Acting

Lyonel Watts

Born — Died

1884-09-05 — 1958-12-16

Place of birth

Cheadle, Cheshire, England, UK

Known for

Acting

Credits

7 titles

Lyonel Watts was born on 5 September 1884 in Cheadle, Cheshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mr. Justice Raffles (1921), Outward Bound (1930) and So Well Remembered (1947). He died on 16 December 1958 in Kensington, London, England, UK.

Known for

Obsession poster
6.8

A British psychiatrist devises a devilish revenge plot against his wife's lover.

Obsession

1949

The Challenge poster
6.3

During an early, unsuccessful attempt at climbing the Matterhorn, Edward Whymper finds himself rescued by an italian guide, Jean Antoine Carrel. The two men quickly build a friendship and agree to reach the peak together. However, local villagers ploto to divide the alliance of Whymper and Carrel and both men join rival teams as they set out in a race to conquer the mountain. A mountaineering drama based on the novel by Carl Haensel and inspired in the dramatic true story of Edward Whymper, who led the first successful ascent of the Matterhorn in 1865. There is another version of the film titled Der Berg Ruft, shot the same year in German.

The Challenge

1938

Outward Bound poster
6.0

A group of strangers find themselves aboard an unmanned ship, surrounded by fog and uncertain of their destination. As they attempt to make sense of their situation, the group of passengers discover a commonality that changes their perception of the nature of their journey. The film was later remade, with some changes, as Between Two Worlds (1944).

Outward Bound

1930

Your Witness poster
6.2

Adam Hayward is a successful New York City defense lawyer. One day he receives a cable that the British war buddy who saved his life at Anzio Beach is now in trouble with the law in England. Taking the advice of his secretary to go to England rather than wire money, Adam arrives in his friend's village to find him about to stand trial for the murder of the hired stable-hand, Lawrence.

Your Witness

1950

So Well Remembered poster
5.2

A mill-owner's ambitious daughter almost ruins her husband's political career.

So Well Remembered

1947

Mr. Emmanuel poster
7.5

An elderly Jewish man from Manchester, travels to Nazi Germany to seek the mother of a young German refugee that has attempted suicide. In Germany, Mr. Emmanuel’s efforts to seek out Hertha Rosenhein are greeted by a wall of silence from the scared Jewish community and anti-Semitic hatred from many Germans.

Mr. Emmanuel

1944

Film credits

1940s · 4 titles

1930s · 2 titles