Acting

Humberston Wright

Born — Died

1876-09-27 — 1953-01-01

Known for

Acting

Credits

49 titles

Known for

Film credits

1920s · 38 titles

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A rich man's chauffeur kills his mistress and frames his daughter's fiancé.

London Love

1927

Master & Man poster
9.0

A sacked workman rescues an owner's amnesiac son from a factory fire and reports him dead.

Master & Man

1929

The Sign of Four poster
6.2

The final feature in the Eille Norwood Holmes series.

The Sign of Four

1923

The Miracle poster
9.0

Nayland Smith restores a `dead' man to life.

The Miracle

1923

The Knocking on the Door poster
10.0

The evil Dr Fu-Manchu proves to be a master of disguise as well as villainy in this thrilling episode of the popular adventure serial. Adopting the persona of a long-bearded professor, Fu-Manchu pays a visit to London's Madame Tussauds waxworks. Elsewhere, there's something horribly uncanny going on at a remote country cottage: sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie leave the capital to investigate.

The Knocking on the Door

1923

The Man with the Limp poster
7.3

This action-packed episode features one of the Devil Doctor's most enjoyably silly schemes to do away with his nemesis Nayland Smith. When Smith goes missing, it's up to Dr Petrie to continue the hunt for the Si-Fan, Fu-Manchu's secret society. On the trail of a mysterious man with a limp, Petrie disguises himself as a rough bargee to investigate a smoky riverside drinking den, the Joy-Shop Club.

The Man with the Limp

1923

The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu poster
8.0

Detective Nayland Smith, comissioned by the British Government to investigate a series of murders comes up against the "Coughing Horror", Dr Fu-Manchu's servant.

The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu

1924

The Silver Buddha poster
9.0

Our hero Dr Petrie is caught by evil Fu-Manchu and imprisoned near the British Museum, where he risks a daring escape, high above the London streets.

The Silver Buddha

1923

The Queen of Hearts poster
6.0

Based on Sax Rohmer’s third Fu-Manchu novel, The Si-Fan Mysteries (1917), this sensational episode sees Fu-Manchu partly paralysed by a bullet wound. The Devil Doctor snatches eminent surgeon Sir Baldwin Frazer to carry out the delicate operation he needs. Dr Petrie, abducted by Fu-Manchu’s scheming assistant, Zarmi, must assist – and choose a playing card to determine whether he lives or dies...

The Queen of Hearts

1923

High Treason poster
6.1

In the near future, political tensions escalate between the empires of United Europe and the Atlantic States.

High Treason

1929

The Call of Siva poster
8.5

Fourth release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Nayland Smith saves the life of Graham Guthrie, the British Resident in Bhutan, while on a visit to London from a plot by Dr. Fu-Manchu.

The Call of Siva

1923

The Cry of the Nighthawk poster
7.5

n this episode of adventure serial The Mystery of Dr. Fu-Manchu, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie investigate the strange death of a man from Forest Hill found with his face covered with scratches; their enquiries lead them once more to the Devil Doctor, Fu-Manchu. Meanwhile, Petrie’s stiff upper lip begins to quiver, as he grows dangerously fond of Fu-Manchu’s slave girl, Karamaneh...

The Cry of the Nighthawk

1923

The Clue of the Pigtail poster
5.5

Third release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series, where the police has to investigate the clue of the pigtail wig.

The Clue of the Pigtail

1923

Aaron's Rod poster
7.5

A mysterious murder sets Nayland Smith and Petrie once again on the trail of villainous Fu-Manchu, and seeking a strange old stick with magical powers

Aaron's Rod

1923

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8.0

In Africa an Englishman is sold as a slave by a blind beggar who then weds a girl after he has killed her crooked husband.

Slaves of Destiny

1924

Mademoiselle from Armentieres poster
9.0

A French girl meets her captured British lover whilst acting as a spy.

Mademoiselle from Armentieres

1927

The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu poster
NR

A killer kitty with poison-tipped claws, giant noxious mushrooms and aphonia-inducing flowers are just some of the challenges faced by Sir Denis Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie in their battles against arch-villain Fu Manchu. Series of 15 shorts, each with a self-contained story.

The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu

1923

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9.0

In France the Queen poisons the Huguenot Queen and weds her son to the King's sister as part of an assassination plan.

Henry, King of Navarre

1924

The Shrine of the Seven Lamps poster
10.0

In this thrilling final episode, evil Fu-Manchu's pet marmoset leads sleuth Petrie to a secret Si-Fan ceremony. Is the Devil Doctor's game now up?

