Warburton Gamble

Warburton Gamble
Gamble in ad for As a Man Thinks (1919)
Born
Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble

(1882-12-16)16 December 1882
London, England, UK
Died27 August 1945(1945-08-27) (aged 62)
London, England, UK
OccupationActor
SpouseGillian Scaife
Gamble with Elsie Ferguson in A Society Exile 1919.

Evelyn Charles Warburton Gamble (16 December 1882 – 27 August 1945) was a British stage and film actor.

Gamble was born on 16 December 1882 in London and acted on stage professionally as early as 1905.[1] His work on stage included a season of acting with the Theater Guild Repertory Company in San Francisco.[2] He debuted on Broadway in Love and the Man (1905), appeared with Auriol Lee in Milestones (1912) and last performed on Broadway in Tonight or Never (1930).[3]

Gamble's film debut occurred in The Unforseen (1917).[1] He spent a number of years working in Hollywood during the silent and early sound eras. He played the role of Doctor Watson in the 1933 Sherlock Holmes film A Study in Scarlet. His final two films were at Ealing Studios.

Gamble was married to English actress Gillian Scaife.[4] He died on 27 August 1945 in London.[1]

  1. ^ a b c McMullen, Kieran (11 October 2012). The Many Watsons. Andrews UK Limited. ISBN 978-1-78092-304-8. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  2. ^ "Debate Planned on 'Strange Interlude'". The San Francisco Examiner. 10 June 1929. p. 12. Retrieved 9 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Warburton Gamble". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Archived from the original on 3 June 2022. Retrieved 9 June 2022.
  4. ^ "How They Met Wives". Los Angeles Evening Express. 13 March 1920. p. 16. Retrieved 9 June 2022 – via Newspapers.com.