Aubrey Mallalieu

Aubrey Mallalieu (8 June 1873 – 28 May 1948) was an English actor with a prolific career in supporting roles in films in the 1930s and 1940s.

Mallalieu began life as George William Mallalieu, the son of William Mallalieu (c. 1845–1927), a well-known stage comedian, and his wife Margaret Ellen Smith. He had a sister called Polly who corresponded with Lewis Carroll in the 1890s. He adopted the stage name of Aubrey early in his acting career.

Information is scant on Mallalieu's pre-film career, but he is believed to have had a lengthy stage career before making the move into films. Archive sources available in New Zealand indicate that he spent a considerable number of years touring with stage companies in that country and Australia in the 1900s and 1910s.

In December 1912 Mallalieu was touring Australia with Leal Douglas in a piece called “Feed the Brute”. The two formed a company and took it on a tour of South Africa, and then in May 1913 they travelled together to England on the SS Ballarat, when The Era reported that Mallalieu was returning after an absence of five years.

Mallalieu may also have played supporting roles during the silent film era in Britain, but no named credits have been located as it was rare for supporting players to be name-checked at this period.

Mallalieu's first named film credit dates from 1934, and thereafter he accumulated 115 screen appearances before his death in 1948. These were overwhelmingly minor roles, many in quota quickies and B films, although Mallalieu also played in a considerable number of prestigious and well-known productions such as The Stars Look Down (1940), The Young Mr. Pitt (1942), For You Alone (1945), The Wicked Lady (1945), Frieda (1947) and The Winslow Boy (1948).

