William Felton(1850-1921)
- Actor
William Felton was born in the early 1850's in England. He had a long
career in the theatre playing in drama and comedy from the 1870's.
William was a thin elderly gentleman who became a member of the
Hepworth studio stock company between 1913-18 appearing in more than 20
drama movies was often cast as butlers or old codgers, making his film
debut as Abe Nathan in 'Shadows of the Great City' directed by Frank
Wilson, starring Alec Worcester and Chrissie White in 1913, his most
notable roles was as Mr. Rudge in 'Barnaby Rudge' starring Tom Powers
and Violet Hopson in 1916 and as Ablett in 'The Trelawny of the Wells'
starring Alma Taylor and Stewart Rome in 1916, his last screen
appearance as Old Fob in 'Boundary House' starring Alma Taylor and
Gerald Ames in 1918, he died three years later in 1921 age around 70
years old in Surrey.