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name: "Lyn Harding"
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roles: ["Actor"]
born: "12 October 1876"
died: "26 December 1952"
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average_as: "actor"
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updated: "2026-09-20T00:02:49.000890+00:00"
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# Lyn Harding

Actor. Born 12 October 1876 in St Brides Wentlooge, Wales, UK. Died 26 December 1952.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 12 October 1876, St Brides Wentlooge, Wales, UK
- **Died:** 26 December 1952
- **Also known as:** David Llewellyn Harding
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lyn_Harding, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6708323, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0362361/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106633

## Biography

Lyn Harding, also credited as David Llewellyn Harding, was a Welsh actor. He spent forty years on the stage before appearing in British silent films, talkies and radio productions.

He is known for roles including Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby in *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939) and Sir Richard Ingolby in *Fire Over England* (1937). Harding frequently played villains on stage and screen, including Professor Moriarty in several Sherlock Holmes adaptations. He made his London stage debut in 1897 and continued performing into the 1940s.

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

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), Fi1m 82, as Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby — [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md)

## Complete filmography (25)

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

- *The Prime Minister* (1941), as Bismarck (uncredited)
- *Goodbye, Mr. Chips* (1939), as Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/goodbye-mr-chips.md)
- *The Missing People* (1939), as Joseph Bronstone
- *The Mutiny Of The Elsinore* (1938), as Mr. Pike
- *Knight Without Armour* (1937), as Bargee
- *Silver Blaze* (1937), as Professor Moriarty
- *The Pearls of the Crown* (1937), as John Russell / Henry VIII
- *Fire Over England* (1937), as Sir Richard Ingolby
- *Please Teacher* (1937), as Wing Foo
- *The Man Who Changed His Mind* (1936), as Prof. Holloway
- *The Invader* (1936), as Gonzalo Gonzalez
- *Escape Me Never* (1935), as Herr Heinrich
- *The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes* (1935), as Prof. Moriarty
- *The Lash* (1934), as Branson Haughton
- *The Man Who Changed His Name* (1934), as Selby Clive
- *Wild Boy* (1934), as Frank Redfern
- *The Constant Nymph* (1933), as Albert Sanger
- *The Barton Mystery* (1932), as Beverly
- *The Speckled Band* (1931), as Dr. Grimesby Rylott
- *Sleeping Partners* (1930), as It
- *Further Adventures of the Flag Lieutenant* (1928), as The Sinister Influence
- *Land of Hope and Glory* (1927), as Roger Whiteford
- *Yolanda* (1924), as Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy
- *When Knighthood Was in Flower* (1922), as Henry VIII
- *Moments from "Trilby"* (1922), as Svengali

## Gallery

- ![Lyn Harding](https://film.one/media/person/1231179/gallery-965199adf58d.jpg) Lyn Harding — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Mr._Lyn_Harding_LCCN2014692774_%28cropped%29.jpg/1280px-Mr._Lyn_Harding_LCCN2014692774_%28cropped%29.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Title: Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Mr. Lyn Harding Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller.](https://film.one/media/person/1231179/gallery-edee8ed90435.jpg) Title: Miss Phyllis Neilson-Terry, Mr. Lyn Harding Abstract/medium: 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. — Bain News Service, publisher, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/8f/Miss_Phyllis_Neilson-Terry%2C_Mr._Lyn_Harding_LCCN2014692774.jpg/1280px-Miss_Phyllis_Neilson-Terry%2C_Mr._Lyn_Harding_LCCN2014692774.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Lyn Harding](https://film.one/media/person/1231179/gallery-6d65562a732b.jpg) Lyn Harding — Image via TMDB
- ![Lyn Harding](https://film.one/media/person/1231179/gallery-9d5565331d11.jpg) Lyn Harding — Image via TMDB
- ![Lyn Harding](https://film.one/media/person/1231179/gallery-fd23cb638be6.jpg) Lyn Harding — Image via TMDB

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