Pat Aherne Explained

Pat Aherne
Birthname:	Patrick de Lacy Aherne
Birth Date:	1901 1, df=y
Birth Place:	King's Norton, Worcestershire, England
Death Place:	Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, United States
Occupation:	Film actor
Yearsactive:	1924–1957
Spouse:	Renée Houston

Patrick de Lacy Aherne (6 January 1901 – 30 September 1970) was an English film actor.^[1] He was the son of the architect William de Lacy Aherne, and the elder brother of the actor Brian Aherne. The family lived at Kings Norton.

He was married to actress/comedian Renée Houston, with whom he adopted two children (Teri and Trevor) and had two children (Patrick Anthony and Alan Brian). Pat Aherne was a silent screen leading man, who was reduced to playing minor supporting roles after the transition to sound (due to hearing loss). His most notable on-screen appearances after 1930, were in Green Dolphin Street, Rocketship X-M and The Court Jester. He was a champion boxer and was in the first boxing film ever made. Pat was also a motorcycle trick rider and friend of Harley and Davidson.^[2]

Following death he donated his body to science.^[3]

Selected filmography

• The Cost of Beauty (1924)
• The Ball of Fortune (1926)
• Blinkeyes (1926) – The Basher
• Thou Fool (1926) – Minor Role
• The Silver Lining (1927) – Thomas 'Tom' Hurst
• Carry On (1927) – Bob Halliday
• A Daughter in Revolt (1927) – Jackie the Climber
• Huntingtower (1927) – Capt. John Heritage
• Virginia's Husband (1928) – Bill Hemingway
• Love's Option (1928) – John Dacre
• The Inseparables (1929) – Laurie Weston
• Auld Lang Syne (1929) – Angus McTavish
• City of Play (1929) – Richard von Rolf
• Bindle (1931)
• Come Into My Parlour (1932) – Gerry
• The Pride of the Force (1933) – Max Heinrich
• My Old Duchess (1934) – Gaston
• The Outcast (1934) – Burke
• The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934) – Jerry Seymour
• Falling in Love (1934) – Dick Turner
• Polly's Two Fathers (1936, Short) – Fred
• The Stoker (1937) – Russell Gilham
• Q Planes (1939) – Officer (uncredited)
• Ask a Policeman (1939) – Motorist (uncredited)
• Thursday's Child (1943) – Lance Sheridan (uncredited)
• Warn That Man (1943) – Mellows
• Dead of Night (1945) – Doctor at Psychiatric Hospital (segment "The Ventriloquist's Dummy") (uncredited)
• Singapore (1947) – British Officer (uncredited)
• Green Dolphin Street (1947) – Kapua-Manga
• Forever Amber (1947) – Abram (uncredited)
• The Paradine Case (1947) – Police Sgt. Leggett (uncredited)
• If Winter Comes (1947) – Garnet (uncredited)
• A Woman's Vengeance (1948) – Warder (uncredited)
• The Challenge (1948) – Jerome Roberts
• Rocketship X-M (1950) – Reporter #1
• Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) – Trooper (uncredited)
• Kim (1950) – General's Aide (uncredited)
• Soldiers Three (1951) – Soldier (uncredited)
• Lorna Doone (1951) – Judge Jeffries (uncredited)
• The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951) – General at Pentagon (uncredited)
• The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951) – Tenement Landlord (uncredited)
• Bwana Devil (1952) – Latham
• Botany Bay (1952) – Bo's'n's Mate (uncredited)
• Rogue's March (1953) – Maj. Wensley
• Titanic (1953) – Seaman (uncredited)
• The Desert Rats (1953) – English Officer (uncredited)
• The Royal African Rifles (1953) – Capt. Curtis
• Knock on Wood (1954) – Reporter (uncredited)
• The Silver Chalice (1954) – Soldier in Chase (uncredited)
• The Court Jester (1955) – Sir Pertwee
• The Man Who Knew Too Much (1956) – Handyman (uncredited)
• Witness for the Prosecution (1957) – Court Officer (uncredited) (final film role)

Notes and References

1. Web site: BFI | Film & TV Database | AHERNE, Pat . 13 August 2010 . https://web.archive.org/web/20121021075237/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/19976 . 21 October 2012 . dead .
2. Tavy Aherne, granddaughter
3. Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More than 14000 Famous Persons, Scott Wilson