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born: "2 August 1888"
died: "26 July 1970"
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# Claud Allister

Actor. Born 2 August 1888 in London, England, UK. Died 26 July 1970.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 August 1888, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 26 July 1970
- **Also known as:** Claude Allister, William Claud Michael Palmer
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Claud_Allister, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2976624, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0021502/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/117697

## Streaming the US now

- **The Roku Channel:** [*The Awful Truth*](https://film.one/film/the-awful-truth.md) (89)

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## Biography

Claud Allister, also credited as Claude Allister, was an English actor born William Claud Michael Palmer on 3 October 1888 in London. He made his stage debut in 1910 after working as a stockbroker's clerk, toured in repertory theatre, served in the British Army during the First World War, and moved to the United States in 1924. He appeared in more than seventy films between 1929 and 1955.

His film roles include Cornell in *The Private Life of Henry VIII* (1933) and Lord Fabian (uncredited) in *The Awful Truth* (1937). He is also known for voice work as Rat in the Disney films *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad* (1949) and *The Wind in the Willows* (1949), as well as appearances in *Dracula's Daughter* (1936), *Pride and Prejudice* (1940) and *Kiss Me Kate* (1953). Allister died on 26 July 1970 in Santa Barbara, California.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *The Awful Truth* (1937), Fi1m 89, as Lord Fabian (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/the-awful-truth.md)

## Complete filmography (65)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Walt Disney's Fables - Vol.6* (2004), as Sir Giles (voice) (archive sound) (uncredited)
- *Meet the Governor* (1955), as Cyril
- *The Black Shield of Falworth* (1954), as Sir George
- *Kiss Me Kate* (1953), as Paul
- *Hong Kong* (1952), as Hotel Manager
- *The Adventures of Ichabod and Mr. Toad* (1949), as Rat (voice)
- *The Wind in the Willows* (1949), as Rat (voice)
- *Quartet* (1948), as 1st. Club Man (segment "The Colonel's Lady")
- *The First Gentleman* (1948), as Manservant
- *Gaiety George* (1946), as Archie
- *Don Chicago* (1945), as Lord Piccadilly
- *Kiss the Bride Goodbye* (1945), as Adolphus Pickering
- *The Hundred Pound Window* (1944), as Hon. Freddie
- *Confirm or Deny* (1941), as William (scenes deleted)
- *A Yank in the R.A.F.* (1941), as Officer-Motorist (uncredited)
- *Charley's Aunt* (1941), as Spectator
- *The Reluctant Dragon* (1941), as Sir Giles (segment "The Reluctant Dragon") (voice)
- *Pride and Prejudice* (1940), as Mr. Beck
- *Lillian Russell* (1940), as Arthur Sullivan
- *Captain Fury* (1939), as Suco
- *Arrest Bulldog Drummond* (1938), as Sir Basil Leghorne
- *Storm Over Bengal* (1938), as Redding
- *Blond Cheat* (1938), as Lord Basil Sheldon (uncredited)
- *Men Are Such Fools* (1938), as Rudolf
- *Kentucky Moonshine* (1938), as Lord Boffingwell (uncredited)
- *Oh, What a Knight!* (1937), Actor
- *The Awful Truth* (1937), as Lord Fabian (uncredited) — Fi1m 89, [page](https://film.one/film/the-awful-truth.md)
- *Danger – Love at Work* (1937), as Gun salesman
- *Let's Make a Night of It* (1937), as Monty
- *Bulldog Drummond at Bay* (1937), as Algy Longworth
- *Lady Luck* (1936), as Briggs
- *Dracula's Daughter* (1936), as Sir Aubrey
- *Three Live Ghosts* (1936), as Lord 'Spoofy' Brockton
- *The Dark Angel* (1935), as Lawrence Bidley
- *Every Night at Eight* (1935), as Mr. Vernon (uncredited)
- *The Lady Is Willing* (1934), as Brevin
- *The Return of Bulldog Drummond* (1934), as Algy Longworth
- *Those Were the Days* (1934), as Capt. Horace Vale
- *The Private Life of Don Juan* (1934), as The Duke, as Dukes Go
- *The Private Life of Henry VIII* (1933), as Cornell
- *Sleeping Car* (1933), as Baron Delande
- *Excess Baggage* (1933), as Colonel Murgatroyd R.S.V.P.
- *The Medicine Man* (1933), as Hon. Freddie Wiltshire
- *The Midshipmaid* (1932), as Chinley
- *The Return of Raffles* (1932), as Bunny
- *Diamond Cut Diamond* (1932), as Joe Fragson
- *Two White Arms* (1932), as Dr. Biggash
- *The Unexpected Father* (1932), as Claude
- *On the Loose* (1931), as Mr. Loder's friend
- *The Sea Ghost* (1931), as Percy Atwater
- *Platinum Blonde* (1931), as Dawson - the Valet
- *I Like Your Nerve* (1931), as Archie Lester
- *Meet the Wife* (1931), as Victor Staunton
- *Captain Applejack* (1931), as John Jason
- *Reaching for the Moon* (1930), as Sir Horace Partington Chelmsford
- *Monte Carlo* (1930), as Prince Otto von Liebenheim
- *The Florodora Girl* (1930), as Lord Rumblesham
- *The Czar of Broadway* (1930), Actor
- *Ladies Love Brutes* (1930), as Tailor (uncredited)
- *Murder Will Out* (1930), as Alan Fitzhugh
- *Such Men Are Dangerous* (1930), as Fred Wyndham
- *Slightly Scarlet* (1930), as Albert Hawkins
- *In the Next Room* (1930), as Parks (butler)
- *Charming Sinners* (1929), as Gregson
- *Bulldog Drummond* (1929), as Algy Longworth

## Gallery

- ![Film actor Claud Allister. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1930)](https://film.one/media/person/1226559/gallery-b6bfff805490.jpg) Film actor Claud Allister. Subjects (LCTGM): actors (1930) — Nancy Smith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/08/Film_actor_Claud_Allister_%28SAYRE_2116%29.jpg/1280px-Film_actor_Claud_Allister_%28SAYRE_2116%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Claud Allister in American film Lady Luck (1936)](https://film.one/media/person/1226559/gallery-1676b3c45a9c.jpg) Claud Allister in American film Lady Luck (1936) — Chesterfield Motion Pictures Corporation, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/2f/Claud_Allister_in_Lady_Luck_%281936%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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