British actor Felix Aylmer wears a white dinner jacket and bow tie

Felix Aylmer

(1889–1979)

British actor (died aged 90) | 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.

Latest Felix Aylmer Pictures

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
  • 15th June, 2019
Felix Aylmer, Robert Morley
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
  • 21st February, 2018
Felix Aylmer
The Vicar of Bray (1937) opening credits (8)
British actor Felix Aylmer wears a white dinner jacket and bow tie
  • 15th January, 2016
Felix Aylmer
Felix Aylmer, British actor, wears a white dinner jacket and bow tie
Felix Aylmer (as Mr Emmanuel) in a screenshot from Mr. Emmanuel (1944) (3)
  • 30th July, 2012
Felix Aylmer
Mr. Emmanuel (1944) screenshot (3) | Felix Aylmer

Select Felix Aylmer Filmography

Escape! (1930)
Governor
The Ghost Camera (1933) opening credits (2)
The Ghost Camera (1933)
Coroner
The Ghost Camera (1933) opening credits (2)
Whispering Tongues (1934)
Supt Fulton
The Ghost Camera (1933) opening credits (2)
Doctor’s Orders (1934)
Sir Daniel Summerfield
The Ghost Camera (1933) opening credits (2)
Butter and Egg Man (1935)
The Ghost Camera (1933) opening credits (2)
The Clairvoyant (1935)
Prosecutor
Checkmate (1935) opening credits (1)
Checkmate (1935)
Henry Nicholls
The Man in the Mirror (1936) opening credits (2)
The Man in the Mirror (1936)
The Earl of Wigan
The Man in the Mirror (1936) opening credits (2)
Sensation (1936)
Lord Bouverie
Dusty Ermine (1936) opening credits
Dusty Ermine (1936)
Asst Commissioner
Dusty Ermine (1936) opening credits
The Frog (1937)
John Bennett
Dusty Ermine (1936) opening credits
The Mill on the Floss (1937)
Mr Wakem
Dusty Ermine (1936) opening credits
Glamorous Night (1937)
Diplomat
The Vicar of Bray (1937) opening credits (1)
The Vicar of Bray (1937)
Earl of Brendon
Bank Holiday (1938) opening credits
Bank Holiday (1938)
Surgeon
Spies of the Air (1939) opening credits (2)
Spies of the Air (1939)
Col Cairns
Spies of the Air (1939) opening credits (2)
Young Man’s Fancy (1939)
Sir Caleb Crowther
Night Train to Munich (1940) opening credits
Night Train to Munich (1940)
Dr. John Fredericks
Night Train to Munich (1940) opening credits
Dr O’Dowd (1940)
President
The Girl in the News (1940) opening credits
The Girl in the News (1940)
Prosecuting Counsel
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940) opening credits (1)
The Case of the Frightened Lady (1940)
Dr Amersham
Saloon Bar (1940) opening credits (2)
Saloon Bar (1940)
Mayor
Spellbound (1941) opening credits (4) [as Passing Clouds]
Spellbound (1941)
Mr Morton
The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941) opening credits
The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941)
Dr Winter
The Ghost of St. Michael’s (1941) opening credits
Major Barbara (1941)
James
I Thank You (1941) opening credits (3)
I Thank You (1941)
Henry Potter
Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942) opening credits
Black Sheep of Whitehall (1942)
Crabtree
The Seventh Survivor (1942) opening credits (3)
The Seventh Survivor (1942)
Sir Elmer Norton
Sabotage at Sea (1942) opening credits (2)
Sabotage at Sea (1942)
John Dighton
The Young Mr Pitt (1942) opening credits (2)
The Young Mr Pitt (1942)
Lord North
Thursday’s Child (1943) opening credits
Thursday’s Child (1943)
Mr Keith
Thursday’s Child (1943) opening credits
The Peterville Diamond (1943)
President
The Demi-Paradise (1943) opening credits (4)
The Demi-Paradise (1943)
Mr Runalow
The Demi-Paradise (1943) opening credits (4)
A Welcome to Britain (1943)
Schoolmaster
Henry V (1944) opening credits (2)
Henry V (1944)
Archbishop of Canterbury
Mr. Emmanuel (1944) opening credits
Mr Emmanuel (1944)
Mr Emmanuel
The Way to the Stars (1945) opening credits (4)
The Way to the Stars (1945)
Rev Charles Moss
The Wicked Lady (1945) opening credits
The Wicked Lady (1945)
Hogarth
The Magic Bow (1946) opening credits
The Magic Bow (1946)
Signor Fazzini
The Years Between (1946) opening credits (3)
The Years Between (1946)
Sir Ernest Foster
The Man Within (1947) screenshot (1)
The Man Within (1947)
Priest
The October Man (1947) opening credits
The October Man (1947)
Dr Martin
A Man About the House (1947) opening credits (3)
A Man About the House (1947)
Richard Sanctuary
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947) opening credits (4)
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)
Col H ‘Bulldog’ Kelsoe
Hamlet (1948) opening credits (2)
Hamlet (1948)
Polonius - Lord Chamberlain
Hamlet (1948) opening credits (2)
The Calendar (1948)
Lord Forlingham
Trio (1950) opening credits (3)
Trio (1950)
Bank Manager
So Long at the Fair (1950) opening credits (4)
So Long at the Fair (1950)
British Consul
The Lady with a Lamp (1951) opening credits (2)
The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
Lord Palmerston
Quo Vadis (1951) opening credits
Quo Vadis (1951)
Plautius
Ivanhoe (1952) opening credits (2)
Ivanhoe (1952)
Isaac
Ivanhoe (1952) opening credits (2)
The Master of Ballantrae (1953)
Lord Durrisdeer
Ivanhoe (1952) opening credits (2)
Knights of the Round Table (1953)
Merlin
The Love Lottery (1954) opening credits
The Love Lottery (1954)
Winant
The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1954) opening credits (4)
The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp (1954)
Joshua Webman
Loser Takes All (1956) opening credits (4)
Loser Takes All (1956)
The Other
Anastasia (1956) opening credits
Anastasia (1956)
Chamberlain
The Two-Headed Spy (1958) opening credits (3)
The Two-Headed Spy (1958)
Cornaz
Separate Tables (1958) opening credits (9)
Separate Tables (1958)
Mr Fowler
The Mummy (1959) opening credits (4)
The Mummy (1959)
Stephen Banning
The Mummy (1959) opening credits (4)
Exodus (1960)
Dr Lieberman
The Mummy (1959) opening credits (4)
Never Take Sweets from a Stranger (1960)
Clarence Olderberry Sr
The Boys (1962) opening credits (5)
The Boys (1962)
The Judge
The Running Man (1963) opening credits (4)
The Running Man (1963)
Parson
Hostile Witness (1969) opening credits (2)
Hostile Witness (1969)
Justice Osborne
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