A. Bromley Davenport

Davenport (centre) & Will Fyffe in Owd Bob (1938)

Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK.^[1]

Bromley-Davenport made appearances in the cast of at least 77 films for television and cinema between 1920 and 1944. He was known publicly as Bromley Davenport and, in the film credits, his Christian name was always abbreviated.

Perhaps the most commercial films he appeared in were Jamaica Inn and The Way Ahead in which his character was named after his real life name. He did not often have a lead role but in the television drama Magic, he took the lead role as Duke.

Personal life

Bromley Davenport was a member of the Bromley-Davenport family of Macclesfield, Cheshire. He was the youngest son of the politician William Bromley-Davenport and a brother of William Bromley-Davenport, the British Army officer, England footballer and Conservative politician.

He was educated at Eton College, Berkshire. In 1886, he married Elizabeth Light. In 1921, he married Madame Adele Burdillat of Nice, France. He died aged 79 in London in 1946.

Filmography

• The Great Gay Road (1920)
• The Bigamist (1921)
• The Persistent Lovers (1922)
• Fox Farm (1922)
• Boy Woodburn (1922)
• Running Water (1922)
• A Maid of the Silver Sea (1922)
• The Starlit Garden (1923)
• Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923)
• Sally Bishop (1924)
• Eugene Aram (1924)
• What the Butler Saw (1924)
• Somebody's Darling (1925)
• Roses of Picardy (1927)
• A Sister to Assist 'Er (1927)
• The Fake (1927)
• The Glad Eye (1927)
• The Flight Commander (1927)
• The Blue Peter (1928)
• Spangles (1928)
• The American Prisoner (1929)
• Glorious Youth (1929)
• Too Many Crooks (1930)
• Leave It to Me (1930)
• Mischief (1931)
• Glamour (1931)
• Captivation (1931)
• When London Sleeps (1932)
• Flat No. 9 (1932)
• The Marriage Bond (1932)
• Money Means Nothing (1932)
• The Face at the Window (1932)
• Lord Camber's Ladies (1932)
• Self Made Lady (1932)
• The Return of Raffles (1932)
• Mr. Bill the Conqueror (1932)
• The Iron Stair (1933)
• A Shot in the Dark (1933)
• The Stolen Necklace (1933)
• Dora (1933)
• The Wishbone (1933)
• Enemy of the Police (1933)
• The Pointing Finger (1933)
• Little Miss Nobody (1933)
• The Melody-Maker (1933)
• Lily of Killarney (1934)
• Love, Life and Laughter (1934)
• The Warren Case (1934)
• Lost in the Legion (1934)
• The Scarley Pimpernel (1934)^[2]
• Vintage Wine (1935)
• The Crouching Beast (1935)
• So You Won't Talk (1935)
• The Cardinal (1936)
• London Melody (1937)
• Owd Bob (1938)
• Murder in the Family (1938)
• Second Thoughts (1938)
• Magic (TV drama, 1939)^[3]
• Jamaica Inn (1939)
• The Mysterious Mr. Davis (1939)
• The Second Mr. Bush (1940)
• Old Mother Riley's Ghosts (1941)
• The Farmer's Wife (1941)
• Those Kids from Town (1942)
• Let the People Sing (1942)
• The Young Mr. Pitt (1942)
• When We Are Married (1943)
• The Way Ahead (1944)

References

1. http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9fb90cae
2. The Scarley Pimpernel. Internet Movie Database.
3. Magic (1939). Internet Movie Database.

External links

• A. Bromley Davenport (1867-1946). Internet Movie Database.
• The lineage of the Bromley Davenports