Arthur Maude
actor, director, writer
- Birth name:
- Arthur John Maude
- Born:
- 1880-07-23, Pontefract, Yorkshire, England, UK
- Died:
- 1950-01-09, Paddington, London, England, UK
- Professions:
- actor, director, writer
Biography
Born among the market-town chimneys of Pontefract on 23 July 1880, Arthur Maude grew up with Yorkshire coal-smoke in his lungs and the playhouse in his blood. He stepped before the camera in its infancy, directing and starring when pictures still flickered like lantern ghosts: in 1913 alone he guided two silents, Francesca da Rimini and The Shadow of Nazareth, then returned two decades later to helm The Lure (1933). Between those milestones he earned a reputation as a dependable actor and an inventive filmmaker, bridging the gap from nickelodeon marvels to talkies. Maude’s final curtain fell in London’s Paddington on 9 January 1950, leaving behind a celluloid trail that charts the first adventurous decades of British cinema.
