Walter R. Booth
Known for: Directing
Born: —
Place of birth: Worcester, England, UK
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).
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Filmography
42 movies · 0 TV shows, newest first
6.0
Secrets of British Animation
20185.5
Paper Cuttings
1912
7.0
The Jester's Joke
19127.0
The Aerial Anarchists
1911
6.2
The Automatic Motorist
1911
5.7
Animated Putty
1911
6.3
The Aerial Submarine
1910NR
The Electrical Vitalizer
1910
5.8
The Airship Destroyer
1909
5.5
Animated Cotton
19096.3
Diabolo Nightmare
19078.0
When the Devil Drives
1907
7.7
The Sorceror's Scissors
19077.0
A Juvenile Scientist
19076.5
Willie's Magic Wand
19078.0
The Baffled Burglar
19078.0
The Magical Press
1907
8.3
Comedy Cartoons
19077.0
The Waif and the Statue
1907
6.4
The '?' Motorist
19064.5
The Hand of the Artist
1906
5.4
A Lively Quarter Day
1906
5.8
An Extraordinary Cab Accident
1903
6.4
Pocket Boxers
1903
6.5
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent
1903
6.5
Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent
1903
4.8
The Extraordinary Waiter
1902
6.4
The Magic Sword
1901
5.6
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
1901
6.2
Artistic Creation
1901
7.0
The Waif and the Wizard
19015.3
Undressing Extraordinary
1901
4.6
The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
1901
5.3
An Over-Incubated Baby
1901
5.4
The Haunted Curiosity Shop
1901
8.0
The Devil in the Studio
19017.0
Plucked From The Burning
19004.5
Chinese Magic
19003.5
The Last Days of Pompeii
1900
4.5
A Railway Collision
1900
5.6
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
1899
4.0
The Miser's Doom
1899