
Person
Morton Selten
Acting · 1860–1939 · Marlborough, England, UK
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton. Given the name Morton Richard Stubbs at birth, and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, it was generally acknowledged that Selten was an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII). He began acting on the stage in 1878, mainly in America. In 1889, Selten played Clarence Vane in Mrs. Hargrove's Our Flat at the Lyceum Theatre and Captain Heartsease in Bronson Howard's American Civil War epic, Shenandoah. He would go on to play in some twenty-five Broadway productions over the following three decades. His film career began in the 1920s. He appeared in Branded in 1921. His last film role was the King of the Land of Legend in the 1940 Alexander Korda production The Thief of Bagdad. Selten died during filming.
Known for

The Thief of Bagdad
The Old King

The Divorce of Lady X
Lord Steele
Annie, Leave the Room!
Lord Spendlove

A Yank at Oxford
Cecil Davidson, Esq.

Fire Over England
Lord Burleigh
The Shadow Between
Sir George Fielder
His Majesty & Co.
King of Poldavia

The Ghost Goes West
The Glourie

Somebody's Darling
1925

Young Man's Fancy
Mr. Fothergill
Filmography
- 1940The Thief of BagdadThe Old King
- 1939Shipyard SallyLord Alfred Randall
- 1939Young Man's FancyMr. Fothergill
- 1938A Yank at OxfordCecil Davidson, Esq.
- 1938The Divorce of Lady XLord Steele
- 1937Action for SlanderJudge Trotter (as Morton Selton)
- 1937Fire Over EnglandLord Burleigh
- 1936Two's CompanyEarl of Warke
- 1936JuggernautSir Charles Clifford
- 1936In the SoupAbernethy Ruppershaw
- 1935The Ghost Goes WestThe Glourie
- 1935Dark WorldColonel
- 1935Ten Minute AlibiSir Miles Standish
- 1935Annie, Leave the Room!Lord Spendlove
- 1935Once in a New MoonLord Bravington
- 1935His Majesty & Co.King of Poldavia
- 1934Moscow NightsGeneral Kovrin
- 1933Falling for YouCaldicott
- 1932Wedding RehearsalMajor Harry Wroxbury
- 1932Service for LadiesMr. Robertson
- 1931The Shadow BetweenSir George Fielder
- 1925Somebody's Darling
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