Claud Allister

Claud Allister
Claud Allister, 1938
Born	(1888-10-03)3 October 1888 London, England
Died	26 July 1970(1970-07-26) (aged 81) Santa Barbara, California
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1929–1955

Claud Allister (3 October 1888 – 26 July 1970) was an English actor with an extensive film career in Hollywood, where he appeared in more than 70 films between 1929-1955.

Life

He was born William Claud Michael Palmer, in London, England. After receiving his education at Felsted School in Essex, he began his career as a stockbroker's clerk in the City of London, but gave up a life in the Square Mile on deciding that he preferred the stage, upon which he made his début in 1910. He toured England's repertory theatres playing minor parts up to the outbreak of World War I, when he was commissioned into the British Army as a subaltern, and saw active service with the Suffolk Regiment and the Machine Gun Corps^[1] Post-war he returned to acting, and in 1924 went to America to perform on the stage there initially. In 1929 he made his film début in The Trial of Mary Dugan. Allister died 26 July 1970 at Santa Barbara, California.

Filmography

References

External links

• Claud Allister at the Internet Movie Database
• Claud Allister at the Internet Broadway Database
  
• Claud Allister at AllMovie
• Claud Allister at Find a Grave