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Lyn Harding (12 October 1867 – 26 December 1952) (real name David Llewellyn Harding) was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio. He had an imposing and menacing stage presence and came to be cast as the villain in many films, notably Professor Moriarty in dramatisations of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
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Birth Name
David Llewellyn Harding
Born
Saturday, 12 October 1867
Died
Friday, 26 December 1952
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Prime Minister | Bismarck | 1941 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Wetherby / Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby | 1939 |
The Missing People | Joseph Bronstone | 1939 |
Murder at the Baskervilles | Professor Moriarty / Moriarty | 1937 |
Mutiny on the Elsinore | Mr. Pike | 1937 |
Knight Without Armor | Bargee | 1937 |
The Pearls of the Crown | Le roi Henry VIII / L'officier du roi (English narrator) / Henry VIII | 1937 |
Spy of Napoleon | Bismarck | 1937 |
Underneath the Arches | Pedro | 1937 |
Please Teacher | Wing Foo | 1937 |
Actor Filmography
Title | Character | Year |
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The Prime Minister | Bismarck | 1941 |
Goodbye, Mr. Chips | Wetherby / Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby | 1939 |
The Missing People | Joseph Bronstone | 1939 |
Murder at the Baskervilles | Professor Moriarty / Moriarty | 1937 |
Mutiny on the Elsinore | Mr. Pike | 1937 |
Knight Without Armor | Bargee | 1937 |
The Pearls of the Crown | Le roi Henry VIII / L'officier du roi (English narrator) / Henry VIII | 1937 |
Spy of Napoleon | Bismarck | 1937 |
Underneath the Arches | Pedro | 1937 |
Please Teacher | Wing Foo | 1937 |
Fire Over England | Sir Richard Ingolby / Sir Richard | 1937 |
The Man Who Lived Again | Prof. Holloway | 1936 |
The Invader | Gonzalo Gonzalez | 1936 |
Escape Me Never | Herr Heinrich | 1935 |
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes | Professor Moriarty / Prof. Moriarty | 1935 |
The Man Who Changed His Name | Selby Clive | 1934 |
Wild Boy | Frank Redfern | 1934 |
The Constant Nymph | Albert Sanger | 1933 |
The Barton Mystery | Beverley / Beverly | 1932 |
The Speckled Band | Dr. Grimesby Rylott | 1931 |
Sleeping Partners | It | 1930 |
Land of Hope and Glory | Roger Whiteford | 1928 |
Further Adventures of a Flag Officer | The Sinister Influence | 1927 |
When Knighthood Was in Flower | Henry VIII / King Henry VIII | 1922 |
A Bachelor Husband | Feather Dakers | 1920 |