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The Return of the Vampire

as Detective Gannett

1943
Batman

as Alfred

1943
Renfrew of the Royal Mounted

as Constable Holly

1937
The Goose and the Gander

as Arthur Summers

1935
The Gay Divorcee

as Cyril Glossop

1934
Alice in Wonderland

as Gryphon

1933
The Private Life of Henry VIII

as Duke of Cleves

1933
County Hospital

as Ollie's Hospital Roommate

1932
Corsair

as Richard Bentinck

1931
Let's Go Native

as Basil Pistol

1930
The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu

as Sylvester Wadsworth

1930
The Flirting Widow

as James Raleigh

1930
The Mysterious Dr. Fu Manchu

as Sylvester Wadsworth

1929
The Marriage Playground

as Lord Wrench

1929
Sweetie

as Prof. Percy Willow

1929
The Cowboy King

as Wilbur

1922
William Austin William Austin

Birthday

1884-06-12

Place of Birth

Georgetown, British Guiana [now Guyana]

Biography

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. William Austin  (12 June 1884 – 15 June 1975) was a British character actor who was born on a sugar plantation in Georgetown in British Guiana (now Guyana). On the death of his father he was brought to England to complete his education. He later filled a business post in Shanghai and on being sent to San Francisco by the company he worked for, he decided to stay in America and take up acting on the stage and later in films. He appeared in many American films and serials between the 1920s and the 1940s, though the vast majority of his roles were small and uncredited. He was the brother of actor Albert Austin. He died in Newport Beach, California. Of the numerous silent films Austin appeared in, he is best remembered as the sidekick friend of Clara Bow in Bow's best known film It (1927). Mr. Austin's portrayal in the 1943 Batman serial of Batman's butler Alfred is the iconic portrayal still used in the comics. Previous to being played by Mr. Austin, the character was fat and had no facial hair. Performed by Mr. Austin, the character was thin with a mustache. Shortly after the serial was released, Alfred in the comics was changed to match the look of the serial; this representation of the character has for the most part continued to this day except for the live action films, the Birds of Prey series, and the Deadshot short in Batman: Gotham Knight where he has no moustache. Description above from the Wikipedia article William Austin, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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