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

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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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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)
- 31^st October at 2pm on Sony Channel
- 31^st October at 3pm on Sony Channel Plus 1
- A private investigator and the ghost of his dead partner solve cases.
- The Mummy (1959)
- 31^st October at 3pm on horror channel
- 31^st October at 4pm on horror channel Plus 1
- A mummy brought back to England by archaeologists wakes up and goes on the rampage.
- Loser Takes All (1956)
- 3^rd November at 2.35pm on Talking Pictures TV
- An accountant and his wife are invited to Monte Carlo but the high life estranges them.
- Anastasia (1956)
- 4^th November at 1.05pm on Film4 HD
- In 1928 Paris, a group of exiled White Russians claim to have found the living daughter of the Tsar, presumed executed in 1918; but the claimant is a fake schooled by a general, with whom she falls in love.