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Walter R. Booth

Walter R. Booth

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

Secrets of British Animation
Secrets of British Animation
2018 • Self (archive Footage)
Comedy Cartoons
Comedy Cartoons
1907 • The artist
The Hand of the Artist
1906
A Lively Quarter Day
A Lively Quarter Day
1906 • The conjurer
Artistic Creation
Artistic Creation
1901 • The cartoonist
Undressing Extraordinary
1901
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
1899 • Professor of spiritualism

Full filmography

Secrets of British Animation
Secrets of British Animation
2018 • Self (archive Footage)
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Comedy Cartoons
Comedy Cartoons
1907 • The artist
View movie
A Lively Quarter Day
A Lively Quarter Day
1906 • The conjurer
View movie
Artistic Creation
Artistic Creation
1901 • The cartoonist
View movie
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
1899 • Professor of spiritualism
View movie
Walter R. Booth – Biography, Known For & Filmography