Arthur Margetson (27 April 1887 – 13 August 1951) was a British stage and film actor[1] and radio broadcaster. He was also a composer of music and lyrics, and an impersonator of performers such as G P Huntley, Alfred Lester, and Harry Weldon.

Arthur Charles Margetson was born in Marylebone, the younger son of Edward John Margetson, a composer, and Marion Stocqueler Wardroper. His mother was a daughter of an adulterous affair between Joachim Hayward Stocqueler and Mrs Louisa Marianne Wardroper (née Hillyard).[2] Arthur was a pupil at the Royal Masonic School for Boys.[3]

From 1925 to 1949 Margetson crossed the Atlantic, either alone or with his current wife, at least 20 times in several different liners, including the Île de France and the Queen Elizabeth. On 21 August 1924, the French vessel De Grasse transported Arthur and his first wife Rosamund on its maiden voyage from Le Havre, arriving in New York on 5 September.[4]

Stage performances

Source:[5]

Filmography

Personal life

Arthur Charles Margetson was born on 27 April 1897 in Marylebone, the second son of Edward John (a fruit salesman and Freemason[8]) and Marion Stocqueler Home (née Wardroper). He attended the Royal Masonic School for Boys in Bushey.[9]

Margetson married in turn:

  • Rosamond Bertram Ifould (née Hobson) in Manhattan on 5 March 1923. She had had three children by her first marriage. They were divorced in London in 1925.[10]
  • Vera Alys Lennox, at the Savoy Chapel on 28 June 1926.[11] She divorced him in London in 1932.[12]
  • Actress Shirley Grey (born Agnes Evangeline Zetterstrand in Connecticut), at Caxton Hall Register Office in 1936.[13] A lighthearted account of their courtship is available online.[14]
  • Barbara Joyce Wood, a former photographers model,[15] in New York in 1948.[16]

Hammer House historian Howard Maxford states Margetson was originally a stockbroker, but provides no evidence.[17] Arthur's brother Edward was an insurance brokers manager in 1939.[15]

Arthur Margetson was keen on swimming, music, and lyric writing. He was a member of the Savage Club, the Stage Golfing Society[18] and the Green Room Club.[19]

Margetson died at the Central Middlesex Hospital on 12 August 1951. His home was at 20 Abbey Road St John's Wood.[20]

References

  1. ^ BFI Database entry
  2. ^ See "Biographies: Wardroper, William (1804 – 1875)". Hahnemann House Trust. Retrieved 19 March 2025.
  3. ^ 1911 census
  4. ^ UK and Ireland, Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960
  5. ^ This list was compiled by searching contemporary newspapers, the IBDB:Internet Broadway Database (https://www.ibdb.com/) and Theatricalia (https://theatricalia.com/person/pmj/arthur-margetson).
  6. ^ Also known as Lovers' Leap
  7. ^ Also known as Tony Draws a Horse
  8. ^ United Grand Lodge of England Freemason Membership Registers, 1751-1921
  9. ^ 1911 Census
  10. ^ "Divorce Court File: 8574". The National Archives. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  11. ^ "The Weekly Dispatch Office". Weekly Dispatch. London. 27 June 1926.
  12. ^ "Divorce Court File: 4570". The National Archives. Retrieved 15 August 2024.
  13. ^ "Actress weds". Brownsville Herald. Brownsville, TX. 3 January 1936.
  14. ^ "Category Archives: Arthur Margetson". The Bela Lugosi Blog. 9 July 2011. Retrieved 22 August 2024.
  15. ^ a b 1939 England and Wales Register
  16. ^ New York, Marriage License Indexes, 1907-2018
  17. ^ Maxford, Howard (2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. p. 537. ISBN 9781476629148. Retrieved 6 March 2019.
  18. ^ "Welcome to The Stage Golfing Society". The Stage Golfing Society. Retrieved 21 August 2024.
  19. ^ Parker, John, ed. (1936). Who's Who in the Theatre. London: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons, Ltd.
  20. ^ National Probate Calendar
Allikas: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Margetson
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