Vernon Steele

Sep 16, 1882 - Jul 23, 1955 (72 years old) in Santiago, Chile

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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

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Captain Blood

King James

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Mrs. Miniver

Glee Club Member (uncredited)

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What Wives Want

Austin Howard

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Madame Bovary

Priest

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The Silk Express

Dr. Harold Rolph

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Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back

Wedding Guest

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The Firing Line

John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III

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Alice Adams

Arthur Russell

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The Witness Vanishes

Nigel Partridge

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No matarás

Credits

Madame Bovary 1949

Priest

★ 6.7
To the Ends of the Earth 1948

Commissioner Lionel Hadley (uncredited)

★ 5.7
They Were Expendable 1945

Army Doctor

★ 6.5
Riders of the Northwest Mounted 1943

Captain Blair

★ 6.5
Mrs. Miniver 1942

Glee Club Member (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The Witness Vanishes 1939

Nigel Partridge

★ 6.2
The Bill of Rights 1939

Thomas Jefferson

★ 6
North of the Yukon 1939

RCMP Insp. Wylie

★ NR
Flight to Fame 1938

Officer

★ 5
Kidnapped 1938

Captain

★ 4.7
Step Lively, Jeeves! 1937

Lord Fenton (uncredited)

★ 4.7
No matarás 1937

★ 5.5
Time Out for Romance 1937

Count Michael Montaine

★ 5.6
Lloyd's of London 1936

Thomas Lawrence

★ 7.2
Dracula's Daughter 1936

Squires (uncredited)

★ 5.9
Captain Blood 1935

King James

★ 7.2
Bonnie Scotland 1935

Col. Gregor McGregor

★ 6.5
Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back 1934

Wedding Guest

★ 5.3
The Great Flirtation 1934

Bigelow

★ 2.3
Where Sinners Meet 1934

Saunders

★ 3.3
Design for Living 1933

Douglas' First Manager (uncredited)

★ 7.1
The Silk Express 1933

Dr. Harold Rolph

★ 4.7
The King's Vacation 1933

Barstow

★ 5
Big News 1929

Reporter

★ 4.2
The House of Youth 1924

Rhodes Winston

★ NR
The Wanters 1923

Tom Armstrong

★ NR
What Wives Want 1923

Austin Howard

★ NR
Alice Adams 1923

Arthur Russell

★ NR
Temptation 1923

John Hope

★ 1
The Girl Who Ran Wild 1922

The Schoolmaster

★ NR
For the Defense 1922

Christopher Armstrong

★ NR
Out of the Chorus 1921

Ross Van Beekman

★ NR
The Highest Bidder 1921

Hastings

★ NR
His House in Order 1920

Hillary Jesson

★ 1
Mind the Paint Girl 1919

Lord Francombe

★ NR
Human Desire 1919

Jasper Norton

★ NR
The Phantom Honeymoon 1919

Captain Bob Tidewater

★ 5
The Witness for the Defense 1919

Dick Hazelwood

★ 6.3
The Firing Line 1919

John Garret 'Garry' Hamil III

★ NR
The Panther Woman 1918

Beverly Peale

★ NR
Polly of the Circus 1917

John Douglas the Minister

★ 6
Silks and Satins 1916

Jacques Desmond

★ NR
The Supreme Sacrifice 1916

Reverend Philip Morton

★ NR
Her Great Match 1915

Prince Adolph

★ NR
The Vampire 1915

Robert Sterling

★ NR
Hearts in Exile 1915

★ 3.5