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Morton Selten
Actor
Died July 27, 1939 (79 years)
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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 on the stage in 1878, 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.
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 on the stage in 1878, 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.
Filmography
| 1940 | The Thief of Bagdad · as The Old King |
| 1939 | Young Man's Fancy · as Mr. Fothergill |
| 1939 | Shipyard Sally · as Lord Alfred Randall |
| 1938 | A Yank at Oxford · as Cecil Davidson, Esq. |
| 1938 | The Divorce of Lady X · as Lord Steele |
| 1937 | Fire Over England · as Lord Burleigh |
| 1937 | Action for Slander · as Judge Trotter (as Morton Selton) |
| 1936 | Juggernaut · as Sir Charles Clifford |
| 1936 | Two's Company · as Earl Of Warke |
| 1935 | I Stand Condemned · as General Kovrin |
| 1935 | The Ghost Goes West · as The Glourie |
| 1935 | His Majesty and Co · as King Of Poldavia |
| 1934 | Once in a New Moon · as Lord Bravington |
| 1933 | Falling for You · as Caldicott |
| 1932 | Wedding Rehearsal · as Major Harry Wroxbury |
| 1932 | Reserved for Ladies · as Mr. Robertson |
| 1925 | Somebody's Darling · as Cast |