Walter R. Booth
Birthday: | Place of Birth: Worcester, England, UKWalter 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).
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Known For
Acting
Year
Title
Role
2018
Secrets of British Animation
as Self (archive Footage)
1907
Comedy Cartoons
as The artist
1906
A Lively Quarter Day
as The conjurer
1901
Artistic Creation
as The cartoonist
1899
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
as Professor of spiritualism
