Walter R. Booth
Place of Birth
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).
Filmography (40)
Secrets of British Animation
2018
Paper Cuttings
1912
The Jester's Joke
1912
The Aerial Anarchists
1911
🎬 DirectorThe Automatic Motorist
1911
Animated Putty
1911
The Aerial Submarine
1910
The Electrical Vitalizer
1910
🎬 DirectorAnimated Cotton
1909
The Airship Destroyer
1909
Diabolo Nightmare
1907
When the Devil Drives
1907
🎬 Director
The Sorceror's Scissors
1907
A Juvenile Scientist
1907
🎬 DirectorWillie's Magic Wand
1907
The Baffled Burglar
1907
🎬 DirectorThe Magical Press
1907
🎬 Director
Comedy Cartoons
1907
The Waif and the Statue
1907
🎬 Director
The '?' Motorist
1906
The Hand of the Artist
1906
A Lively Quarter Day
1906
An Extraordinary Cab Accident
1903
Pocket Boxers
1903
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent
1903
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent
1903
The Extraordinary Waiter
1902
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
1901
The Magic Sword
1901
Artistic Creation
1901
The Waif and the Wizard
1901
Undressing Extraordinary
1901
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
1901
An Over-Incubated Baby
1901
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
1901
The Devil in the Studio
1901
🎬 DirectorPlucked From The Burning
1900
🎬 DirectorChinese Magic
1900
The Last Days of Pompeii
1900
A Railway Collision
1900