Morton Selten Net Worth
Morton Selten Net Worth is
$10 Million
Morton Selten Bio/Wiki, Net Worth, Married 2018
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 in 1878, with stage performances 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. | Date Of Birth | January 6, 1860 |
| Died | 1939-07-27 |
| Place Of Birth | Marlborough, England, UK |
| Profession | Actor |
| Star Sign | Capricorn |
| # | Fact |
|---|---|
| 1 | According to the director Michael Powell, who directed him in his final picture, "The Thief of Bagdad", Selten was an illegitimate son of the then 19-year-old Prince of Wales, later King Edward VII (1841-1910) of England. |
| 2 | On stage from 1878. |
| 3 | At the time of his death he was thought to have been the oldest film star in Britain. |
| 4 | In a career that spanned over sixty years, he was probably best remembered for playing affable "fruity" aristocrats. |
| 5 | Audiences saw him in his last and perhaps most famous role---the Old King in "The Thief of Bagdad"---more than a year after he died. |
Actor
| Title | Year | Status | Character |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Thief of Bagdad | 1940 | The Old King | |
| Young Man's Fancy | 1939 | Mr. Fothergill | |
| Shipyard Sally | 1939 | Lord Alfred Randall | |
| A Yank at Oxford | 1938 | Cecil Davidson, Esq. | |
| Action for Slander | 1938 | Judge Trotter (as Morton Selton) | |
| The Divorce of Lady X | 1938 | Lord Steele | |
| Fire Over England | 1937 | Lord Burleigh | |
| Juggernaut | 1936 | Sir Charles Clifford (as Morton Setten) | |
| Two's Company | 1936 | Earl of Warke | |
| In the Soup | 1936 | Abernethy Ruppershaw | |
| His Majesty and Co | 1935 | King of Poldavia | |
| Once in a New Moon | 1935 | Lord Bravington | |
| The Ghost Goes West | 1935 | The Glourie | |
| Dark World | 1935 | Colonel | |
| I Stand Condemned | 1935 | Gen. Kovrin | |
| Annie, Leave the Room! | 1935 | Lord Spendlove | |
| Ten Minute Alibi | 1935 | Sir Miles Standish | |
| The Bedroom Diplomat | 1934 | Sir Charles | |
| The Love Wager | 1933 | General Neville | |
| Falling for You | 1933/I | Caldicott | |
| Wedding Rehearsal | 1932 | Major Harry Wroxbury | |
| Reserved for Ladies | 1932 | Mr. Robertson | |
| The Shadow Between | 1931 | Sir George Fielder | |
| Somebody's Darling | 1925 | ||
| Branded | 1920 | Marquis of Shelford |
Known for movies
The Thief of Bagdad (1940)
as The Old King
Fire Over England (1937)
as Lord Burleigh
The Ghost Goes West (1935)
as The Glourie
The Divorce of Lady X (1938)
as Lord Steele