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name: "Frank Lawton"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/frank-lawton"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "30 September 1904"
died: "11 June 1969"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 2
average_fi1m_score: 69
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-19T22:46:01.454890+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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# Frank Lawton

Actor. Born 30 September 1904 in London, England, UK. Died 11 June 1969.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 30 September 1904, London, England, UK
- **Died:** 11 June 1969
- **Active:** 1933–1935
- **Also known as:** Frank Lawton Mokeley
- **Average Fi1m score:** 69, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frank_Lawton, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q628009, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493365/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/96764

## Biography

Frank Lawton (also credited as Frank Lawton Mokeley) was an English actor born in London in 1904 and who died in London in 1969. The son of stage players, he made his first major screen appearance in *Young Woodley* (1930).

He is known for his role as Joe Marryot in *Cavalcade* (1933), the adult David Copperfield in *David Copperfield* (1935), and Chairman J. Bruce Ismay in *A Night to Remember* (1958). Other notable film credits include *The Skin Game* (1931), *The Devil-Doll* (1936), *The Invisible Ray* (1936) and *Went the Day Well?* (1942). He also worked extensively in theatre and on television, and appeared alongside his wife, actress Evelyn Laye, in several productions.

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

## On Fi1m (2)

- *David Copperfield* (1935), Fi1m 81, as David Copperfield as a Man — [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md)
- *Cavalcade* (1933), Fi1m 57, as Joe Marryot — [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)

## Complete filmography (28)

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

- *The Human Jungle* (1963), series, as Geoffrey Petlen
- *The Queen's Guards* (1961), Actor
- *A Night to Remember* (1958), as Chairman J. Bruce Ismay
- *Gideon's Day* (1958), as Det. Sgt. Liggot
- *Silver Wedding* (1957), as Sir Robert Marlowe
- *The Rising of the Moon* (1957), as British Officer (segment '1921')
- *Theatre Night* (1957), series, as Sir Robert Marlowe
- *Above Us the Waves* (1955), as Naval Officer in Briefing Room (uncredited)
- *Rough Shoot* (1953), as Hassingham
- *The Winslow Boy* (1948), as John Watherstone
- *Went the Day Well?* (1942), as Tom Sturry
- *Dangerous Comment* (1940), as Gerald Conway
- *The Four Just Men* (1939), as James Terry
- *Happy Family* (1939), as Joe
- *The Mill on the Floss* (1937), as Philip Wakem
- *The Devil-Doll* (1936), as Toto
- *The Invisible Ray* (1936), as Ronald Drake
- *David Copperfield* (1935), as David Copperfield as a Man — Fi1m 81, [page](https://film.one/film/david-copperfield.md)
- *One More River* (1934), as Tony Croom
- *Friday the Thirteenth* (1933), as Frank Parsons
- *Heads We Go* (1933), as Toby Tyrrell
- *Cavalcade* (1933), as Joe Marryot — Fi1m 57, [page](https://film.one/film/cavalcade.md)
- *After Office Hours* (1932), as Hec
- *Michael and Mary* (1931), as David Rowe
- *The Outsider* (1931), as Basil Owen
- *The Skin Game* (1931), as Rolf Hornblower
- *Birds of Prey* (1930), as Jimmy Hilton
- *Young Woodley* (1930), as Woodley

## Gallery

- ![Frank Lawton](https://film.one/media/person/1225874/gallery-84a39aee2923.jpg) Frank Lawton — unknown (Universal Pictures / Billy Rose Theatre Collection), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7a/Frank_Lawton_in_One_More_River.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Frank Lawton and Ursula Jeans in Cavalcade (1933) - publicity still (cropped)](https://film.one/media/person/1225874/gallery-8b02810014da.jpg) Frank Lawton and Ursula Jeans in Cavalcade (1933) - publicity still (cropped) — unknown (Fox Film Corporation), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/07/Frank_Lawton-Ursula_Jeans_in_Cavalcade.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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