William Austin

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Austin (12 June 1884 – 15 June 1975) was a British character actor who was born on a sugar plantation in Georgetown in British Guiana (now Guyana). On the death of his father he was brought to England to complete his education. He later filled a business post in Shanghai and on being sent to San Francisco by the company he worked for, he decided to stay in America and take up acting on the stage and later in films. He appeared in many American films and serials between the 1920s and the 1940s, though the vast majority of his roles were small and uncredited. He was the brother of actor Albert Austin. He died in Newport Beach, California. Of the numerous silent films Austin appeared in, he is best remembered as the sidekick friend of Clara Bow in Bow's best known film It (1927). Mr. Austin's portrayal in the 1943 Batman serial of Batman's butler Alfred is the iconic portrayal still used in the comics. Previous to being played by Mr. Austin, the character was fat and had no facial hair. Performed by Mr. Austin, the character was thin with a mustache. Shortly after the serial was released, Alfred in the comics was changed to match the look of the serial; this representation of the character has for the most part continued to this day except for the live action films, the Birds of Prey series, and the Deadshot short in Batman: Gotham Knight where he has no moustache. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Austin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia

Known For: Acting

Born: Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana], 1884-06-10

Died: 1975-06-15

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1920	Common Sense	Reggie Barrett	0
2	1922	Handle with Care	Peter Carter	0
3	1922	The Cowboy King	Wilbur	0
4	1923	Ruggles of Red Gap	Mr. Belknap-Jackson	0
5	1924	The Reckless Age	Lord Allan Harrowby	50
6	1924	The Garden of Weeds	Archie	0
7	1925	Who Cares	Dr. Harry Oldershaw	0
8	1925	Head Winds	Theodore Van Felt	50
9	1925	The Night Club	Gerly - The Valet	0
10	1925	Seven Days	Dal Brown	0
11	1925	The Best People	Arthur Rockmere	0
12	1926	What Happened to Jones	Henry Fuller	58
13	1926	Fig Leaves	Andre's Assistant	58
14	1926	Her Big Night	Harold Crosby, cub reporter	0
15	1926	The Flaming Forest	Alfred Wimbledon	0
16	1927	It	Monty Montgomery	69
17	1927	Duck Soup	Lord Tarbotham	63
18	1927	The World At Her Feet	Det. Hall	10
19	1927	Swim Girl, Swim	Mr. Spangle PhD.	0
20	1928	Drums of Love	Raymond of Boston	50
21	1928	Red Hair	Dr. Eustace Gill	70
22	1928	The Fifty-Fifty Girl	Engineer	0
23	1928	Just Married	Percy Jones	0
24	1928	Someone to Love	Aubrey Weems	0
25	1928	What a Night!	Percy Penfield	0
26	1929	The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu	Sylvester Wadsworth	53
27	1929	Illusion	Mr. Z	0
28	1929	Sweetie	Prof. Percy Willow	58
29	1929	The Marriage Playground	Lord Wrench	58
30	1930	Embarrassing Moments	Jasper Hickson	0
31	1930	The Man from Blankley's	Mr. Poffley	60
32	1930	The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu	Sylvester Wadsworth	50
33	1930	The Flirting Widow	James Raleigh	40
34	1930	Let's Go Native	Basil Pistol	75
35	1930	Along Came Youth	Lord Eustace	70
36	1931	A Tailor-Made Man	Jellicott	0
37	1931	Corsair	Richard Bentinck	44
38	1932	Rule 'Em and Weep	Duke	0
39	1932	County Hospital	Ollie's Hospital Roommate	68
40	1932	High Society	Wilberforce Strangeways	0
41	1933	Three Men in a Boat	Harris	50
42	1933	The Private Life of Henry VIII	Duke of Cleves	64
43	1933	Alice in Wonderland	Gryphon	60
44	1934	The Gay Divorcee	Cyril Glossop	69
45	1934	Imitation of Life	Englishman at Party (uncredited)	70
46	1935	Oil for the Lamps of China	Clerk in Chase's office	73
47	1935	Redheads on Parade	Trelawney Redfern	0
48	1935	The Goose and the Gander	Arthur Summers	46
49	1935	$1,000 a Minute	Salesman	58
50	1936	The Garden Murder Case	Sneed, Hammle's Butler (Uncredited)	55
51	1937	Renfrew of the Royal Mounted	Constable Holly	35
52	1937	Live, Love and Learn	Bob's Butler (uncredited)	58
53	1938	Doctor Rhythm	Mr. Martingale	60
54	1939	The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes	Inquisitive Stranger	69
55	1941	Charley's Aunt	Spectator	58
56	1943	Batman	Alfred	64
57	1943	The Return of the Vampire	Detective Gannett	61
58	1945	National Velvet	Reporter (uncredited)	72
59	1945	Swingin' on a Rainbow	Musician (uncredited)	0
60	1946	Alias Mr. Twilight	Forbes (uncredited)	53
61	1947	The Ghost Goes Wild	Barnaby	50
62	2023	Laurel & Hardy: Year One		100

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Role

Vote Average

1920