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name: "Wilfrid Lawson"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/wilfrid-lawson"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "13 January 1900"
died: "10 October 1966"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 4
average_fi1m_score: 77
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 2
updated: "2026-09-20T04:18:47.763865+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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# Wilfrid Lawson

Actor. Born 13 January 1900 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK. Died 10 October 1966.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 13 January 1900, Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
- **Died:** 10 October 1966
- **Active:** 1938–1963
- **Also known as:** Wilfrid Worsnop, Wilfred Lawson, Wilfrid Lawson Worsnop
- **Titles on Fi1m:** 4: 2 acting, 2 other
- **Average Fi1m score:** 77, as actor, over 2 titles
- **Fi1m score by decade:** 1940s 80 (1), 1950s 82 (1), 1960s 76 (2)
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wilfrid_Lawson_(actor), https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1343896, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0493347/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/106154

## Streaming the US now

- **HBO Max:** [*The Long Voyage Home*](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md) (80)

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## Biography

Wilfrid Lawson, born Wilfrid Lawson Worsnop, was an English character actor of stage and screen. He was born on 14 January 1900 in Bradford, Yorkshire, and educated at Hanson Boys' Grammar School there. He made his stage debut in his late teens and appeared in productions in Britain and the United States.

Lawson made his film debut in *East Lynne on the Western Front* (1931). He played Alfred Doolittle in *Pygmalion* (1938) and the Captain in *The Long Voyage Home* (1940). Other film roles include Pastor Hall in *Pastor Hall* (1940), the title role in *The Great Mr. Handel* (1942), Prince Bolkonsky in *War and Peace* (1956), Black George in *Tom Jones* (1963), and Peacock in *The Wrong Box* (1966). He was married to Lillian (née Fenn) and was the uncle of actor Bernard Fox.

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

## On Fi1m (4)

### Performed in (2) — the average rests on these

- *Tom Jones* (1963), Fi1m 74, as Black George — [page](https://film.one/film/tom-jones.md)
- *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), Fi1m 80, as Captain — [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md)

### Also credited (2) — thanks, archive footage, uncredited

- *Becket* (1964), Fi1m 79, as Old Soldier (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/becket.md)
- *Room at the Top* (1958), Fi1m 82, as Uncle Nat (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md)

## Complete filmography (57)

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

- *Alice: Curiouser and Curiouser* (2021), as Dormouse (archive footage) (uncredited)
- *The Viking Queen* (1967), as King Priam
- *Alice in Wonderland* (1966), as Dormouse
- *The Wrong Box* (1966), as Peacock
- *The Hunchback of Notre Dame* (1966), series, as King of the beggars
- *The Siege of Manchester* (1965), as Mr Bourne
- *The Likely Lads* (1964), series, as Grandad
- *Theatre 625* (1964), series, as Mr Bourne
- *Becket* (1964), as Old Soldier (uncredited) — Fi1m 79, [page](https://film.one/film/becket.md)
- *Tom Jones* (1963), as Black George — Fi1m 74, [page](https://film.one/film/tom-jones.md)
- *Go to Blazes* (1962), as Scrap Dealer
- *Postman's Knock* (1962), as Postman
- *Over the Odds* (1961), as Willie Summers
- *Nothing Barred* (1961), as Albert
- *The Naked Edge* (1961), as Mr. Pom
- *Expresso Bongo* (1959), as Mr Rudge
- *Room at the Top* (1958), as Uncle Nat (uncredited) — Fi1m 82, [page](https://film.one/film/room-at-the-top.md)
- *Tread Softly Stranger* (1958), as Holroyd
- *The Naked Truth* (1957), as Walter - Contestant in T.V. Show (uncredited)
- *Hell Drivers* (1957), as Ed, Hawlett Mechanic
- *Miracle in Soho* (1957), as Mr Morgan
- *Doctor at Large* (1957), as Dustman with Cyst (uncredited)
- *Now and Forever* (1956), as Gossage
- *War and Peace* (1956), as Prince Bolkonsky (as Wilfred Lawson)
- *Armchair Theatre* (1956), series, as Satan
- *An Alligator Named Daisy* (1955), as Irishman (uncredited)
- *ITV Play of the Week* (1955), series, as Old Man
- *The Prisoner* (1955), as The Jailer
- *Make Me an Offer!* (1954), as Charlie's Father
- *Sunday Night Theatre* (1950), series, as Flambeau
- *The Turners of Prospect Road* (1947), as Will Turner
- *Famous Scenes from Shakespeare No. 2: Macbeth Act II, Scene 2 and Act V, Scene I* (1945), as Macbeth
- *Fanny by Gaslight* (1944), as Chunks
- *Thursday's Child* (1943), as Frank Wilson
- *The Great Mr Handel* (1942), as George Frideric Handel
- *The Night Has Eyes* (1942), as Jim Sturrock
- *Hard Steel* (1942), as Walter Haddon
- *Tower of Terror* (1941), as Wolfe Kristan
- *Jeannie* (1941), as James McLean
- *Danny Boy* (1941), as Newton
- *The Farmer's Wife* (1941), as Churdles Ash
- *The Long Voyage Home* (1940), as Captain — Fi1m 80, [page](https://film.one/film/the-long-voyage-home.md)
- *It Happened to One Man* (1940), as Felton Quair
- *Pastor Hall* (1940), as Pastor Frederick Hall
- *Dead Man's Shoes* (1940), as Lucien Sarrou
- *Allegheny Uprising* (1939), as MacDougall
- *Stolen Life* (1939), as Thomas E. Lawrence
- *The Gaunt Stranger* (1938), as Maurice Meister
- *Pygmalion* (1938), as Alfred Doolittle
- *Yellow Sands* (1938), as Richard Varwell
- *The Terror* (1938), as Mr. Goodman
- *Bank Holiday* (1938), as Police Sergeant
- *The Man Who Made Diamonds* (1937), as Gallanie
- *White Hunter* (1936), as Michael Varek
- *Turn of the Tide* (1935), as Luke Fosdyck
- *Strike It Rich* (1933), as Raikes
- *East Lynne on the Western Front* (1931), as Dick Webb / Carlyle

## Gallery

- ![Wilfrid Lawson](https://film.one/media/person/1231004/gallery-790b7bd73821.jpg) Wilfrid Lawson — Image via TMDB
- ![Wilfrid Lawson](https://film.one/media/person/1231004/gallery-c7297d613c92.jpg) Wilfrid Lawson — Image via TMDB

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