Yorke Sherwood Explained

Yorke Sherwood (14 December 1873  - 27 September 1958) was an English actor.^{[1] [2] [3]}

Life

Yorke Sherwood was born Herbert Edmund Sherwood in Manchester on 14 December 1873. He moved to California in the 1920s and had multiple roles in Mack Sennett films^{[4] [5]} often supporting Harry Langdon, then at Hal Roach's studio in 1925-1926. Sherwood kept playing supporting roles after the silent era.^{[6] [7]} He was often cast to play English characters in Hollywood films.^[8]

The actor, who had to shave his head to play Uncle Eroshka^[9] in The Cossacks (in 1928) noted with a touch of humour that he had to do it again for his role in The Unholy Night in 1929: "Whatever I play, I seem to always lose my hair".^[10] He is described as a "large-sized, squared-headed British character actor".

He died in Hollywood,^[11] at 84.^[12]

Filmography

• Feet of Mud (1924)
• Love's Sweet Piffle (1924),^[13] Sennett production, directed by Edward Kennedy^[14]
• Wandering Waistlines (1924)
• The Luck o' the Foolish (1924)^{[15] [16]}
• Cupid's Boots (1925)^[17]
• The Haunted Honeymoon (1925)^[18]
• Giddap! (1925), Sennett production, directed by Del Lord; as Cornelius Marblehead,^[19] co-starring role with Billy Bevan^{[12] [20] [21]}
• When a Man's a Prince (1926),^[16] as Jake/King of Westphalia
• He Forgot to Remember (1926), Hal Roach production, directed by Tom Buckingham; with Clyde Cook, Noah Young, and Blanche Mehaffey^[22]
• The Man in the Saddle (1926)^{[23] [24]}
• Don Key (1926)^[25]
• The Cossacks (1928)^{[26] [27]}
• Thief in the Dark (1928)^[28]
• Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (1928)^[29]
• The Unholy Night (1929)^[10]
• Temple Tower (1930)^[30]
• The Man from Blankley's (1930)^{[31] [32]}
• The Man in Possession (1931)^{[33] [34]}
• The Lion and the Lamb (1931)^{[35] [36]}
• The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)^[37]
• Cavalcade (1933)^[38]
• A Study in Scarlet (1933), with six other British members of the cast of Cavalcade, also a KBS film^[38]
• Father Brown, Detective (1934)^[39]
• Treasure Island (1934)^[40]
• One More River (1934)
• Ever Since Eve (1934)
• Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back (1934)^{[41] [42]}
• King Lady (1935)
• The Perfect Gentleman (1935)^[43]
• Thanks A Million (1935), as the Campaign manager^[44]
• Folies Bergère de Paris (1935)
• The Personal History, Adventures, Experience, & Observation of David Copperfield the Younger (1935), as Quinion^[45]
• Clive of India (1935)^[46]
• Camille (1936)^[47]
• Lloyd's of London (1936),^[48] as Dr. Johnson^[49]
• Love on the Run (1936)^[50]
• The White Angel (1936)^[51]
• A Message to Garcia (1936)^[52]
• Till We Meet Again (1936)^[53]
• The Unguarded Hour (1936)
• London by Night (1937)
• Another Dawn (1937)^[54]
• Parnell (1937)
• The Prince and the Pauper (1937)^[55]
• Quality Street (1937)^[56]
• Mysterious Mr. Moto (1938)
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)^[57]
• Scotland Yard (1941)^[12]
• Random Harvest (1942)^[58]
• Holy Matrimony (1943)^[59]
• Two Tickets to London (1943)
• None But the Lonely Heart (1944)^[60]
• The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944), as Jim Yarrow^{[61] [62]}
• Jane Eyre (1944)^[63]
• The Lodger (1944)^[64]
• San Diego, I Love You (1945)^[65]
• Devotion (1946)^[66]
• 23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)^[12]
• Gaby (1956)^[67]

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