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Walter R. Booth

Director, Actor, Writer, Additional Credits
Born July 12, 1869Died January 1, 1938 (68 years)
Walter Robert Booth (12 July 1869 – 1938) was a British magician and early pioneer of British film working first for Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, where he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).

Known For

  • The '?' Motorist
  • Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
  • An Extraordinary Cab Accident
  • The Haunted Curiosity Shop
  • The Battle in the Clouds
  • Magical Sword
  • Artistic Creation
  • Upside Down; or, the Human Flies
  • A Railroad Wreck (Imitation)
  • Undressing Extraordinary
  • What Came Out of the Cheese; or, The Lilliputians in a New York Restaurant
  • The Automatic Motorist
  • The Waif and the Wizard
  • House Furnishing Made Easy
  • Animated Putty
  • The Extraordinary Waiter
  • The Aerial Submarine
  • The Sorcerer's Scissors

Filmography

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