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name: "Cecil Humphreys"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "20 July 1883"
died: "6 November 1947"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
updated: "2026-09-16T21:13:26.076147+00:00"
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# Cecil Humphreys

Actor. Born 20 July 1883 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK. Died 6 November 1947.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 20 July 1883, Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England, UK
- **Died:** 6 November 1947

## Biography

Cecil Humphreys (1883–1947) was a British film and theatre actor. He appeared in 46 films between 1916 and 1948, mostly in supporting roles as doctors, aristocrats and generals.

His best-known screen roles were Judge Linton in the 1939 adaptation of *Wuthering Heights* and the Holy Man in *The Razor's Edge* (1946). He was also a Broadway performer, appearing in 17 plays from the 1920s to the 1940s. Humphreys's grandson is the actor Chris Humphreys.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Wuthering Heights* (1939), Fi1m 76, as Judge Linton — [page](https://film.one/film/wuthering-heights.md)

## Also known for

- *The Razor's Edge* (1946), Holy Man

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