Known For
Acting
Birthday
October 12, 1876
Place of Birth
St Brides Wentlooge, Wales, UK
Also Known As
- David Llewellyn Harding
Lyn Harding
Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Lyn Harding (12 October 1867 – 26 December 1952) (real name David Llewellyn Harding) was a Welsh actor who spent 40 years on the stage before entering British made silent films, talkies and radio. He had an imposing and menacing stage presence and came to be cast as the villain in many films, notably Professor Moriarty in dramatisations of the Sherlock Holmes stories.
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Known For - Movies
Goodbye, Mr. Chips
as Dr. John Hamilton Wetherby
Fire Over England
as Sir Richard Ingolby
Knight Without Armour
as Bargee
The Man Who Changed His Mind
as Prof. Holloway
The Lash
as Branson Haughton
The Man Who Changed His Name
as Selby Clive
Silver Blaze
as Professor Moriarty
The Triumph of Sherlock Holmes
as Prof. Moriarty
When Knighthood Was in Flower
as Henry VIII
The Invader
as Gonzalo Gonzalez