About
Walter R. Booth
Overview
Walter 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).
Known for
Acting |
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2018 | Secrets of British Animation | Actor | Self (archive Footage) | 59 Average |
1906 | The Hand of the Artist | Actor | 58 Average |
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Directing |
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1912 | Paper Cuttings | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1912 | The Jester's Joke | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1911 | The Aerial Anarchists | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1911 | The Automatic Motorist | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1911 | Animated Putty | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1910 | The Aerial Submarine | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1910 | The Electrical Vitalizer | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1909 | Animated Cotton | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1909 | The Airship Destroyer | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1907 | A Juvenile Scientist | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1907 | Diabolo Nightmare | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1907 | The Sorcerer's Scissors | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1907 | The Baffled Burglar | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1907 | Willie's Magic Wand | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1907 | The Waif and the Statue | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1907 | When the Devil Drives | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1907 | Comedy Cartoons | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1906 | The '?' Motorist | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1906 | The Hand of the Artist | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1903 | An Extraordinary Cab Accident | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1903 | Pocket Boxers | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1903 | Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1903 | Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1902 | The Extraordinary Waiter | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1901 | The Magic Sword | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1901 | Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1901 | Artistic Creation | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1901 | The Waif and the Wizard | Directing | Director | 59 Average |
1901 | The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1901 | An Over-Incubated Baby | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1901 | The Haunted Curiosity Shop | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1901 | Undressing Extraordinary | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1901 | The Devil in the Studio | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1900 | Chinese Magic | Directing | Director | N/A N/A |
1900 | The Last Days of Pompeii | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1900 | A Railway Collision | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1899 | The Miser's Doom | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
1899 | Upside Down; or, The Human Flies | Directing | Director | 58 Average |
Writing |
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1901 | The Magic Sword | Writing | Writer | 59 Average |
Production |
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1901 | The Magic Sword | Production | Producer | 59 Average |