Aubrey Mather

Aubrey Mather (17 December 1885 – 16 January 1958) was an English character actor.

Career Mather was born in Minchinhampton, Gloucestershire, and began his career on the stage in 1905. He debuted in London in Brewster's Millions in 1909 and on Broadway ten years later in Luck of the Navy. He eventually branched out to films, starting with Young Woodley in 1930. He often played butlers. In the 1932 film The Impassive Footman, he played the eponymous footman. He died in Harrow, London, aged 72.

Complete filmography

Young Woodley (1930) – Mr. Woodley Aren't We All? (1932) – Vicar Love on the Spot (1932) – Mr. Prior The Impassive Footman (1932) – Dr. Bartlett Tell Me Tonight (1932) – Balthasar Red Wagon (1933) – Blewett The Man Changed His Name (1934) – Sir Ralph Whitcombe The Lash (1934) – Colonel Bush The Admiral's Secret (1934) – Captain Brooke Anything Might Happen (1934) – Seymour The Silent Passenger (1935) – Mervyn Bunter Ball at Savoy (1936) – Herbert When Knights Were Bold (1936) – The Canon As You Like It (1936) – Corin Chick (1936) – The Dean The Man in the Mirror (1936) – The Bogus of Bokhara Sabotage (1936) – W. Brown & Sons Greengrocer (uncredited) Underneath the Arches (1937) – Professor Life Begins with Love (1937) – Roberts London Wall (1938, TV Movie) – Mr. Walker Little Ladyship (1939, TV Movie) – Mr. Jessup The Shoemaker's Last (1939, TV Movie) – Herr Kaufmann Jamaica Inn (1939) – Coachman (uncredited) Magic (1939, TV Movie) – Doctor Grimthorpe Sheppey (1939, TV Movie) – Sheppey Just William (1940) – Fletcher Captain Caution (1940) – Mr. Potter Earl of Puddlestone (1940) – Lord Stoke-Newington Spring Parade (1940) – Baron (uncredited) Arise, My Love (1940) – Achille No, No, Nanette (1940) – Remington, the butler Road Show (1941) – Minister (uncredited) Rage in Heaven (1941) – Clark Men of Boys Town (1941) – Parsons, Maitland's Butler (uncredited) Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941) – Inspector (uncredited) Suspicion (1941) – Executor of General Laidlaw's Will (uncredited) Ball of Fire (1941) – Prof. Peagram The Wife Takes a Flyer (1942) – Chief Justice This Above All (1942) – Second Headwaiter (uncredited) Mrs. Miniver (1942) – George (uncredited) The Affairs of Martha (1942) – Justin I. Peacock Careful, Soft Shoulders (1942) – Mr. Fortune A Yank at Eton (1942) – Widgeon – Carlton's Butler (uncredited) The Undying Monster (1942) – Inspector Craig Random Harvest (1942) – Sheldon The Great Impersonation (1942) – Sir Ronald Clayfair Forever and a Day (1943) – Man in Air Raid Shelter Hello, Frisco, Hello (1943) – Douglas Dawson Heaven Can Wait (1943) – James The Song of Bernadette (1943) – Mayor Lacade Jane Eyre (1943) – Colonel Dent The Lodger (1944) – Superintendent Sutherland Wilson (1944) – Hughes' Butler (uncredited) National Velvet (1944) – Entry Official The Keys of the Kingdom (1944) – (scenes cut) The House of Fear (1945) – Alastair Temptation (1946) – Dr. Harding The Mighty McGurk (1947) – Milbane It Happened in Brooklyn (1947) – Digby John For the Love of Rusty (1947) – Dr. Francis Xavier Fay The Hucksters (1947) – Mr. Glass, Valet Julia Misbehaves (1948) – The Vicar Joan of Arc (1948) – Jean de la Fontaine Adventures of Don Juan (1948) – Lord Chalmers The Secret Garden (1949) – Dr. Griddlestone The Secret of St. Ives (1949) – Daniel Romaine Everybody Does It (1949) – Mr. Hertz (uncredited) That Forsyte Woman (1949) – James Forsyte The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) – Merriman South of Algiers (1953) – Professor Young Fast and Loose (1954) – Noony To Dorothy a Son (1954) – Dr. Cameron