Fred Paul

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Fred Paul

Born January 1, 1880 · Lausanne, Switzerland

Died January 1, 1967 · aged 86

Fred Paul (1880 – 1967) was a Swiss-born British actor and film director. Paul was born in Lausanne in 1880 but moved to Britain at a young age. He was a prolific actor and director in the 1910s and 1920s, but his career dramatically declined with the arrival of sound films.

Known For

Her Greatest PerformanceHer Greatest Performance · 1916
Her Greatest Performance
★ 7.01916
MovieCrime
Retired actress poses as dresser to scare murderer into confessing and clearing her son.
The Rogues of LondonThe Rogues of London · 1915
The Rogues of London
★ 8.01915
MovieCrimeMystery
A cleric's son saves a maid from suicide and she saves him when he is framed for killing a crook's mistress.
The Further Mysteries of Fu-ManchuThe Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu · 1924
The Further Mysteries of Fu-Manchu
★ 8.01924
MovieCrimeAction
Detective Nayland Smith, comissioned by the British Government to investigate a series of murders comes up against the "Coughing Horror", Dr Fu-Manchu's servant.
The MiracleThe Miracle · 1923
The Miracle
★ 9.01923
MovieCrimeDrama
Nayland Smith restores a `dead' man to life.
A Study in ScarletA Study in Scarlet · 1914
A Study in Scarlet
1914
MovieMystery
Sherlock Holmes solves a murder rooted in the Mormon trek of 1850.
The Knocking on the DoorThe Knocking on the Door · 1923
The Knocking on the Door
★ 10.01923
MovieCrimeDrama
The evil Dr Fu-Manchu proves to be a master of disguise as well as villainy in this thrilling episode of the popular adventure serial. Adopting the persona of a long-bearded professor, Fu-Manchu pays a visit to London's Madame Tussauds waxworks. Elsewhere, there's something horribly uncanny going on at a remote country cottage: sleuths Nayland Smith and Petrie leave the capital to investigate.
The Adventure of the Torture CageThe Adventure of the Torture Cage · 1928
The Adventure of the Torture Cage
★ 10.01928
MovieCrimeAdventure
Lieutenant Commander John Byrne of the Naval Secret Service and his partner Pvt. Bill Riggers chase criminal Dr. Sin Fang, who is desperate to find a lost sacred seal. (The fifth and only surviving episode of a six-part serial about an evil mastermind inspired on Sax Rohmer's Dr. Fu Manchu.)
The Man with the LimpThe Man with the Limp · 1923
The Man with the Limp
★ 7.31923
MovieCrimeDrama
This action-packed episode features one of the Devil Doctor's most enjoyably silly schemes to do away with his nemesis Nayland Smith. When Smith goes missing, it's up to Dr Petrie to continue the hunt for the Si-Fan, Fu-Manchu's secret society. On the trail of a mysterious man with a limp, Petrie disguises himself as a rough bargee to investigate a smoky riverside drinking den, the Joy-Shop Club.

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