H. B. Warner
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Henry Byron Warner was an English film and theatre actor. He was popular during the silent era and played Jesus Christ in The King of Kings. In later years, he successfully moved into supporting roles
Film Fun, 1919
Warner, 1920
In the 1916 silent drama The Beggar of Cawnpore, Warner portrayed a British army doctor in India reduced to wild-eyed beggary by morphine addiction.
Sunset Boulevard (film)
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Sunset Boulevard is a 1950 American black comedy film noir directed by Billy Wilder and co-written by Wilder, Charles Brackett, and D. M. Marshman Jr. It is named after a major street that runs throug
H. B. Warner
…in which he played the ghost of John Hathorne. Also that year, he played the villainous role of Mr. Carrington in Topper Returns. He had a cameo in Sunset Boulevard (1950), directed by Billy Wilder, in which he played himself, playing cards with some other former silent film stars, including Buster Keaton and Anna…
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Gloria Swanson and Billy Wilder
Wilder considered many actors for the lead roles, but chose Swanson and Holden.
Theatrical advertisement from 1950