Jameson Thomas

Jameson Thomas (born Thomas Roland Jameson; 24 March 1888 – 10 January 1939) was an English film actor. He appeared in more than 80 films between 1923 and 1939.

Biography He was born in St George Hanover Square, London. On the stage from his early teens, Jameson first appeared as a "half-breed" boy in The Squaw Man. He made his screen debut in 1923 in the film Chu Chin Chow. In 1929, he starred in Piccadilly as Valentine Wilmot opposite Anna May Wong. Piccadilly was a smash hit in England, where reviewers called it "by far the best production yet made at Elstree" and "one of the finest films that has ever come from a British studio." The film, however, only received a tepid response in the U.S. where it had a limited run. Today, Piccadilly is recognised as an accomplished melodrama and one of the best films of the late British silent era.

Thomas moved to Hollywood, appearing on the stage with Bebe Daniels in The Last of Mrs. Cheyney. He continued to appear in minor roles in various films until his death. Thomas played "King" Westley, the fortune-hunting husband/fiancé of Claudette Colbert in Frank Capra's comedy It Happened One Night. He died from tuberculosis in Sierra Madre, California and was interred at the Hollywood Forever Cemetery in Hollywood.

Filmography

Chu-Chin-Chow (1923) - Omar Decameron Nights (1924) - Imliff The Sins Ye Do (1924) - Captain Barrington Afraid of Love (1925) - Philip Bryce A Daughter of Love (1925) - Dr. Eden Brent The Apache (1925) - Gaston d'Harcourt The Gold Cure (1925) - Lansing Carter The Hound of the Deep (1926) - 'Black' Darley Jungle Woman (1926) - 'Black' Darley Blighty (1927) - David Marshall The Antidote (1927, Short) - Prof. Gilbert Olives Roses of Picardy (1927) - Georges d'Archeville Poppies of Flanders (1927) - Jim Brown The White Sheik (1928) - Westwyn The Farmer's Wife (1928) - Farmer Sweetland Tesha (1928) - Robert Dobree The Apache (1928) - Minor Role (uncredited) The Rising Generation (1928) - Major Kent Piccadilly (1929) - Valentine Wilmot High Treason (1929) - Michael Deane Weekend Wives (1929) - Henri Monard Power Over Men (1929) - Philippe Garnier The Love of the Brothers Rott (1929) - Robert The Feather (1929) - Roger Dalton The Hate Ship (1929) - Vernon Wolfe Elstree Calling (1930, cameo appearance) - Himself Extravagance (1930) - Harrison Morrell Night Birds (1930) - Deacon Lake Lover Come Back (1931) - Yates Chances (1931) - Lt. Taylor (uncredited) Night Life in Reno (1931) - John Wyatt Convicted (1931) - Bruce Allan The Devil Plays (1931) - Harry Forrest Three Wise Girls (1932) - Arthur Phelps Escapade (1932) - John Whitney The Trial of Vivienne Ware (1932) - Damon Fenwick The Phantom President (1932) - Jerrido No More Orchids (1932) - Prince Carlos Self Defense (1932) - Jeff Bowman The Secret of Madame Blanche (1933) - Jones - a Private Detective (uncredited) Brief Moment (1933) - Count Armand The Solitaire Man (1933) - Inspector Kenyon (uncredited) The Invisible Man (1933) - Hospital Doctor (uncredited) Bombay Mail (1934) - Capt. Gerald Worthing A Woman's Man (1934) - Roger Pentley - Playboy Beggars in Ermine (1934) - James 'Jim' Marley It Happened One Night (1934) - "King" Westley Stolen Sweets (1934) - Barrington Thorne The Scarlet Empress (1934) - Lt. Ovitsyn (uncredited) Call It Luck (1934) - Colonel Sir Ridley Quigley (uncredited) Jane Eyre (1934) - Charles Craig The Moonstone (1934) - Godfrey Ablewhite A Lost Lady (1934) - Lord Verrington The Curtain Falls (1934) - Martin Deveridge Happiness Ahead (1934) - Bradford Servant in Kitchen (uncredited) Crimson Romance (1934) - English Officer A Successful Failure (1934) - Jerry Franklin, Ruth's Beau The World Accuses (1934) - Jerome Rogers Sing Sing Nights (1934) - Robert McCaigh The Man Who Reclaimed His Head (1934) - Board Director (uncredited) The Lives of a Bengal Lancer (1935) - Hendrickson Rumba (1935) - Jack Solanger Mister Dynamite (1935) - Carey Williams Charlie Chan in Egypt (1935) - Dr. Anton Racine The Last Outpost (1935) - Cullen The Lady in Scarlet (1935) - Dr. Phillip J. Boyer Coronado (1935) - Carlton Mr. Deeds Goes to Town (1936) - Mr. Semple (uncredited) Lady Luck (1936) - Jack Conroy House of Secrets (1936) - Coventry Girl Loves Boy (1937) - Lawyer Mack The League of Frightened Men (1937) - Michael Ayers Parnell (1937) - Judge Nanan (uncredited) Souls at Sea (1937) - Pelton (uncredited) The Man Who Cried Wolf (1937) - George Bradley One Hundred Men and a Girl (1937) - Russell Death Goes North (1939) - Robert Druid, alias Herbert Barlow