Walter R. Booth

Birthplace: Worcester, England, UK

Biography

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

Secrets of British Animation
A Railway Collision
The '?' Motorist
The Airship Destroyer
The Aerial Submarine
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent
The Miser's Doom
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
An Extraordinary Cab Accident

Top Movie Credits

Secrets of British Animation Self (archive Footage)