The Shrine of the Seven Lamps

1923

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9.0

'1914. Knight poses as rating aboard son's cruiser and helps Q-ship sink U-boat.' (British Film Catalogue)

Sailors Don't Care

1928

The Flight Commander poster
10.0

In China, a pilot saves British residents from a Bolshevik's massacre plot.

The Flight Commander

1928

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9.0

A faithless K.C.'s wife elopes with his opponent in a slum murder trial.

The Love Story of Aliette Brunton

1924

The Fungi Cellars poster
7.0

Fu-Manchu’s slave girl Karamaneh leads sleuths Nayland Smith and Dr Petrie to her evil master’s lair, where they fall prey to another of the Devil Doctor’s traps. Bound hand and foot, they watch helplessly as a party of policemen are imprisoned in a subterranean vault and poisoned with vile fungal spore vapour, while Fu-Manchu cackles with maniacal glee. Can our heroes escape to save the day?

The Fungi Cellars

1923

The Fiery Hand poster
6.5

In this exciting adventure based on the second Fu-Manchu novel, intrepid sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie investigate a haunted house, but get more of a fright than they expected. Caught by the evil Dr Fu-Manchu, Nayland Smith faces a plague of ravenous Cantonese rats - a torture known as 'The Six Gates of Joyful Wisdom'. Will Petrie end his agony, with the razor-sharp ‘Friend’s Sword’?

The Fiery Hand

1923

The Glad Eye poster
10.0

'The story concerns the misadventures of two flighty husbands in Paris on the spree. They find an excuse for their absence from home by pretending that they are accompanying a famous airman on a flight, but the latter does not proceed according to plan, and they have a hard time countering the suspicious questionings and moves of the sophisticated wife.' (BFI)

The Glad Eye

1927

Sally Bishop poster
8.0

A typist threatens to expose her lover when he prosecutes the divorce of a woman he means to marry.

Sally Bishop

1923

Hindle Wakes poster
7.1

A young working-class girl causes a stir when she sneaks off for a romantic getaway with the wealthy heir of the mill where she works.

Hindle Wakes

1927

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8.0

A boxer saves a lady who joins gypsies on learning she is the subject of a bet.

The Gay Corinthian

1924

The Sacred Order poster
7.0

When sleuth Nayland Smith steals evil Dr Fu-Manchu's 'Sacred Order', the Devil Doctor himself faces death at the hands of the Si-Fan organisation.

The Sacred Order

1923

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10.0

'Poor woman poses as rich twin to fool mean landlady.' (British Film Catalogue)

A Sister to Assist 'Er

1927

Waterloo poster
6.0

This presentation of 'Waterloo', a film by Karl Grune about the last hurrah of Napoleon, is a fascinating companion to the Abel Gance epic 'Napoleon'. 'Waterloo' presents a tale of several people involved in the final battle. Napoleon and Wellington, of course, but also the Austrian general Blutcher (who is seen as a ladies' man - his scene with a flirty Countess about halfway through the film is priceless; as are his touching scenes with his plain wife (who he imagines to be a young and nubile girl when they get romantic) and some people within his regiment. Not simply a film of war, 'Waterloo' is a story of people, of lovers, of lost opportunities.

Waterloo

1929

No artwork available
8.0

A woman frames her stepson for theft and he takes the place of his father's drugged champion and wins a boxing match.

In the Blood

1924

The Flag Lieutenant poster
9.0

A lieutenant is branded a coward after saving a beleaguered fort for an amnesiac major.

The Flag Lieutenant

1927

No artwork available
9.0

'Club-owner crashes plane in Arcady, land of truth and beauty.' (British Film Catalogue)

The Arcadians

1927

No artwork available
9.0

The life of the Celtic Queen Boudica (Boadicea) and her rebellion against the Roman Empire.

Boadicea

1927

White Cargo poster
8.0

The manager of a rubber plantation marries a native and she tries to poison him.

White Cargo

1929

The West Case poster
8.0

Second release in 'The Mystery of Dr. Fu Manchu' series. Plans for an aerial torpedo are stolen from its inventor Frank Norris West, Nayland Smith tries to retrieve them but is defeated by Fu-Manchu.

The West Case

1923

Roses of Picardy poster
NR

In France, and ex-lieutenant returns to find his sweetheart is caring for a baron's blinded son.

Roses of Picardy

1927

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