Albert Edward Anson was a British stage and screen actor.
Born in London, he made his first appearance onstage in 1895. He left the stage briefly to pursue a degree in engineering and returned to appear with Beerbohm Tree's company in 1904. He gained fame as a Shakespearian actor appearing on London and New York stages.
Albert Edward Anson
Julia Neilson and Anson in Henry of Navarre
The Martin Beck Theatre, on W 45th St, New York (now the Al Hirschfeld Theatre), where Anson staged and appeared in the play Cape Smoke by Walter Archer Frost in 1925; it ran for 104 performances
Anson in Arrowsmith
Arrowsmith is a 1931 American pre-Code drama film directed by John Ford and starring Ronald Colman, Helen Hayes, Richard Bennett, and Myrna Loy. It was adapted from Sinclair Lewis's 1925 novel Arrowsmith by Sidney Howard, departing substantially from the book regarding Arrowsmith's womanizing and other key plot elements. The pre-Code film received four Oscar nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Picture, Best Writing, Adaptation (Howard), Best Cinematography, and Best Art Direction.
Theatrical release poster
Ad art from The Film Daily, 1932