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Hay Petrie

Acting

Born July 16, 1895 · Dundee, Tayside, Scotland, UK

Died July 30, 1948

Also known as David Hay Petrie

Biography

David Hay Petrie was a Scottish actor noted for playing eccentric characters, among them Quilp in The Old Curiosity Shop (1934), the McLaggen in The Ghost Goes West (1935) and Uncle Pumblechook in Great Expectations (1946).

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Filmography24 titles

Pastor Hall

1940as Nazi Pastor

Great Expectations

1946as Uncle Pumblechook

The Fallen Idol

1948as Clock Winder

The Thief of Bagdad

1940as Astrologer

The Four Feathers

1939as Mahdi Interpreter

A Canterbury Tale

1944as Woodcock

Rembrandt

1936as Jeweller (uncredited)

Peg of Old Drury

1935as Mr. Rich

Bombsight Stolen

1941as Dr. Truscott

The Ghost Goes West

1935as The McLaggen

One of Our Aircraft Is Missing

1942as The Burgomaster

The Queen of Spades

1949as Herman's Servant

U-Boat 29

1939as Engineer

The Private Life of Henry VIII

1933as The King's Barber (uncredited)

Crimes at the Dark House

1940as Dr. Isidor Fosco

21 Days

1940as John Aloysius Evan

Jamaica Inn

1939as Sir Humphrey's Groom Sam

Clouds Over Europe

1939as Stage Door Keeper

The Monkey's Paw

1948as Grimshaw, the Curio Shop Proprietor

Knight Without Armour

1937as Station Master

Forget Me Not

1936as New York theatre manager

Convoy

1940as Minesweeper Skipper

The Conquest of the Air

1931as Tiberius Cavallo

Noose

1948as the barber