room at the Top, Romulus, 1959.
• captain, Shake Hands with the Devil, United Artists, 1959.
• Saxton, Killers of Kilimanjaro, Columbia, 1960.
• Captain Connaught-Smith, The Stranglers of Bombay, Columbia, 1960.
• Captain Eric Simpson, Tunes of Glory, Lopert, 1960.
• Baker, The Guns of Navarone, Columbia, 1961.
• Superintendent Cowley, Man at the Carlton Tower, Anglo Amalgamated, 1961.
• Captain Patterson, On the Double, Paramount, 1961.
• Randolph St. John, The Boys, Fala Films, 1962.
• Wilkie, Freud (also known as The Secret Passion), Universal, 1962.
• Sylvan-Jones, Term of Trial, Warner Brothers, 1962.
• Mr. Eccles, Bitter Harvest, Rank, 1963.
• Bodley, The Fast Lady, Rank, 1963.
• Whitehall conference member, The Mouse on the Moon, United Artists, 1963.
• Captain Goff, Nine Hours to Rama (also known as Nine Hours to Live), Twentieth Century-Fox, 1963.
• Jenkins, The Running Man, Columbia, 1963.
• Cavendish, The Seventh Dawn, United Artists, 1964.
• housemaster, Tamahine, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), 1964.
• Garsden, Game for Three Losers, AVCO-Embassy, 1965.
• George Aisgill, Life at the Top, Columbia, 1965.
• German technical examiner, Operation Crossbow (also known as The Great Spy Mission and Code Name: Crossbow), MGM, 1965.
• Smythe, Underworld Informers (also known as The Informers and The Snout),Continental, 1965.
• British immigration officer, Cast a Giant Shadow, United Artists, 1966.
• Ballard, Press for Time, Rank, 1966.
• Chief Superintendent Symington, Solo for Sparrow, Schoenfeld, 1966.
• Wilkins, Half a Sixpence, Paramount, 1967.
• Marshalt, The Malpas Mystery, Schoenfeld, 1967.
• Scotland Yard man, Those Fantastic Flying Fools (also known as Jules Verne's Rocket to the Moon and Blast-Off), American International, 1967.
• Lomax, Captain Nemo and the Underwater City, MGM, 1969.
• Captain Douglas, Sinful Davey, United Artists, 1969.
• Detective Thompson, The Trygon Factor, Warner Brothers, 1969.
• Hindsmith, The Body Stealers, Allied Artists, 1969.
• Hugh, The Adventurers, Paramount, 1970.
• Jarvis, The Firechasers, R.F.D. Productions, 1970.
• Belton, One More Time, United Artists, 1970.
• coroner, Assault (also known as In the Devil's Garden), Rank, 1971.
• Chartermain, Hopscotch, AVCO-Embassy, 1980.
• Peter Montrose, The Mirror Crack'd, Associated Film Distribution, 1980.
• Stanley, The Outsider, Paramount, 1980.
• Melborne, The Sea Wolves, Paramount, 1981.
• Also appeared in The Brain, Governor, 1965; Performance, Warner Brothers,1970; and Invitation to the Wedding, 1983.
• PRINCIPAL TELEVISION APPEARANCES; MINI-SERIES Major General Tillet, The Winds of War, ABC, 1983.
• Credits; EPISODIC
• Fawlty Towers, Ripping Yarns, The Potting Shed, East of Ipswich, Morecambe and Wise, and The Tommy Cooper Hour.
• Credits; MOVIES
• Sir Montague Corner, Agatha Christie's "Thirteen at Dinner," CBS, 1985.
• Also Still Crazy Like a Fox, CBS, 1987.

Further Reference

OBITUARIES AND OTHER SOURCES:

• Variety, February 17, 1988.