C. Denier Warren

Charles Denier Warren (29 July 1889 – 27 August 1971) was an Anglo-American actor who appeared extensively on stage and screen from the early 1930s to late 1960s, mostly in Great Britain.

Life

He was born in Chicago the son of Charles Warren and his wife Marguerite Fish. The family moved to England when he was eight.

He is also credited as the writer of Take Off That Hat (1938 screenplay), She Shall Have Music (1935) and the BBC radio show Kentucky Minstrels (1934).

In July 1932 Harry S. Pepper, Stanley Holloway, Joe Morley, Doris Arnold, Jane Carr and Warren revived the White Coons Concert Party show of the Edwardian era for BBC Radio.

He died in Torquay in south west England on 27 August 1971.

Selected filmography

Let Me Explain, Dear (1932) - Jeweller Counsel's Opinion (1933) - Manager Prince of Arcadia (1933) - Detective Channel Crossing (1933) - Purser (uncredited) Two Hearts in Waltz Time (1934) - Meyer Music Hall (1934) - Bendini I Spy (1934) - Alphonse The Great Defender (1934) - Mr.Pryor (uncredited) Road House (1934) - Music Hall M C (uncredited) Radio Parade of 1935 (1934) - Personal Assistant to Carl Graham Temptation (1934) - Director Kentucky Minstrels (1934) - Danny Goldman A Real Bloke (1935) - Tailor Royal Cavalcade (1935) - Smith Heat Wave (1935) - Col. D'Alvarez Be Careful, Mr. Smith (1935) The Clairvoyant (1935) - Bimeter Heart's Desire (1935) - Ted Mayer The Guv'nor (1935) - Manager (uncredited) A Fire Has Been Arranged (1935) - Shuffle Birds of a Feather (1935) - Taylor Marry the Girl (1935) - Banks Charing Cross Road (1935) - Salesman The Small Man (1936) - Manager They Didn't Know (1936) - Padre A Star Fell from Heaven (1936) - Starfel The Beloved Vagabond (1936) - Railway Clerk It's in the Bag (1936) - Emery Everybody Dance (1936) - Dan Fleming Spy of Napoleon (1936) - Benicolet You Must Get Married (1936) - Mr. Wurtsell The Big Noise (1936) - Manager Cafe Colette (1937) - Compere Good Morning, Boys (1937) - Minister of Education Rose of Tralee (1937) - Henry Collett Song of the Forge (1937) - Farmer George Cotton Queen (1937) - Joseph Cotter Keep Fit (1937) - Editor Change for a Sovereign (1937) - Mr. Heller Who Killed John Savage? (1937) - Scruggs Captain's Orders (1937) - Lawson Melody and Romance (1937) - Captain Hawkins Liebling der Matrosen (1937) Little Miss Somebody (1937) - Jonas A Romance in Flanders (1937) - Bill Johnson The Divorce of Lady X (1938) - Royal Park Hotel Clerk (uncredited) Second Best Bed (1938) - Umpire (uncredited) Kicking the Moon Around (1938) - Mark Browd Break the News (1938) - Sir Edward Phring Strange Boarders (1938) - Fry Old Mother Riley in Paris (1938) - Commissaire of Police It's in the Air (1938) - Sir Philip Little Miss Molly (1938) - Chuck Take Off That Hat (1938) - Ginsberg Make It Three (1938) - Mr. Cackleberry Me and My Pal (1939) Trouble Brewing (1939) - Maj. Hopkins A Gentleman's Gentleman (1939) - Dr. Bottom Come On George! (1939) - Banker The Body Vanished (1939) - Pip Piper We'll Smile Again (1942) - Waiter The Shipbuilders (1943) The Hundred Pound Window (1944) - Blodgett Candles at Nine (1944) - Middleton - Executor Kiss the Bride Goodbye (1945) - Reporter Twilight Hour (1945) - Photographer (uncredited) Don Chicago (1945) Old Mother Riley's New Venture (1949) - Hillick Night and the City (1950) - Small American from Chicago (uncredited) Old Mother Riley Headmistress (1950) - Clifton Hill The Dragon of Pendragon Castle (1953) - Fred Morgan Alf's Baby (1953) - Cedric Donkin House of Blackmail (1953) - Jock Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (1953) - Photographer The Gay Dog (1954) - Man In Vets Waiting Room (uncredited) No Smoking (1955) - American Delegate Handcuffs, London (1955) - Robert Meekers Bluebeard's Ten Honeymoons (1960) - Neighbor (uncredited) Escort for Hire (1960) - Porter So Evil, So Young (1961) - Sam Return of a Stranger (1961) - Manager A Taste of Honey (1961) - Tyler The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) - Cafe owner Two Wives at One Wedding (1961) - Fat man The Silent Invasion (1962) - Gillie Lolita (1962) - Potts The Cool Mikado (1963) - Mr. Smith The Adding Machine (1969) - Jury foreman (final film role)

Selected Stage Roles The First Kiss (1924) as Ali-Mon, Chief Magistrate of Seville, at the New Oxford Theatre, London The Music Man (1961) as Mayor George Shinn, UK premiere at the Adelphi Theatre, London