Person

Alexander Gauge

Acting · 1914–1960 · Wenchow, China

Biography

Alexander Gauge was a British actor best known for playing Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood from 1955 to 1959. Born in a Methodist Mission station in Wenzhou in China, Gauge was a well-known English character actor. Gauge attended school in California before moving to England.

Known for

Filmography

1961Nothing BarredPoliceman
1960Take Me As I AmChalmers
1959A Christmas CarolGhost of Christmas Present
1959The Third Man
1959The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull
1957The Passionate StrangerMC at Dance
1956The Green ManChairman
1956The Iron PetticoatSenator Howley
1956BreakawayMacAllister
1956Port of EscapeInspector Levins
1956The Count of Monte Cristo
1955No SmokingWellington-Simpson
1955The Adventures of the Scarlet PimpernelPrince of Wales
1955The Adventures of Robin HoodFriar Tuck
1955Tiger by the TailFitzgerald
1955The Reluctant BrideHumbold
1955The Hornet's NestMr. Arnold
1955Before I WakePolice sergeant
1954Mystery on Bird IslandBronson
1954Sherlock Holmes
1954The Golden LinkArnold Debenham
1954Dance Little LadyJoseph Miller
1954Double ExposureDenis Clayton
1954Fast and LooseClaude Hankin, M.P.
1954The Blazing CaravanMr Buxton
1953Will Any Gentleman...?Mr. Billing
1953CounterspySmith
1953House of BlackmailJohn Markham
1953The Square Ring2nd Wiseacre
1953Martin LutherTetzel
1953The Great GameBen Woodhall
1952The Pickwick PapersTracy Tupman
1952Mother Riley Meets the VampirePolice Constable (uncredited)
1952Penny PrincessMacNabb the Lawyer (uncredited)
1951Murder in the CathedralKing Henry II
1950Sunday Night TheatreSeñor Gonzales
1949The Interrupted JourneyJerves Wilding

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