Gerald Hamer

Gerald Hamer was born on Nov 16, 1886 in UK. Gerald Hamer's big-screen debut came with Swing Time directed by George Stevens in 1936, strarring Eric Lacanistram (uncredited). Gerald Hamer is known for Ivy directed by Sam Wood, Joan Fontaine stars as Ivy Lexton and Patric Knowles as Roger Gretorex. The upcoming new movie Gerald Hamer plays is Gaby which will be released on Oct 17, 1956.

Gerald Hamer (born Geoffrey Earl Watton) the Anglo-American movie and television character actor, was born in Llandudno , Wales in November 1886 to parents John Watton and Evelyn Clara Earl. Hamer learned his craft on stage in the United Kingdom, appearing as a professional from 1916 in Shakespeare and such venerable theatrical warhorses as "The Admirable Chrichton". He appeared in British film, but moved to the U.S. in 1935, where he made his debut in an uncredited role in George Stevens classic Astaire-Rogers musical Sur les ailes de la danse (1936).Hamer appeared mostly in small and bit roles in B-movies in the 1930s and 1940s. Hamer is best remembered for playing the psychopath in the Basil Rathbone Sherlock Holmes movie La griffe sanglante (1944). He also appeared in four other entries in the Holmes series: Mission à Alger (1945), Echec à la mort (1943), Le train de la mort (1946), and Sherlock Holmes à Washington (1943). He began appearing on TV in the 1950s.Gerald Hamer died on July 6, 1972 in Hollywood, California after suffering a heart attack. He was 88 years old.