A minor question to be sure.Nevertheless the rotund Lord Henry Delves seems like he may be an important character later on when he first appears visiting with "Roberta".Possibly he'll be somehow instrumental in getting the lovebirds together after theit inevitable tiff.He does appear again but again does nothing!Why is this character even given speaking lines in the script if he serves no purpose at all?Any ideas?
shareSorry, I know it's been a while since you posted.
I haven't got an answer to your question, but I agree with your observation.
After going through Ferdinand Munier's (lord Delves, that is) filmography here on IMDb I was somewhat intrigued.
A pet peeve of mine is clicking on characters like "woman in window", "taxi driver" etc and find out if they ever got their acting career going.
This guy totally takes the prize in being the person in the background. He must, apparently have made a living at it.
Statistics:
Until he died in 1945 he made 109 movies.
In 81 of these movies he was either uncredited or his scenes were deleted.
The characters he played ranged from "bald man in theatre seat #1" to "innkeeper".
My only theory is, he must have known someone in Hollywood who helped him get these parts.
Would have been fun to know the real story behind it.
Wonderful sleuthing, I say, so long after your reply. This king of thing is one of the main reasons I like the IMDb; the most obscure questions can be answered. Like you, I think there's something to the story here, though maybe just that he was somebody's relative.
share...or the guy may just have been what's called a working actor. We always seem to forget the vast number of actors probably had/have a career more similar to his than the stars we think of when we think of actor. One may love the profession more than it 'loved' them back. He may also have been a stage actor who took small movie roles to fill in the blanks. Anything is possible.
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