From Wikipedia the free encyclopedia Vernon Steele 18 September 1882 23 July 1955 was a Chileanborn 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