Biography: life and films
Ivor Novello was a Welsh actor and composer whose birth name was David Ivor Davies. He was born in Cardiff, Wales on 15th January 1893 and died in London, England on 6th March 1951, aged 58.His best films as an actor include Graham Cutts's The Rat (1925), The Triumph of the Rat (1926), Alfred Hitchcock's Downhill (1927), The Return of the Rat (1929) and Maurice Elvey's comedy I Lived with You (1933).
Ivor Novello appeared in 23 films and supplied the music for 2 films.
He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Graham Cutts (3 films), Adrian Brunel (3), Maurice Elvey (2), Louis Mercanton (2), Harley Knoles (2), Géza von Bolváry (2) and Alfred Hitchcock (2).
His most frequent genres include: drama (14 films), romance (3), comedy (3), crime-thriller (2) and Thriller (2).
Our average rating for Ivor Novello over all films is: 2.6
Filmography
Key: a = actor; w = writer; m = musician
L'Appel du sang (1919) [a]
Miarka, la fille à l'ourse (1920) [a]
Carnival (1921) [a]
The Bohemian Girl (1922) [a]
Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923) [a,m]
The Man Without Desire (1923) [a]
The White Rose (1923) [a]
The Rat (1925) [a,w]
The Triumph of the Rat (1926) [a]
Downhill (1927) [a,w]
A South Sea Bubble (1928) [a]
Der fesche Husar (1928) [a]
The Constant Nymph (1928) [a]
The Vortex (1928) [a]
The Return of the Rat (1929) [a]
Symphony in Two Flats (1930) [a]
Once a Lady (1931) [a]
-But the Flesh Is Weak (1932) [w]
Tarzan the Ape Man (1932) [w]
The Lodger (1932) [a,w]
I Lived with You (1933) [a,w]
Sleeping Car (1933) [a]
Autumn Crocus (1934) [a]
Glamorous Night (1937) [w]
The Rat (1937) [w]
Free and Easy (1941) [w]
The Dancing Years (1950) [w]
King's Rhapsody (1955) [w,m]
The Carry On films, from the heyday of British film comedy
The Golden Age of French cinema
The very best fantasy films in French cinema
