William Felton(1850-1921)

William Felton was born in the early 1850's in England. He had a long career in the theatre playing in drama and comedy from the 1870's. William was a thin elderly gentleman who became a member of the Hepworth studio stock company between 1913-18 appearing in more than 20 drama movies was often cast as butlers or old codgers, making his film debut as Abe Nathan in 'Shadows of the Great City' directed by Frank Wilson, starring Alec Worcester and Chrissie White in 1913, his most notable roles was as Mr. Rudge in 'Barnaby Rudge' starring Tom Powers and Violet Hopson in 1916 and as Ablett in 'The Trelawny of the Wells' starring Alma Taylor and Stewart Rome in 1916, his last screen appearance as Old Fob in 'Boundary House' starring Alma Taylor and Gerald Ames in 1918, he died three years later in 1921 age around 70 years old in Surrey.