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Hugh Dempster (3 August 1900 – 30 April 1987) was a British theatre and film actor.[1][2]

Hugh Dempster
with Vera-Ellen in Happy Go Lovely (1951)
Born	(1900-08-03)3 August 1900 London, England
Died	30 April 1987(1987-04-30) (aged 86) Chicago, Illinois, United States
Occupation	Actor

Born in London, Dempster made his stage debut in 1920, and began his screen career in the silent film era.[3] His credits included Vice Versa, Anna Karenina, The Winslow Boy, The Fan, Scrooge, The House Across the Lake and The Ghost Train (short film).[4]

Thirty-six years separated Dempster's first and last appearances on Broadway.[5] He debuted in the 1929 melodrama Rope's End by Patrick Hamilton and in 1965 replaced Peter Sallis as Dr. Watson in the Sherlock Holmes-inspired musical Baker Street.

Dempster died in Chicago, Illinois.[3]

Selected filmography

• The Great Well (1924)
• Lord Babs (1932)
• Music Hath Charms (1935)
• The Student's Romance (1935)
• Crackerjack (1938)
• Marigold (1938)
• Three Silent Men (1940)
• ‘’Candles at Nine ‘’ (1944)

• Waltz Time (1945)
• The Trojan Brothers (1946)
• Anna Karenina (1948)
• Happy Go Lovely (1951)

References

External links

• Hugh Dempster at IMDb
• Hugh Dempster at the Internet Broadway Database

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