Fletcher Lightfoot was born 14th October 1883 in Chester, England as Marcus Fletcher Rhodes Lightfoot and he started his film acting career when he appeared in 1929’s The Lure of the Atlantic.
In 1940 he appeared alongside Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne in Night Train to Munich where he played the part of the Ticket Collector (pictured).
He didn’t appear in film again until 1948; presumably military service during WW2 interrupted his casting career - in 1948 he appeared in Anna Karenina. Other notable films that he appeared in include; Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) – as a Peer of the Realm, Madness of the Heart (1949), Murder in the Cathedral (1951), Top of the Form (1953), Three Cases of Murder (1955), A Night to Remember (1958) and Expresso Bongo (1959).
He also appeared in a number of TV productions including; Quatermass II (1955), Quatermass and The Pit (1959), Zodiac (1966) and Theatre 625 (1966).
He died on February 24, 1969 in Hampstead, London, England.
In 1940 he appeared alongside Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne in Night Train to Munich where he played the part of the Ticket Collector (pictured).
He didn’t appear in film again until 1948; presumably military service during WW2 interrupted his casting career - in 1948 he appeared in Anna Karenina. Other notable films that he appeared in include; Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) – as a Peer of the Realm, Madness of the Heart (1949), Murder in the Cathedral (1951), Top of the Form (1953), Three Cases of Murder (1955), A Night to Remember (1958) and Expresso Bongo (1959).
He also appeared in a number of TV productions including; Quatermass II (1955), Quatermass and The Pit (1959), Zodiac (1966) and Theatre 625 (1966).
He died on February 24, 1969 in Hampstead, London, England.
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