Morton Selten

Morton Selten

1860-01-06 – 1939-07-27 (age 79) Marlborough, England, UK
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Biography

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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.

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Known For

The Thief of Bagdad
The Thief of Bagdad

1940

as The Old King

The Divorce of Lady X
The Divorce of Lady X

1938

as Lord Steele

A Yank at Oxford
A Yank at Oxford

1938

as Cecil Davidson, Esq.

Fire Over England
Fire Over England

1937

as Lord Burleigh

Somebody's Darling
The Ghost Goes West
The Ghost Goes West

1935

as The Glourie

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Annie, Leave the Room!

1935

as Lord Spendlove

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The Shadow Between

1931

as Sir George Fielder

Wedding Rehearsal
Wedding Rehearsal

1932

as Major Harry Wroxbury

Action for Slander
Action for Slander

1937

as Judge Trotter (as Morton Selton)

Juggernaut
Juggernaut

1936

as Sir Charles Clifford

Moscow Nights
Moscow Nights

1934

as General Kovrin

Service for Ladies
Service for Ladies

1932

as Mr. Robertson

Once in a New Moon
Once in a New Moon

1935

as Lord Bravington

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His Majesty & Co.

1935

as King of Poldavia

Young Man's Fancy
Young Man's Fancy

1939

as Mr. Fothergill

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Dark World

1935

as Colonel

Shipyard Sally
Shipyard Sally

1939

as Lord Alfred Randall

In the Soup
In the Soup

1936

as Abernethy Ruppershaw

Falling for You
Falling for You

1933

as Caldicott