Walter R. Booth

Birthplace: Worcester, England, UK

Biography

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).

Known For

The Magic Sword
The '?' Motorist
An Over-Incubated Baby
A Railway Collision
The Sorceror's Scissors
Artistic Creation
The Airship Destroyer
Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
The Aerial Submarine
Secrets of British Animation

Top Movie Credits

Secrets of British Animation Self (archive Footage)