Marmaduke Arundel "Duke" Wetherell (1883 â€" 25 February 1939) was a
Britishâ€"South African actor, screenwriter, producer and film
director.Born in Bodmin, Cornwall, Wetherell acted in both British and
South African films during the silent era. In the 1920s he branched
out to producing and directing films but they were not a success. He
produced, directed and played the lead role in his productions of
Livingstone (1925) and Robinson Crusoe (1927). A planned biography of
Lawrence of Arabia called Revolt in the Desert to be photographed by
Freddie Young who had photographed his war films The Somme (1927) and
Victory (1928) did not eventuate .He was responsible for the hoax
"surgeon's photograph" of the Loch Ness Monster.He was the father of
actor Ian Colin.
Britishâ€"South African actor, screenwriter, producer and film
director.Born in Bodmin, Cornwall, Wetherell acted in both British and
South African films during the silent era. In the 1920s he branched
out to producing and directing films but they were not a success. He
produced, directed and played the lead role in his productions of
Livingstone (1925) and Robinson Crusoe (1927). A planned biography of
Lawrence of Arabia called Revolt in the Desert to be photographed by
Freddie Young who had photographed his war films The Somme (1927) and
Victory (1928) did not eventuate .He was responsible for the hoax
"surgeon's photograph" of the Loch Ness Monster.He was the father of
actor Ian Colin.
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