Morton Selten

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Morton Selten (6 January 1860 – 27 July 1939) was a British stage and film actor. He was occasionally credited as Morton Selton. Given the name Morton Richard Stubbs at birth, and claimed as the son of Morton Stubbs, it was generally acknowledged that Selten was an illegitimate son of the then Prince of Wales (and future King Edward VII). He began acting on the stage in 1878, mainly in America. In 1889, Selten played Clarence Vane in Mrs. Hargrove's Our Flat at the Lyceum Theatre and Captain Heartsease in Bronson Howard's American Civil War epic, Shenandoah. He would go on to play in some twenty-five Broadway productions over the following three decades. His film career began in the 1920s. He appeared in Branded in 1921. His last film role was the King of the Land of Legend in the 1940 Alexander Korda production The Thief of Bagdad. Selten died during filming.

Morton Selten is known for work in acting across film and television. New Release currently presents 22 verified screen credits connected to this profile. Selected work includes The Thief of Bagdad (1940), A Yank at Oxford (1938), The Divorce of Lady X (1938), The Ghost Goes West (1935), Fire Over England (1937), Two's Company (1936), Moscow Nights (1934), Somebody's Darling (1925). The recorded credits span 1925 to 1940, including 22 movies and 0 TV shows. The filmography below lists available titles, release years and known roles. This profile is updated as additional verified information becomes available.