| Screen Actors in the Role of Her Majesty's Soldiers |
| The 1920's |
| The 1940's |
| Gary Cooper as Lt. Alan McGregor The Lives of a Bengal Lancer 1935 |
| The 1960's |
| Victor McLaglen as Capt. Donald Gordon King The Black Watch 1929 |
| David Niven as General Sir Roland Dane Enchantment 1948 |
| The 1930's |
The term "Hollywood Raj" has
traditionally been applied to that
group of British actors who
quietly invaded Hollywood
during its golden age in the late
1920's and 1930's. It was
personified by such stalwart
greats as Basil Rathbone, David
Niven, Donald Crisp, Claude
Rains, Ronald Coleman, C.
Aubrey Smith and Victor
McLaglen.
Here the term will be used
regardless of the actual
nationality of the actors involved
or whether the film in question
was shot in Hollywood, Great
Britain or on location
somewhere in the wide expanses
of the former British Empire.
In most cases these photographs
will depict actors playing parts
for which the actual events
occurred long before they were
born though in some instances -
such as Victor McLagen or
Donald Crisp - actors who did
indeed serve in Queen Victoria's
forces before being seconded to
the very different world of the
silver screen.
traditionally been applied to that
group of British actors who
quietly invaded Hollywood
during its golden age in the late
1920's and 1930's. It was
personified by such stalwart
greats as Basil Rathbone, David
Niven, Donald Crisp, Claude
Rains, Ronald Coleman, C.
Aubrey Smith and Victor
McLaglen.
Here the term will be used
regardless of the actual
nationality of the actors involved
or whether the film in question
was shot in Hollywood, Great
Britain or on location
somewhere in the wide expanses
of the former British Empire.
In most cases these photographs
will depict actors playing parts
for which the actual events
occurred long before they were
born though in some instances -
such as Victor McLagen or
Donald Crisp - actors who did
indeed serve in Queen Victoria's
forces before being seconded to
the very different world of the
silver screen.
| The 1990's |
| Heath Ledger as Harry Feversham The Four Feathers 2002 |
| Wes Bentley as Capt. Jack Durrance The Four Feathers 2002 |
| Trevor Howard as Lord Cardigan The Charge of the Light Brigade 1968 |
| The British square at Abu Klea The Four Feathers 2002 |
| Stanley Baker as Lt. John Chard R.E. Zulu 1964 |
| The 1970's |
| Malcolm McDowell as Captain Harry Flashman Royal Flash 1975 |
| The 1950's |
| Rock Hudson as Capt. Jeffrey Claybourne Bengal Brigade 1954 |
| The British Square The Four Feathers 1929 |
| James Booth as Private Hook "Hookie" Zulu 1964 |
| Spencer Tracy as Henry Morton Stanley Stanley and Livingstone 1939 |
| Patrick Bergin as Captain Sir Richard Francis Burton and Iain Glen as Lt. John Speke Mountains of the Moon 1990 |
| The 2000's |
| Simon Ward as Winston Churchill and Sir John Mills as Horatio Herbert Kitchener Young Winston 1972 |
| Preston Foster as Sergeant Jim Brett North West Mounted Police 1940 |
| Peter Sellers as Gen. Leo FitzJohn Waltz of the Toreadors 1962 |
| Cary Grant as Sgt. Archibald Cutter and Victor McLaglen as Sgt. 'Mac' MacChesney Gunga Din 1939 |
| Dennis Morgan as John Keith/Sgt. Derry Connison Rivers Edge 1940 |
| The 1980's |
| Bo Derek as Jane Parker Tarzan, the Ape Man 1981 |
| Edward Underdown as Col. William Hicks Khartoum 1966 |
| Norman Pierce as Sergeant Brown The Four Feathers 1939 |
| Omdurman The Four Feathers 1939 |
| Charlton Heston as Gen Charles Gordon and Richard Johnson as Col. J.D.H. Stewart Khartoum 1966 |
Lord Cardigan: "I shall have you arrested. You *are* arrested. Go to your quarters, sir, and be arrested!"
From Tony Richardson's 1968 production of "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
From Tony Richardson's 1968 production of "The Charge of the Light Brigade"
Sgt. Thomas 'Tommy' Ballantine: You displease me greatly, and I ignore the both of you.
From the 1939 production of Gunga Din.
From the 1939 production of Gunga Din.
| Errol Flynn as Major Geoffrey Vickers and Donald Crisp as Colonel Campbell The Charge of the Light Brigade 1936 |
| Charlton Heston as Gen. Charles Gordon Khartoum 1966 |
| Cyril MacLaglen as John Kennedy Balaclava (Jaws of Hell) 1928 |
| Richard Arlen as Lt. Harry Faversham and Fay Wray as Ethne Eustace The Four Feathers 1929 |
| Michael Caine as Peachy Carnehan and Sean Connery as Daniel Dravot The Man Who Would be King 1975 |
| Edward Woodward as Lt. Harry "Breaker" Morant Bryan Brown as Lt. Peter Handcock Lewis Fitz-Gerald as Lt. George Witton Breaker Morant 1980 |
| Shirley Temple as Priscilla 'Winkie' Williams and Victor McLaglen as Sgt. Donald MacDuff Wee Willie Winkie 1937 |
| Winter in the Crimea Victoria the Great (60 Glorious Years) 1937 |
| David Niven as Sir Arthur Robertson 55Days at Peking 1963 |
| Robert Newton as Private Bill Sykes Soldiers Three 1951 |
| Drummer William Quinnell 1 & 2 /East Surrey Regiment Shanghai, China c. 1939 |
This section showcases a
remarkable archive of 45
photographs taken from a photo
album once owned by William
Quinnell of the East Surrey
Regiment and record the 1938
filming of Zoltan Korda’s classic
production of The Four Feathers.
None of these images have been
published before to the best of my
knowledge.
I have been unable to uncover
much about Quinnell himself
mainly due to the time period
during which he served.
remarkable archive of 45
photographs taken from a photo
album once owned by William
Quinnell of the East Surrey
Regiment and record the 1938
filming of Zoltan Korda’s classic
production of The Four Feathers.
None of these images have been
published before to the best of my
knowledge.
I have been unable to uncover
much about Quinnell himself
mainly due to the time period
during which he served.