Gus McNaughton explained

Gus McNaughton
Birth Date:	29 July 1881
Birth Place:	Hornsey, London, England
Death Place:	Castor, Cambridgeshire, England
Occupation:	Actor
Yearsactive:	1930–1947
Spouse:	Charlotte Poluski (? - ?)

Gus McNaughton (29 July 1881  - 18 November 1969), also known as Augustus Le Clerq and Augustus Howard,^{[1] [2]} was an English film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1930 and 1947. He was born in London and died in Castor, Cambridgeshire.^[3] He is sometimes credited as Gus MacNaughton.^[4] He appeared on stage from 1899, as a juvenile comedian with the Fred Karno company, the influential British music hall troupe. In films, McNaughton was often cast as the "fast-talking sidekick", and he appeared in several popular George Formby comedies of the 1930s and 1940s.^[5] He also appeared twice for director Alfred Hitchcock in both Murder! (1930) and The 39 Steps (1935).^[6]

Filmography

• Comets (1930) - Himself
• Murder! (1930) - Tom Trewitt (uncredited)
• Children of Chance (1930) - H.K. Zinkwell
• Lucky Girl (1932) - Hudson E. Greener
• The Last Coupon (1932) - Lord Bedlington
• The Maid of the Mountains (1932) - General Malona
• His Wife's Mother (1932) - Joy
• Money Talks (1932) - Solly Sax, Impresario
• Radio Parade (1933) - Himself
• Leave It to Me (1933) - Baxter
• Heads We Go (1933) - Otis Dove
• Crime on the Hill (1933) - Collins
• Happy (1933) - Waller
• The Love Nest (1933) - Fox
• Their Night Out (1933) - Fred Simpson
• Seeing Is Believing (1934) - Geoffrey Cooper
• Master and Man (1934) - Blackmailer
• The Luck of a Sailor (1934) - Official
• There Goes Susie (1934) - Brammel
• Spring in the Air (1934) - Max
• Barnacle Bill (1935) - Jack Baron
• Invitation to the Waltz (1935) - Valet
• Royal Cavalcade (1935) - Workman
• The 39 Steps (1935) - Commercial Traveller #1
• Joy Ride (1935) - String
• The Crouching Beast (1935)
• Music Hath Charms (1935) - Goodwin
• Not So Dusty (1936) - Nobby Clark
• Keep Your Seats, Please (1936) - Max
• Southern Roses (1936) - Parker
• The Heirloom Mystery (1936) - Alfred Fisher
• You Must Get Married (1936) - Bosun
• Action for Slander (1937) - Tandy
• Busman's Holiday (1937) - Alf Green
• Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith (1937) - Will Smith / Black Patch
• Storm in a Teacup (1937) - Horace Skirving
• Keep Fit (1937) - Tom
• South Riding (1938) - Tadman
• Easy Riches (1938) - Joe Hicks
• The Divorce of Lady X (1938) - Waiter
• We're Going to Be Rich (1938) - Broderick
• You're the Doctor (1938) - Kemp
• Sidewalks of London (1938) - Arthur Smith
• The Citadel (1938) - Tom Evans (uncredited)
• Keep Smiling (1938) - Eddie Perkins (uncredited)
• Q Planes (1939) - Blenkinsop
• Trouble Brewing (1939) - Bill Pike
• I Killed the Count (1939) - Martin
• There Ain't No Justice (1939) - Alfie Norton
• What Would You Do, Chums? (1939) - Harry Piper
• Blind Folly (1940) - Professor Zozo
• All at Sea (1940) - Nobby
• That's the Ticket (1940) - Milkbar Monty
• Two for Danger (1940) - Braithwaite
• George and Margaret (1940) - Wolverton
• Old Bill and Son (1941) - Alf
• Facing the Music (1941) - Illusionist
• Jeannie (1941) - Angus Whitelaw
• South American George (1941) - George White
• Penn of Pennsylvania (1942) - Ship's Mate
• The Day Will Dawn (1942) - Army Sergeant
• Let the People Sing (1942) - Ketley
• Much Too Shy (1942) - Manager
• Rose of Tralee (1942) - Gleeson
• The Shipbuilders (1943) - Jim
• Demobbed (1944) - Capt. Gregson
• A Place of One's Own (1945) - P.C. Hargreaves
• The Trojan Brothers (1946) - Frank
• Here Comes the Sun (1946) - Barrett
• The Turners of Prospect Road (1947) - Knocker
• This Was a Woman (1948) - Vet Surgeon
• Feature Story (1949)

Theatre

• Darling, I Love You (1931)^[7]

Notes and References

1. Book: 245. Grace, Beauty & Banjos. Michael Kilgarriff. Oberon. 1998. 9781840021165.
2. Book: Pseudonyms. Joseph F. Clarke. BCA. 1977. 108.
3. Web site: Gus McNaughton. https://web.archive.org/web/20120711151029/http://explore.bfi.org.uk/4ce2bab2e435f. dead. 2012-07-11. BFI.
4. Web site: Gus McNaughton. hitchcock.zone.
5. Web site: Gus McNaughton - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie. Hal Erickson. AllMovie.
6. Web site: Gus McNaughton. aveleyman.com.
7. At the Bristol Hippodrome (9–14 February 1931), with Gus McNaughton, Eddie Childs, Sybil Woodruffe, Felice Lascelles, Phyllis Palmer, Kenneth Berrell, Hawes Cowan, Beryl Adair, Jack McNaughton.