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Vernon Steele was a Chilean-born British actor known for his appearances on the Broadway stage and in American films. He often played patrician young men in silent films. Steele was born in Santiago, Chile, the son of Daniel Antonietti, a professor of music, and his English wife, the former Grace Emma Bolton. Vernon Steele was christened Arturo Romeo Antonietti and his family eventually settled in London, England. His sister was the actress Hilda Anthony.
Born
Monday, 18 September 1882
Died
Saturday, 23 July 1955
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dolores Claiborne | Ferry Vendor | 1995 |
| The Life of Riley | Judge | 1949 |
| Madame Bovary | Priest | 1949 |
| Joan of Arc | Boy's Father | 1948 |
| To the Ends of the Earth | Commissioner Lionel Hadley | 1948 |
| The Lone Wolf in London | Sir John Klemscott | 1947 |
| They Were Expendable | Army Doctor | 1945 |
| Riders of the Northwest Mounted | Captain Blair / Capt. Blair | 1943 |
| Mrs. Miniver | Glee Club Member | 1942 |
| The Witness Vanishes | Nigel Partridge | 1939 |
Actor Filmography
| Title | Character | Year |
|---|
| Dolores Claiborne | Ferry Vendor | 1995 |
| The Life of Riley | Judge | 1949 |
| Madame Bovary | Priest | 1949 |
| Joan of Arc | Boy's Father | 1948 |
| To the Ends of the Earth | Commissioner Lionel Hadley | 1948 |
| The Lone Wolf in London | Sir John Klemscott | 1947 |
| They Were Expendable | Army Doctor | 1945 |
| Riders of the Northwest Mounted | Captain Blair / Capt. Blair | 1943 |
| Mrs. Miniver | Glee Club Member | 1942 |
| The Witness Vanishes | Nigel Partridge | 1939 |
| The Bill of Rights | Thomas Jefferson | 1939 |
| North of the Yukon | RCMP Insp. Wylie | 1939 |
| Land of Liberty | Thomas Jefferson (edited from 'The Bill of Rights') | 1939 |
| Flight to Fame | Officer | 1938 |
| Kidnapped | Captain | 1938 |
| Step Lively, Jeeves! | Lord Fenton | 1937 |
| No matarás | 1937 | |
| Time Out for Romance | Count Michael Montaine | 1937 |
| Lloyd's of London | Sir Thomas Lawrence / Thomas Lawrence | 1936 |
| Dracula's Daughter | Squires / Detective Orderly Squires | 1936 |
| Captain Blood | King James | 1935 |
| I Found Stella Parish | Slave in Play | 1935 |
| Te quiero con locura | Dr. Preston | 1935 |
| Bonnie Scotland | Col. Gregor McGregor | 1935 |
| Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back | Wedding Guest | 1934 |
| The Great Flirtation | Bigelow | 1934 |
| Where Sinners Meet | Saunders, the Chauffeur / Saunders - the Chauffeur | 1934 |
| Design for Living | Douglas' First Manager | 1933 |
| The Silk Express | Dr. Harold Rolph | 1933 |
| The King's Vacation | Mac Barstow / Barstow | 1933 |
| Big News | Reporter | 1929 |
| Discontented Husbands | Jack Ballard | 1924 |
| The Wanters | Tom Armstrong | 1923 |
| Out of the Chorus | Ross Van Beekman | 1923 |
| Forgive and Forget | Ronnie Sears | 1923 |
| What Wives Want | Austin Howard | 1923 |
| Temptation | John Hope | 1923 |
| Thelma | Sir Phillip Errington | 1922 |
| The Danger Point | Duncan Phelps | 1922 |
| The Girl Who Ran Wild | The Schoolmaster | 1922 |
| The Hands of Nara | Adam Pine | 1922 |
| For the Defense | Christopher Armstrong | 1922 |
| A Wonderful Wife | Alaric Lewin | 1922 |
| Beyond Price | Philip Marrio | 1921 |
| The Phantom Honeymoon | Captain Bob Lambert / Captain Bob Tidewater | 1919 |
| The Witness for the Defense | Dick Hazelwood | 1919 |
| The Eternal Magdalene | The Preacher | 1919 |
| Bab's Matinee Idol | Adrian Egleston | 1917 |
| Polly of the Circus | John Douglas the Minister | 1917 |
| The Supreme Sacrifice | Reverend Philip Morton | 1916 |
| Her Great Match | Prince Adolph | 1915 |
| Vampire | Robert Sterling | 1915 |
| The Vampire | Robert Sterling | 1915 |
| The Stubbornness of Geraldine | 1915 | |
| Hearts in Exile | Paul Pavloff | 1915 |
