---
name: "Francis Lister"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/francis-lister"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "2 April 1899"
died: "28 October 1951"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-19T22:48:02.156120+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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# Francis Lister

Actor. Born 2 April 1899 in London, England, UK. Died 28 October 1951.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 2 April 1899, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 28 October 1951
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Francis_Lister, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q625552, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0514250/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/592406

## Biography

Francis Lister (1899–1951) was a British stage and film actor. Born in London, he appeared in West End productions from the 1920s and made his screen debut in the silent era.

He is known for supporting roles in films including *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935) as Captain Nelson, *Henry V* (1944) as the Duke of Orleans, and *The Wicked Lady* (1945) as Lord Kingsclere. His other credits include *Cardinal Richelieu* (1935), *Christopher Columbus* (1949) and *Home to Danger* (1951).

Lister was married to actresses Nora Swinburne (1924–1932) and Margot Grahame (1934–1936).

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), Fi1m 83, as Captain Nelson — [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md)

## Complete filmography (22)

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

- *Home to Danger* (1951), as Wainright
- *Christopher Columbus* (1949), as King Ferdinand
- *The Wicked Lady* (1945), as Lord Kingsclere
- *Murder in Soho* (1939), as Joe
- *Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel* (1937), as Chauvelin
- *Sensation* (1936), as Richard Grainger
- *Living Dangerously* (1936), as Dr. Henry Pryor
- *Mutiny on the Bounty* (1935), as Captain Nelson — Fi1m 83, [page](https://film.one/film/mutiny-on-the-bounty.md)
- *Cardinal Richelieu* (1935), as Gaston
- *Clive of India* (1935), as Edmund Maskelyne
- *Up to the Neck* (1933), as Eric Warwick
- *Hawleys of High Street* (1933), as Lord Roxton
- *Counsel's Opinion* (1933), as James Gowan
- *Jack's the Boy* (1932), as Jules Martin
- *Brown Sugar* (1931), as Lord Sloane
- *Uneasy Virtue* (1931), as Bill Rendell
- *At the Villa Rose* (1930), as Weathermill
- *Atlantic* (1929), as Padre
- *The Unwanted* (1924), as John Dearsley
- *Should a Doctor Tell?* (1923), as Roger Davies
- *The Fortune of Christina McNab* (1921), as Duke of Southwark
- *The Old Wives' Tale* (1921), as Cyril Povey

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