Felix Aylmer

British actor (1889–1979) | Henry V (1944), The October Man (1947), The Way to the Stars (1945)

Distinguished British stage character actor, a respected industry figure who from 1950 was president of Equity, the actors’ trade union

Mini Biography

In films, Felix Aylmer mainly played schoolmasters, bankers, bishops and so on. Born in Corsham, Wiltshire, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and studied for the stage under Rosina Filippi. He began on stage in 1911 and was in films from 1932.

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Col H ‘Bulldog’ Kelsoe (Felix Aylmer) and Gen ‘Jumbo’ Burlap / Nawab of Bagwash (Robert Morley) sit at a chess table and worriedly look at paperwork. The General holds a copy of the Eternal Regulations – 1708 edition. A scene from the 1947 film The Ghosts of Berkeley Square — Felix Aylmer and Robert Morley in The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)

Main title from The Vicar of Bray (1937) (8). Felix Aylmer as the Earl of Brendon — The Vicar of Bray (1937) opening credits (8)

Felix Aylmer (as Mr Emmanuel) in a screenshot from Mr. Emmanuel (1944) (3) — Mr. Emmanuel (1944) screenshot (3) | Felix Aylmer

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Personal Details

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Died

Born

Felix Aylmer was born in Corsham, Wiltshire on 21^st February, 1889.
Died

Felix Aylmer died in Pyrford, Woking, Surrey on 2^nd September, 1979, aged 90.

Watch Felix Aylmer on British television

- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969–71)
- It’s Supposed to Be Thicker Than Water (1970, S1, Ep 22)
- Today at 1am on Sony Channel
- Today at 2am on Sony Channel Plus 1
- A private investigator and the ghost of his dead partner solve cases.
- The Seventh Survivor (1942)
- Saturday at 8.05pm on Talking Pictures TV
- Survivors of a shipwreck gather in a lighthouse and discover that one of them is a Nazi agent.
- Hostile Witness (1969)
- 25^th January at 1.20pm on Sony Movies Classic
- 25^th January at 2.20pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 25^th January at 2.20pm on Sony Movies Classic
- 25^th January at 3.20pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 28^th January at 11.15am on Sony Movies Classic
- 28^th January at 12.15pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- 28^th January at 12.15pm on Sony Movies Classic
- 28^th January at 1.15pm on Sony Movies Classic Plus 1
- A barrister suffers a nervous breakdown after the death of his daughter and finds himself accused of murder.
- The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
- 30^th January at 4am on London Live
- A dowager knows that her son is mad and tries to prevent him from strangling his cousin.