Hugh Sinclair

Hugh Sinclair

British actor (1903-1962)

Hugh Sinclair was a British actor. He trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and had a career spanning forty years in theatre, film and television. He worked in Britain and America with some of the 20th Century's most highly regarded actors and directors, including Ray Milland, Elisabeth Bergner, George Cukor and Carol Reed. His principal work was made in the theatre and he headed the cast of two landmark plays in London, Noël Coward's Private Lives in 1945 and the original London production of TS Eliot's The Cocktail Party in 1950. However notable films include Escape Me Never, A Girl Must Live, The Rocking Horse Winner and Circle of Danger. He excelled in light comedy and was known for his comic timing, often playing handsome, debonair characters.

Filmography in the catalog

Credited on 11 films (1935–1953) — matched by name in the Creator or Credits field.

Year ▼ Title CreatorLengthFormatColorSound
1953 Three Steps in the Dark Daniel Birt B&W
1952 Judgment Deferred John Baxter B&W
1952 Never Look Back Francis Searle B&W
1949 The Gay Lady. Two Cities Films Ltd. 95 min. 35mm Color sound
1949 Trottie True Brian Desmond Hurst 96 min Color & B&W
1943 The Saint Meets The Tiger. Paul L. Stein 8 reels B&W
1941 A Girl Must Live. Carol Reed 7 reels B&W
1941 The Saint's Vacation. Leslie Fenton 61 min. B&W
1939 The Four Just Men Walter Forde 85 min B&W
1936 The Prisoner of Corbal Karl Grune 8 reels 16mm B&W Sound
1935 ESCAPE ME NEVER. British & Dominions Film Corp. Ltd. 11 reels. B&W