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Known For
Acting
Birthday
September 16, 1882
Died
July 23, 1955
Place of Birth
Santiago, Chile
Also Known As
- Vernon Steel
- R. Vernon Steele
- R.V. Steele
- Victor Steele
- Arturo Romeo Antonietti
Vernon Steele
0.3 Popularity
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Vernon Steele (18 September 1882 – 23 July 1955) was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Daniel Antonietti, a professor of music, and his English wife, the former Grace Emma Bolton. Vernon Steele was christened Arturo Romeo Antonietti and his family eventually settled in London, England. His sister was actress Hilda Anthony.
Known For
6.8
Priest
Madame Bovary
1949
5.7
Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)
To the Ends of the Earth
1948
6.6
Army Doctor
They Were Expendable
1945
6.5
Captain Blair
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
1943
7.1
Glee Club Member (uncredited)
Mrs. Miniver
1942
6.3
Nigel Partridge
The Witness Vanishes
1939
6.0
Thomas Jefferson
The Bill of Rights
1939
0.0
RCMP Insp. Wylie
North of the Yukon
1939
5.0
Officer
Flight to Fame
1938
4.7
Captain
Kidnapped
1938
Credits
Madame Bovary
as Priest
1949
6.8
To the Ends of the Earth
as Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)
1948
5.7
They Were Expendable
as Army Doctor
1945
6.6
Riders of the Northwest Mounted
as Captain Blair
1943
6.5
Mrs. Miniver
as Glee Club Member (uncredited)
1942
7.1
The Witness Vanishes
as Nigel Partridge
1939
6.3
The Bill of Rights
as Thomas Jefferson
1939
6.0
North of the Yukon
as RCMP Insp. Wylie
1939
0.0
Flight to Fame
as Officer
1938
5.0
Kidnapped
as Captain
1938
4.7
Step Lively, Jeeves!
as Lord Fenton (uncredited)
1937
4.7
No matarás
1937
5.5
Time Out for Romance
as Count Michael Montaine
1937
5.6
Lloyd's of London
as Thomas Lawrence
1936
7.1
Dracula's Daughter
as Squires (uncredited)
1936
5.9
Captain Blood
as King James
1935
7.2
Bonnie Scotland
as Col. Gregor McGregor
1935
6.6
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back
as Wedding Guest
1934
5.3
The Great Flirtation
as Bigelow
1934
3.0
Where Sinners Meet
as Saunders
1934
4.0
Design for Living
as Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)
1933
7.1
The Silk Express
as Dr. Harold Rolph
1933
4.7
The King's Vacation
as Barstow
1933
5.0
Big News
as Reporter
1929
4.2
The House of Youth
as Rhodes Winston
1924
0.0
The Wanters
as Tom Armstrong
1923
0.0
Temptation
as John Hope
1923
1.0
The Girl Who Ran Wild
as The Schoolmaster
1922
0.0
For the Defense
as Christopher Armstrong
1922
0.0
Out of the Chorus
as Ross Van Beekman
1921
0.0
The Highest Bidder
as Hastings
1921
0.0
His House in Order
as Hillary Jesson
1920
1.0
Mind the Paint Girl
as Lord Francombe
1919
0.0
Human Desire
as Jasper Norton
1919
0.0
The Phantom Honeymoon
as Captain Bob Tidewater
1919
5.0
The Witness for the Defense
as Dick Hazelwood
1919
6.3
The Firing Line
as John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III
1919
0.0
The Panther Woman
as Beverly Peale
1918
0.0
Polly of the Circus
as John Douglas the Minister
1917
6.0
Silks and Satins
as Jacques Desmond
1916
0.0
The Supreme Sacrifice
as Reverend Philip Morton
1916
0.0
Her Great Match
as Prince Adolph
1915
0.0
The Vampire
as Robert Sterling
1915
0.0
Hearts in Exile
1915
4.0
Alice Adams
as Arthur Russell
N/A
0.0