---
name: "Elwyn Brook-Jones"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/elwyn-brook-jones"
fi1m_id: "elwyn-brook-jones"
imdb_id: "nm0111672"
tmdb_id: 115605
wikidata_id: "Q5368368"
roles: []
born: "11 December 1911"
died: "4 September 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T04:08:55.440239+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
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# Elwyn Brook-Jones

## Identity

Elwyn Brook-Jones

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/elwyn-brook-jones
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** elwyn-brook-jones
- **IMDb ID:** nm0111672
- **TMDB ID:** 115605
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5368368
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwyn_Brook-Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5368368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115605

Actor. Born 11 December 1911 in Caerphilly, Gwent, Wales, UK. Died 4 September 1962.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 December 1911, Caerphilly, Gwent, Wales, UK
- **Died:** 4 September 1962
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elwyn_Brook-Jones, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5368368, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0111672/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/115605

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*Odd Man Out*](https://film.one/film/odd-man-out.md) (82)

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## Biography

Elwyn Brook-Jones (11 December 1911 – 4 September 1962) was a British theatre, film and television actor. He began his performing career as a concert pianist, making his public debut in Australia at the age of 11, and later appeared in cabaret before becoming a character actor in the 1930s. He made his London stage debut in 1943 as Judge Brack in *Hedda Gabler* and went on to work in repertory and West End productions.

Brook-Jones played Tober in Carol Reed's *Odd Man Out* (1947) and Gladwin in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's *The Small Back Room* (1949). His other film roles include the Duke of Cumberland in *Bonnie Prince Charlie* (1948) and the Emir in *The Pure Hell of St Trinian's* (1960). On television he appeared in series such as *Garry Halliday* (as 'The Voice') and various BBC Sunday-Night Theatre productions. He was married to Julia Sandham.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Odd Man Out* (1947), Fi1m 82, as Tober — [page](https://film.one/film/odd-man-out.md)

## Complete filmography (27)

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

- *Richard the Lionheart* (1962), series, as King Tancred of Sicily, Count Rolf
- *The Pure Hell of St Trinian's* (1960), as Emir
- *Ticket to Happiness* (1959), Actor
- *The Ugly Duckling* (1959), as Dandy
- *Garry Halliday* (1959), series, Actor
- *Passport to Shame* (1958), as Solicitor Heath
- *The Larkins* (1958), series, as Professor Masterson
- *The Duke Wore Jeans* (1958), as Bartolomeo
- *Rogue's Yarn* (1957), as Inspector Walker
- *Assignment Redhead* (1956), as Digby Mitchel
- *The Gilded Cage* (1955), as Bruno Lucas
- *The Harassed Hero* (1954), as Logan
- *Three Steps In The Dark* (1953), as Wilbrahim
- *The Night Won't Talk* (1952), Actor
- *Judgment Deferred* (1952), as Coxon
- *The Wonder Kid* (1951), as Mr. Gorik
- *I'll Get You for This* (1951), as The Fence
- *Dear Mr. Prohack* (1949), as Benny Erivangian
- *The Small Back Room* (1949), Actor
- *It's Hard to be Good* (1948), as Budibent
- *Bonnie Prince Charlie* (1948), as The Duke of Cumberland
- *Good-Time Girl* (1948), as Mr. Pottinger
- *The Three Weird Sisters* (1948), as Thomas
- *Odd Man Out* (1947), as Tober — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/odd-man-out.md)
- *Rope* (1947), as Rupert Cadell
- *"Pimpernel" Smith* (1941), as Bit Part
- *Dangerous Moonlight* (1941), as (uncredited)

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