Wallace Bosco was born 31st January 31, 1880 in London. In addition to his acting career which spanned 6 decades from the silent film era through to the mid 1960’s he was also a writer.
The first film that he appeared in was in the 1913 version of Ivanhoe where he played the role of Sir Cedric, Ivanhoe’s father. During the silent era he literally appeared in dozens of films – just a few of them are The Two Roads 1913, Saved from the Sea 1920, The House of Peril 1922, Rob Roy 1922, The School for Scandal 1923 (he appeared again in The School for Scandal in the 1930’s talkie version), The Fair Maid of Perth 1923, Whispering Gables 1927, Balaclava 1928, The Man Who Changed His name 1928 – his final one being in The Dizzy Limit released in 1930.
Other films that he went on to appear in include; , The Wickham Mystery 1932, Dark Journey 1937, as Ted Holmes in 1941’s Ghost Train, as the ARP Worker in Canterbury Tales 1944, Brief Encounter 1945, The Small Back Room 1949, The Constant Husband 1955, A Night to Remember 1958, Village of the Damned 1960, The Day the Earth Caught Fire 1961, Carry on Regardless 1961 – he played the part of the Old Man in the Ruby Room, Murder at the Gallop 1963, and Repulsion in 1965.
In 1938 he had a minor role in Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes – he played the uncredited part of a Guest (see rear of picture) staying at Gasthof Petrus – the same hotel that Charters and Caldicott got stranded at in Bandrika.
He died in 1973 in Richmond upon Thames, Surrey, England