Maurice Braddell Explained

Birth Name:Maurice Lee Braddell
Birth Date:1900 11, df=yes
Birth Place:Folkestone, Kent, England
Death Place:Ashford, Kent, England

Maurice Lee Braddell (23 November 1900 – 28 July 1990) was an English actor, author and art restorer.[1] [2]

Maurice Braddell was born in Folkestone, Kent, England, and lived in New York City for much of his life.[3] He was the son of Sir Thomas Braddell and Lady Violet Nassau (Kirby) Braddell.The Braddell family had a long association with the Straits Settlements (Singapore) where they served as lawyers and judges. Maurice Braddell married Jean Shannon (Macleod) Harman of Chesham, Bucks who had previously taken the name Braddell. As well as acting in both silent films and talkies, Braddell wrote the 1935 farce of the same name on which the 1936 film, It's You I Want is based.[3] [4] [5]

Over 40 years later, he was retired from films and working as an art restorer, living in New York's East Village, when he was cast in Andy Warhol's 1968 film, Flesh.[3] [6]

Filmography

Actor

YearTitleRoleNotes
1928A Window in Piccadilly Harry
1928Dawn British Airman
1928Not Quite a Lady Geoffrey Cassilis
1929Master and Man Dick Waring
1929Latin Quarter Mario
1930The School for Scandal Careless
1931Her Reputation Eric Sloane
1932Men of Tomorrow Allan Shepherd
1936Things to Come Dr. Harding
1968Flesh The Artist
1971Women in Revolt Candy's Father (final film role)

Screenwriter

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maurice Braddell. https://web.archive.org/web/20170827051418/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba12be8e5. dead. 27 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Maurice Braddell - Theatricalia. theatricalia.com.
  3. Web site: Maurice Braddell, 89, An Actor and Writer . NYTimes.com . 1990-08-06 . 2016-05-05.
  4. Web site: Maurice Braddell – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB. The Broadway. League. www.ibdb.com.
  5. Web site: It's You I Want (1936). https://web.archive.org/web/20170827053033/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b6ad6763d. dead. 27 August 2017.
  6. Web site: Maurice Braddell - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie. AllMovie.