Esme Percy

English actor

Esmé Percy
in Pygmalion (1938)
Born	(1887-08-08)8 August 1887 London, England
Died	17 June 1957(1957-06-17) (aged 69) Brighton, Sussex, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1956

Saville Esmé Percy (8 August 1887 – 17 June 1957) was an English actor who specialized in the plays of George Bernard Shaw and appeared in 40 films between 1930 and 1956. He was born in London and died in Brighton.^[1]^[2]

Partial filmography

Murder! (1930) - Handel Fane
The Lucky Number (1932) - The Chairman
Bitter Sweet (1933) - Hugh Devon
Summer Lightning (1933) - Baxter
On Secret Service (1933) - Bleuntzli - Reporter
Love, Life and Laughter (1934) - Goebschen
Nell Gwynn (1934) - Samuel Pepys
Lord Edgware Dies (1934) - Duke of Merton
Unfinished Symphony (1934) - Huettenbrenner
Regal Cavalcade (1935) - Lloyd George
It Happened in Paris (1935) - Pommier
Abdul the Damned (1935) - Ali - Chief Eunuch
Invitation to the Waltz (1935) - Napoleon Bonaparte
The Invader (1936) - Jose
The Amateur Gentleman (1936) - John Townsend
A Woman Alone (1936) - General Petroff
Song of Freedom (1936) - Gabriel Donozetti
Land Without Music (1936) - Austrian Ambassador
Crime Over London (1936) - (uncredited)
Accused (1936) - Morel
Jump for Glory (1937) - Robinson
The Frog (1937) - Philo Johnson
Our Fighting Navy (1937) - Diego de Costa
The Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937) - Sheridan, the playwright
Pygmalion (1938) - Count Aristid Karpathy
21 Days (1940) - Henry Wallen
Jeannie (1941)
Hi Gang! (1941) - Lord Chamberlain
The Young Mr. Pitt (1942) - Minor Role (uncredited)
Dead of Night (1945) - Antique Dealer (segment "The Haunted Mirror")
Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) - Major Domo
Lisbon Story (1946) - Mariot
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947) - Vizier

Radio drama

"Appointment With Fear" episode The Speaking Clock (13 April 1944), where he lent his very distinctive, rich voice to the character of Mr. Markham the Antique Dealer, as well as his twin brother.
Eurydice (1951) Radio adaptation of a play by Anouilh. Music by John Hotchkis. Cast: Paul Scofield, Esmé Percy, David Peel, Denise Bryer, Sebastian Cabot, others. BBC R3, Broadcast 05/02/1951. (The British Library National Sound Archive, Find Format: T11629WR C1)
The Duchess of Malfi (1954) Radio adaptation of the classic tragedy. Percy plays the evil Cardinal, brother to ferile^{[clarification needed]} Ferdinand (Paul Scofield and the Duchess (Peggy Ashcroft) BBC R3, Broadcast May, 1954.^[3]
Henry VIII (1954) Radio adaptation of the Shakespeare play presented in honour of Sybil Thorndike's Golden Jubilee in the theatre. Cast: Sybil Thorndike, Robert Donat, Ralph Richardson, Vivien Leigh, Ernest Thesiger, Esmé Percy, John Gielgud, Laurence Olivier, Paul Scofield and others. BBC R3, Broadcast 14/06/1954.^[4]