Selected filmography

1934: What Happened to Harkness? – Dr. Powin 1935: The Riverside Murder – Robert Norman 1935: Cross Currents – Gen. Trumpington 1935: The Last Journey – Mulchester Doctor (uncredited) 1935: Play Up the Band – Judge (uncredited) 1936: A Touch of the Moon – Mr. Dupare 1936: Prison Breaker – Sir Douglas Mergin 1936: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber of Fleet Street – Trader Paterson 1936: Music Hath Charms – Judge 1936: Once in a Million 1936: Love at Sea – Brighton 1936: Not So Dusty – (uncredited) 1936: Broken Blossoms – Minor Role (uncredited) 1936: A Star Fell from Heaven – Doctor (uncredited) 1936: The Tenth Man – Bank Manager 1936: Talk of the Devil – (uncredited) 1936: Such Is Life – Sallust 1936: Parisian Life 1936: Nothing Like Publicity – Mr. Dines 1937: The Black Tulip – Colonel Marnix 1937: Mayfair Melody – Dighton 1937: Patricia Gets Her Man – Colonel Fitzroy 1937: Pearls Bring Tears – Mr. Vane 1937: Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith – Mr. Broadbent 1937: Fifty-Shilling Boxer – Charles Day 1937: All That Glitters – Flint 1937: Silver Blaze – Doctor at Stables (uncredited) 1937: Over She Goes – 1st Man with Suitcase (uncredited) 1937: Keep Fit – Magistrate 1937: Victoria the Great – Bishop at the Palace (uncredited) 1937: Change for a Sovereign – Baron Breit 1937: The Rat – The Jeweller (uncredited) 1937: The Last Chance – Judge Croyle 1937: East of Ludgate Hill 1937: When the Devil Was Well – Banks 1937: The Reverse Be My Lot – Dr. Davidson 1937: Holiday's End – Bellamy 1938: Easy Riches – Mr. Marsden 1938: Paid in Error – George 1938: The Claydon Treasure Mystery – Lord Claydon 1938: Simply Terrific – Sir Walter Carfax 1938: Coming of Age – Mr. Myers 1938: Almost a Honeymoon – Clutterbuck 1938: Thank Evans – Magistrate 1938: His Lordship Regrets – Dawkins 1938: Dangerous Medicine – Judge 1938: The Return of Carol Deane – Lamont 1938: Save a Little Sunshine – Official 1938: You're the Doctor – Vicar 1938: His Lordship Goes to Press – Hardcastle 1938: The Return of the Frog – Banker 1938: The Gables Mystery – Sir James Rider 1938: Miracles Do Happen – Prof. Gilmore 1939: Me and My Pal – Governor 1939: Dead Men are Dangerous – Coroner 1939: So This Is London – Butler (uncredited) 1939: The Face at the Window – M. de Brisson 1939: I Killed the Count – Johnson 1939: Murder Will Out 1940: All at Sea – Prof. Myles 1940: 21 Days – Magistrate 1940: The Stars Look Down – Hudspeth 1940: The Door with Seven Locks – Lord Charles Francis Selford 1940: Busman's Honeymoon – Rev. Simon Goodacre 1940: The Briggs Family – Milward 1940: Bulldog Sees It Through – Magistrate 1940: Spare a Copper – Manager of Music Store 1940: Salvage with a Smile (Short) – Professor 1941: Turned Out Nice Again – Irate Customer (uncredited) 1941: "Pimpernel" Smith – Dean 1941: Facing the Music 1941: Atlantic Ferry – Minor role (uncredited) 1941: Mr. Proudfoot Shows a Light (Short) – Chairman 1942: The Black Sheep of Whitehall – Ticket Collector 1942: Penn of Pennsylvania – King's Chaplain 1942: Hatter's Castle – Clergyman 1942: Gert and Daisy's Weekend – Barnes 1942: The Missing Million – Minor Role 1942: Back-Room Boy – West (uncredited) 1942: Breach of Promise – Judge 1942: They Flew Alone – Bill, the Barber 1942: Unpublished Story – Warden (uncredited) 1942: Let the People Sing – Cmdr. Spofforth 1942: Uncensored – Louis Backer 1942: The Goose Steps Out – Rector 1942: Gert and Daisy Clean Up – Judge (uncredited) 1942: The Young Mr. Pitt – Somerset (uncredited) 1942: Asking for Trouble – General Fortescue 1943: We'll Meet Again – Stage Door Keeper 1943: Squadron Leader X – Pierre 1943: The Adventures of Tartu – ARP Warden (uncredited) 1943: Rhythm Serenade – Vicar 1943: The Dark Tower – Doctor 1943: Yellow Canary – Reynolds (uncredited) 1943: My Learned Friend – Magistrate 1943: Somewhere in Civvies – Doctor (uncredited) 1943: The Demi-Paradise – Toomes – the Butler 1943: The Lamp Still Burns – Rev. J. Ashton (uncredited) 1944: Champagne Charlie – Butler (uncredited) 1944: He Snoops to Conquer – Councillor Stubbins 1945: Kiss the Bride Goodbye – Rev. Glory 1945: A Place of One's Own – Canon Mowbray 1945: I Live in Grosvenor Square – Bates 1945: For You Alone – Eye Specialist (uncredited) 1945: 29 Acacia Avenue – Martin 1945: Murder in Reverse – Judge 1945: The Wicked Lady – Doctor 1946: Under New Management – John Marshall 1946: I'll Turn to You – Managing Director (uncredited) 1946: Bedelia – Vicar 1946: A Girl in a Million – Judge 1946: School for Secrets – 1st Club Member 1947: While the Sun Shines – Night Porter 1947: Meet Me at Dawn – Prefect of Police 1947: Frieda – Irvine 1947: Master of Bankdam – Dr. Bouviere 1947: The Ghosts of Berkeley Square – Butler (uncredited) 1948: The Fatal Night – Yokel 1948: Counterblast – Maj. Walsh 1948: Calling Paul Temple – Waiter at The Falcon Inn 1948: Bond Street – Parkins (uncredited) 1948: The Winslow Boy – Mr. Roberts (uncredited) 1948: Saraband for Dead Lovers – Envoy at Ahlden 1949: The Queen of Spades – Fedya 1949: The Bad Lord Byron – 1st Old club member (final film role)