Anthony Bushell was born on May 19, 1904 in Westerham, Kent, England as Anthony Arnatt Bushell. He was an actor and producer, known for A Night to Remember (1958), Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956) and The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934). He was married to Zelma O'Neal and Anne. He died on April 2, 1997 in Oxford, England.
British leading actor, later associate producer, on stage from 1924. An Oxford University and RADA graduate, he spent most of his early career in the U.S., starring on Broadway in "Her Cardboard Lover", opposite Jeanne Eagels. In Hollywood from 1929, he had key roles in Journey's End (1930), Five Star Final (1931) and Vanity Fair (1932), before returning to England. A cultured performer with a penchant for playing military men, he had several more noteworthy roles, including that of King Arthur in The Black Knight (1954), and as captain of the Carpathia in an early version of the Titanic disaster, A Night to Remember (1958). He directed a number of television episodes until his retirement in 1964, settling down as director of the Monte Carlo Golf Club.
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Close friend and business associate of Laurence Olivier.
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In civilian life, he preferred to be called "Major Bushell".
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His Will was signed on 27th January, 1995 and was Probated at The Principal Registry on 22nd May, 1997. It was £21,072 Gross. There is no suggestion of family in the Will so he may not have had issue.
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Joined the army during WWII. In 1939 he was commissioned in the Welsh Guards as a tank squadron commander and was demobbed as a Major.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Drama 61-67
1964
TV Series
Lt. Gen. Priest
The Sentimental Agent
1963
TV Series
Major Nelson
Sir Francis Drake
1962
TV Series
Tom Doughty
The Queen's Guards
1961
Major Cole
Danger Man
1961
TV Series
Lotsbeyer
The Invisible Man
1959
TV Series
General Martin
Desert Mice
1959
Plunkett
The Four Just Men
1959
TV Series
Colonel Cyril Bacon
The Hill
1959
TV Movie
Centurion
Quatermass and the Pit
1958-1959
TV Mini-Series
Colonel James Breen
A Night to Remember
1958
Capt. Arthur Rostron - Carpathia
The Wind Cannot Read
1958
Brigadier
Robert's Wife
1957
TV Movie
The Rev. Robert Carson
Bitter Victory
1957
General Paterson
Pursuit of the Graf Spee
1956
Mr. Millington Drake - British Minister, Montevideo
Bhowani Junction
1956
Lanson (uncredited)
The Black Tent
1956
Ambassador Baring
The Purple Plain
1954
Group Captain Aldridge
The Black Knight
1954
King Arthur
Paratrooper
1953
General Whiting
The Passionate Sentry
1952
Major Guy Ashley
High Treason
1951
Maj. Elliott
The Long Dark Hall
1951
Clive Bedford
The Miniver Story
1950
Dr. Kaneslaey
The Angel with the Trumpet
1950
Baron Hugo Traun
Hour of Glory
1949
Col. Strang
Hamlet
1948
Bit Part (uncredited)
For Those in Peril
1944
uncredited
The Lion Has Wings
1939
Pilot
The Arsenal Stadium Mystery
1939
John Doyce - Trojan Team Member
Murder on the Second Floor
1939
TV Movie
Hugh Bromilow
The Rebel Son
1938
Andrei Bulba
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel
1937
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
The Angelus
1937
Brian Ware
Troopship
1937
Roddy Hammond
Dark Journey
1937
Bob Carter
Hideout in the Alps
1936
Det. Insp. Forsythe
Admirals All
1935
Flag Lt. Steve Langham
Lilies of the Field
1934
Guy Mallory
The Scarlet Pimpernel
1934
Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Forbidden Territory
1934
Rex Farringdon
The Girl Thief
1934
Bill
Red Wagon
1933
Toby Griffiths
Crime on the Hill
1933
Tony Fields
Channel Crossing
1933
Peter Bradley
I Was a Spy
1933
Otto
The Ghoul
1933
Ralph Morlant
The Woman in Command
1933
Lt. Ronald Jamieson
Midshipmaid Gob
1932
Lt. Valentine
Sally Bishop
1932
Bart
The Silver Greyhound
1932
Gerald Varrick
Escapade
1932
Philip Whitney
Vanity Fair
1932
Dobbin
Shop Angel
1932
Larry Pemberton
A Woman Commands
1932
Lt. Iwan Petrovitch
Expensive Women
1931
Arthur Raymond
Five Star Final
1931
Phillip Weeks
Chances
1931
Tom Ingleside
Born to Love
1931
Leslie Darrow
The Royal Bed
1931
Freddie Granton
Three Faces East
1930
Capt. Arthur Chamberlain
The Flirting Widow
1930
Bobby
Journey's End
1930
2nd Lt. Hibbert
Lovin' the Ladies
1930
Brooks - the Butler
The Show of Shows
1929
Performer in 'Henry VI' Sequence (uncredited)
Disraeli
1929
Charles
Producer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Sir Francis Drake
1961-1962
TV Series producer - 26 episodes
Paratrooper
1953
associate producer
Hour of Glory
1949
associate producer - uncredited
Hamlet
1948
assistant producer
Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Saint
1962
TV Series 1 episode
Man of the World
1962
TV Series 2 episodes
The Scales of Justice
1962
TV Series 1 episode
Sir Francis Drake
1961-1962
TV Series 2 episodes
Danger Man
1961
TV Series 2 episodes
The Terror of the Tongs
1961
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
1960
TV Series documentary 1 episode
The Four Just Men
1959-1960
TV Series 3 episodes
The Third Man
1959
TV Series 6 episodes
The Long Dark Hall
1951
The Angel with the Trumpet
1950
Miscellaneous
Title
Year
Status
Character
Richard III
1955
associate director
Hell Below Zero
1954
director of the antarctic expedition
Hamlet
1948
associate director - uncredited
Assistant Director
Title
Year
Status
Character
The Prince and the Showgirl
1957
associate director
The Passionate Sentry
1952
second unit director
Cinematographer
Title
Year
Status
Character
Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years
1960
TV Series documentary 1 episode
Self
Title
Year
Status
Character
How I Play Golf by Bobby Jones No. 11: 'Practice Shots'
1931
Short
Himself (uncredited)
Archive Footage
Title
Year
Status
Character
What Lies Beneath
2008
Video documentary short
Colonel Breen
Evolution of the Invasion
2006
Video documentary
Colnel Breen
Known for movies
A Night to Remember (1958) as Capt. Arthur Rostron - Carpathia
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1934) as Sir Andrew Ffoulkes
Pursuit of the Graf Spee (1956) as Mr. Millington Drake - British Minister, Montevideo
$1.6 Million
