Bramwell Fletcher


Bramwell Fletcher was an English stage, film, and television actor.

Career

Fletcher appeared on the stage in 1927 and made his Broadway debut in 1929. Hollywood and sound films soon beckoned. He made his first film in 1928, S.O.S. Fletcher co-starred in Warner Brothers' 1931 film Svengali with actor John Barrymore, whose daughter Diana would marry Fletcher a decade later. He had a brief but notable appearance in The Mummy as the assistant gone mad. In 1943, he abandoned films for the theatre and television. He wrote and acted in the critically successful 1965 play The Bernard Shaw Story.

Personal life

His first two wives were actresses. He was married to Helen Chandler from 1935 to 1940 and Diana Barrymore from 1942 to 1946. Both marriages ended in divorce. In 1950 he married Susan Robinson and had 3 children: Whit, Kent and Catherine Fletcher. In 1970 he married Lael Tucker Wertenbaker, living with her in Nelson, New Hampshire, moving to Keene in 1985. He remained with her until his death in 1988.

Complete filmography

Chick - Chick BeaneS.O.S. - HerriottTo What Red Hell - Jim NolanSo This Is London - Alfred HoneycuttRaffles - BunnyThe Millionaire - Carter AndrewsSvengali - BilleeMen of the Sky - EricDaughter of the Dragon - Ronald PetrieOnce a Lady - Allen Corinth