Arthur Rooke
British actor and film director of the silent era

Arthur Rooke

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British actor and film director of the silent era
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Film, TV, Stage & Radio
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Arthur Rooke was a British actor and film director of the silent era. Rooke had worked in the theatre for many years before he went into films. He initially co-directed several films with A.E. Coleby, but later began directing films by himself. By the early 1920s he was one of the more successful British film directors.

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Director

  • Thelma (1918)
  • God's Clay (1919)
  • The Mirage (1920)
  • The Lure of Crooning Water (1920)
  • A Sporting Double (1922)
  • Weavers of Fortune (1922)
  • A Bachelor's Baby (1922)
  • The Sporting Instinct (1922)
  • M'Lord of the White Road (1923)
  • The Scandal (1923)
  • The Gay Corinthian (1924)
  • Nets of Destiny (1924)
  • The Wine of Life (1924)
  • The Diamond Man (1924)
  • The Blue Peter (1928)

Actor

  • Thelma (1918)
  • God's Clay (1919)