---
name: "Gerald Hamer"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/gerald-hamer"
fi1m_id: "gerald-hamer"
imdb_id: "nm0357592"
tmdb_id: 130060
wikidata_id: "Q5549216"
roles: []
born: "16 November 1886"
died: "6 July 1972"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T02:21:22.695225+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."
---

# Gerald Hamer

## Identity

Gerald Hamer

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/gerald-hamer
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** gerald-hamer
- **IMDb ID:** nm0357592
- **TMDB ID:** 130060
- **Wikidata ID:** Q5549216
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Hamer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5549216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/130060

Actor. Born 16 November 1886 in Llandudno, Carnarvonshire, Wales, UK. Died 6 July 1972.

## Details

- **Born:** 16 November 1886, Llandudno, Carnarvonshire, Wales, UK
- **Died:** 6 July 1972
- **Also known as:** Geoffrey Earl Watton
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerald_Hamer, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5549216, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0357592/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/130060

## Biography

Gerald Hamer, born Geoffrey Earl Watton, was a British actor. He was born in Llandudno, Wales, in November 1886 and began his professional stage career in the United Kingdom in 1916, appearing in Shakespeare productions and other plays. He later performed on Broadway in the 1920s and early 1930s before moving to the United States in 1935.

Hamer made his Hollywood film debut in an uncredited role in *Swing Time* (1936). He appeared in numerous small and uncredited parts in films of the 1930s and 1940s, including several entries in the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes series such as *Sherlock Holmes in Washington* (1943), *The Scarlet Claw* (1944), *Pursuit to Algiers* (1945) and *Terror by Night* (1946). He also appeared on television from the 1950s. Hamer died in Hollywood, California, in July 1972.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Swing Time* (1936), Fi1m 84, as Eric Lacanistram (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/swing-time.md)

## Complete filmography (23)

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

- *The Fugitive* (1963), series, as Warren — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/tv/the-fugitive-1963.md)
- *Alfred Hitchcock Presents* (1955), series, as Mr. Hewitt, Jimmy the Blindman
- *The Secret Of St. Ives* (1949), as Hudson - the Footman (uncredited)
- *The Sign of the Ram* (1948), as Vicar Woolton (uncredited)
- *Lured* (1947), as Harry Milton (uncredited)
- *Ivy* (1947), as Man from Paris Office (uncredited)
- *Terror by Night* (1946), as Alf Shallcross (uncredited)
- *Pursuit to Algiers* (1945), as Kingston
- *The Suspect* (1945), as Griswold (uncredited)
- *Hi, Beautiful* (1944), as One of Bearded Twins (uncredited)
- *Enter Arsène Lupin* (1944), as Doc Marling
- *The Scarlet Claw* (1944), as Potts / Tanner / Ramson
- *The White Cliffs of Dover* (1944), as Private (uncredited)
- *The Lodger* (1944), Actor
- *Sherlock Holmes in Washington* (1943), as Alfred Pettibone
- *Pretty Dolly* (1942), as Billings
- *This Above All* (1942), as Hotel Porter
- *The Light That Failed* (1939), as Soldier
- *Bulldog Drummond's Bride* (1939), as Garvey
- *The Saint Strikes Back* (1939), as Val's Butler (Uncredited)
- *Blond Cheat* (1938), as Cafe Waiter (uncredited)
- *Angel* (1937), Actor
- *Swing Time* (1936), as Eric Lacanistram (uncredited) — Fi1m 84, [page](https://film.one/film/swing-time.md)

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