Arthur Chesney

Birth : 1881-11-21, Wandsworth, London, England, UK

Death : 1949-08-27

History

Arthur Chesney (born Arthur Kellaway) was a British film and stage actor. His older brother was screen actor Edmund Gwenn (born Edmund Kellaway).

Movies

I Know Where I'm Going!
Harmonica Player
Plucky Englishwoman Joan Webster travels to the remote islands of the Scottish Hebrides in order to marry a wealthy industrialist. Trapped by inclement weather on the Isle of Mull and unable to continue to her destination, Joan finds herself charmed by the straightforward, no-nonsense islanders around her, and becomes increasingly attracted to naval officer Torquil MacNeil, who holds a secret that may change her life forever.
London Melody
Marius' Butler
Jacqueline intrigues a diplomat, so unbeknown to her he finds her an apartment and finances her musical training. She ends up falling in love with one of his underlings. It turns out that he is no good, will the diplomat save her?
Please Teacher
Round
Tommy Deacon learns that a gift bequeathed by his aunt is hidden in her house inside a bust of Napoleon. However, the house has been sold, and is now a girls school and to gain admission Tommy has to pose as the elder brother of Anne, one of the pupils. His arrival in the school results in a variety of escapades, but Tommy resolutely persists in his search for the missing legacy...
O.H.M.S.
Suger Daddy
American racketeer Jimmie Dean travels to England, where he assumes the identity of a Canadian whom he has been falsely accused of murdering. Jimmie is then forced to join the British army in the dead man's place. He falls in love with the Canadian's childhood playmate, Sally Briggs, and becomes a hero after saving an isolated English colony in China.
Sensation
Ernie Turnpit
Pat Heaton may be the best crime reporter in town but his fiancée Claire, despairing of the more tawdry aspects of his profession, makes him promise to give the job up. When a pretty waitress is found murdered, however, Pat falls in line with the rest of the 'Murder Gang' the pack of reporters who gather to glean stories by fair means or foul!
Chick
Lord Frensham
The hall porter at an Oxbridge College inherits an Earldom and enjoys a series of adventures.
Sorrell and Son
Mr. Porteous
Stephen Sorrell, a decorated war hero, raises his son Kit alone after Kit's mother deserts husband and child in the boy's infancy. Sorrell loses a promising job offer and is forced to take work as a menial. Both his dignity and his health are damaged as he suffers under the exhausting labor and harsh treatment he receives as a hotel porter. But Sorrell thrives in the knowledge that his son will benefit from his labors. Sorrell has allowed the boy to believe his mother dead, but when the mother shows up, wanting to re-enter the young man's life, Sorrell must make hard decisions.
The Queen's Affair
'Ruritania. Incognito president falls in love with incognito queen he deposed.' (British Film Catalogue)
Colonel Blood
Samuel Pepys
'1670. Irish patriot caught stealing Crown Jewels talks his way to pardon.' (British Film Catalogue)
The Fortunate Fool
Battling Stubbs
A wealthy author, looking for material, 'adopts' an incorrigible thief he finds in the streets, together with an attractive typist who is down on her luck.
Fires of Fate
Mr. Braddell
In Egypt a colonel with a year to live saves a girl from an Arab prince.
The Indiscretions of Eve
Father
An Earl loves a girl who models for shop window dummies.
Lord Babs
Mr. Turpin
A steward inherits the estate of an earl. To repel the advances of an unwanted fiancee, he pretends that he has regressed to childhood behaviors.
The Shadow Between
Pug Wilson
A romantic drama film directed by Norman Walker.
French Leave
General Root
During World War I, Captain's wife Dorothy Glenister finds it hard being separated from her husband, so she travels to France to the village where he's stationed. Dorothy disguises herself as the daughter of a local, which leads to complications when she's suspected of being a German spy.
Hindle Wakes
Sir Timothy Farrar
A young working-class girl causes a stir when she sneaks off for a romantic getaway with the wealthy heir of the mill where she works.
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Mr. Bunting
London. A mysterious serial killer brutally murders young blond women by stalking them in the night fog. One foggy, sinister night, a young man who claims his name is Jonathan Drew arrives at the guest house run by the Bunting family and rents a room.
The Lure of Crooning Water
Guy Pinkerton
A London actress collapses on stage and is sent by her doctor to stay in the country with a farmer and his wife. But when she starts an affair with the farmer, the idyllic life at "Crooning Water" is threatened with tragedy.
Lights of London