Vernon Steele
Acting1882Santiago, Chile
Biography
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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.
Known For
Acting History
1949
Madame Bovary
as Priest
1948
To the Ends of the Earth
as Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)
1945
They Were Expendable
as Army Doctor
1943
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
as Captain Blair
1942
Mrs. Miniver
as Glee Club Member (uncredited)
1939
The Witness Vanishes
as Nigel Partridge
North of the Yukon
as RCMP Insp. Wylie
The Bill of Rights
as Thomas Jefferson
1938
Kidnapped
as Captain
Flight to Fame
as Officer
1937
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Lord Fenton (uncredited)
Time Out for Romance
as Count Michael Montaine
1936
Dracula's Daughter
as Squires (uncredited)
Lloyd's of London
as Thomas Lawrence
1935
Bonnie Scotland
as Col. Gregor McGregor
Captain Blood
as King James
1934
Where Sinners Meet
as Saunders
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Wedding Guest
The Great Flirtation
as Bigelow
1933
The Silk Express
as Dr. Harold Rolph
The King's Vacation
as Barstow
Design for Living
as Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)
1929
Big News
as Reporter
1924
Discontented Husbands
as Jack Ballard
The House of Youth
as Rhodes Winston
1923
What Wives Want
as Austin Howard
The Wanters
as Tom Armstrong
Temptation
as John Hope
Alice Adams
as Arthur Russell
Forgive and Forget
as Ronnie Sears
1922
A Wonderful Wife
as Alaric Lewin
The Girl Who Ran Wild
as The Schoolmaster
For the Defense
as Christopher Armstrong
The Hands of Nara
as Adam Pine
The Danger Point
as Duncan Phelps
Thelma
as Sir Phillip Errington
When the Devil Drives
as Robert Taylor
1921
1920
His House in Order
as Hillary Jesson
1919
The Firing Line
as John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III
Human Desire
as Jasper Norton
The Phantom Honeymoon
as Captain Bob Tidewater
The Witness for the Defense
as Dick Hazelwood
Mind the Paint Girl
as Lord Francombe
1918
The Panther Woman
as Beverly Peale
1917
Polly of the Circus
as John Douglas the Minister
1916
The Supreme Sacrifice
as Reverend Philip Morton
Silks and Satins
as Jacques Desmond
Little Lady Eileen
as Stanley Churchill / Sir George Churchill
1915
The Vampire
as Robert Sterling
Her Great Match
as Prince Adolph