Biography
A graduate of Oxford, British actor Anthony Bushell came to Broadway in 1927 to appear opposite the legendary
Jeanne Eagels in Her Cardbord Lover. In 1929, Bushell was hired as the secondary romantic lead in the award-winning talking picture
Disraeli, at the insistence of the film's star
George Arliss. Though his performance in
Disraeli was stiff and unconvincing, he was much better in
James Whale's WWI drama
Journey's End (1930). Gradually, Bushell gravitated to the production end of the film business, serving as associate producer for
Laurence Olivier's Shakespearean productions
Hamlet (1948) and
Richard III (1955). He served as director for a trio of profitable if undistinguished films:
The Long Dark Hall (1951), Angel With a Trumpet (1951), and
Terror of the Tongs (1961). In the 1960s, he worked extensively in television, notably as one of the producer/directors of the anthology series Winston Churchill: The Valiant Years (1960). Anthony Bushell was married to American actress Zelma O'Neal. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide