Claud Allister 3 October 1888 26 July 1970 was an English actor After his education at Felsted in Essex he appeared in 74 films between 1929 and 1955 He was born William Claud Michael Palmer in London England and died in Santa Barbara California His interment was located in Westwood Village Memorial Park Cemetery He began his career as a stockbrokers clerk but gave it up and made his stage debut in 1910 He toured England playing minor parts till the war started He served in WWI and in 1924 went to America to act on the stage In 1929 he made his film debut where he featured in The Trial of Mary Dugan Description above from the Wikipedia article Claud Allister licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia