Biography
Gerald Ames (12 September 1880 – 2 July 1933) was a British actor, film director and Olympic fencer. Ames was born in Blackheath, London in 1880 and first took up acting in 1905. He was a popular leading man in the post-First World War cinema, appearing in more than sixty films between his debut in 1914 and his retirement from the screen in 1928 in a career entirely encompassing the silent era. He was also a regular stage actor who took on many leading roles in the theatre.He competed in the individual épée event at the 1912 Summer Olympics.He died in 1933 after falling down the steps of Knightsbridge tube station and suffering a heart attack. He was married to the actress Mary Dibley.
Filmography
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Movies 22
John Parmoor
The Rising Generation (1928)
Movie
Don Andrea
A Light Woman (1928)
Movie
Lord Maulveren
The King's Highway (1927)
Movie
Walery
The Little People (1927)
Movie
Bothwell
The Loves of Mary, Queen of Scots (1924)
Movie
Marquis de Beaumont
A Royal Divorce (1923)
Movie
Actor
The House in the Forest (1922)
Movie
Clem Fordrough
Tansy (1921)
Movie
Hinson
Helen of Four Gates (1920)
Movie
Wilderspin
Aylwin (1920)
Movie
Lt. Denis Allen
Alf's Button (1920)
Movie
Nigel Ennison
Anna the Adventuress (1920)
Movie
John Armstrong
Comradeship (1919)
Movie
Customer
Broken in the Wars (1919)
Movie
Hugh Scarlett
Red Pottage (1918)
Movie
Arthur Donnithome
Adam Bede (1918)
Movie
Fencing Master
Masks and Faces (1917)
Movie
Robert Waring
The Shulamite (1916)
Movie
Arsene Lupin
Arsène Lupin (1916)
Movie
Harry Masterman
Me and Me Moke (1916)
Movie
Henry Normand
Sons of Satan (1915)
Movie
Orlando
Love in a Wood (1915)
Movie
Ratings
Average 2.17
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1880-09-12
Deathday1933-07-02 (52 years old)
Birth PlaceBlackheath, United Kingdom
CitizenshipsUnited Kingdom
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