Walter R. Booth

AKA:
1.1245

Worcester, England, UK

Biography

Walter Robert Booth (12 July 1869 – 1938) was a British magician and early pioneer of British film working first for Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, where he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).

Crew Roles

The Magic Sword
Writer
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
Director
The '?' Motorist
Director
An Extraordinary Cab Accident
Director
The Airship Destroyer
Director
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Director
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
Director
A Railway Collision
Director
An Over-Incubated Baby
Director
The Magic Sword
Director
Undressing Extraordinary
Director
Artistic Creation
Director
The Waif and the Wizard
Director
The Extraordinary Waiter
Director
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
Director
Willie's Magic Wand
Director
The Hand of the Artist
Director
The Miser's Doom
Director
The Jester's Joke
Director
The Aerial Submarine
Director
The Sorceror's Scissors
Director
The Baffled Burglar
Director
The Electrical Vitalizer
Director
The Automatic Motorist
Director
Diabolo Nightmare
Director
Paper Cuttings
Director
The Aerial Anarchists
Director
Pocket Boxers
Director
The Devil in the Studio
Director
Chinese Magic
Director
When the Devil Drives
Director
The Last Days of Pompeii
Director
Animated Putty
Director
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent
Director
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent
Director
The Waif and the Statue
Director
Animated Cotton
Director
A Juvenile Scientist
Director
Comedy Cartoons
Director
Plucked From The Burning
Director
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