Vernon Steele
Birthday
1882/09/16
Day of death
1955/07/23 (72 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Santiago, Chile
Also know as
Vernon Steel, R. Vernon Steele, R.V. Steele , Victor Steele , Arturo Romeo Antonietti
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vernon Steele (18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Daniel Antonietti, a professor of music, and his English wife, the former Grace Emma Bolton. Vernon Steele was christened Arturo Romeo Antonietti and his family eventually settled in London, England. His sister was actress Hilda Anthony.
Acting
(1923) Temptation
as John Hope
(1935) Bonnie Scotland
as Col. Gregor McGregor
(1937) Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Lord Fenton (uncredited)
(1935) Captain Blood
as King James
(1923) The Wanters
as Tom Armstrong
(1939) The Witness Vanishes
as Nigel Partridge
(1918) The Panther Woman
as Beverly Peale
(1916) The Supreme Sacrifice
as Reverend Philip Morton
(1948) To the Ends of the Earth
as Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)
(1942) Mrs. Miniver
as Glee Club Member (uncredited)
(1917) Polly of the Circus
as John Douglas the Minister
(1920) His House in Order
as Hillary Jesson
(1933) The Silk Express
as Dr. Harold Rolph
(1919) The Firing Line
as John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III
(1929) Big News
as Reporter
(1933) The King's Vacation
as Barstow
(1937) No matarás
as ---
(1936) Dracula's Daughter
as Detective Orderly Squires
(1934) Where Sinners Meet
as Saunders, the Chauffeur
(1938) Kidnapped
as Captain
(1922) The Girl Who Ran Wild
as The Schoolmaster
(1933) Design for Living
as Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)
(1937) Time Out for Romance
as Count Michael Montaine
(1939) North of the Yukon
as RCMP Insp. Wylie
(1921) The Highest Bidder
as Hastings
(1943) Riders of the Northwest Mounted
as Captain Blair
(1915) The Vampire
as Robert Sterling
(1919) Human Desire
as Jasper Norton
(1949) Madame Bovary
as Priest
(1945) They Were Expendable
as Army Doctor
(1919) The Phantom Honeymoon
as Captain Bob Tidewater
(1939) The Bill of Rights
as Thomas Jefferson
(1934) The Great Flirtation
as Bigelow
(1936) Lloyd's of London
as Thomas Lawrence
(1922) For the Defense
as Christopher Armstrong
(1916) Silks and Satins
as Jacques Desmond
(1934) Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Wedding Guest
(1919) The Witness for the Defense
as Dick Hazelwood
(1938) Flight to Fame
as Officer
(1915) Hearts in Exile
as ---
(1921) Out of the Chorus
as Ross Van Beekman
(1915) Her Great Match
as Prince Adolph
Alice Adams
as Arthur Russell
(1919) Mind the Paint Girl
as Lord Francombe