- Sønn?
Hytten, Edwin Christopher
Dates:
War Service:
Second Lieutenant EDWIN CHRISTOPHER HYTTEN of the 11th Battalion, Hampshire Regiment died on 12 November 1916 aged 26.
The London Gazette of 7 January 1916 announced that on 29 December 1915 he had been commissioned as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Hampshires. He had previously been serving as a private in the London Field Ambulance, RAMC.
He is buried in the churchyard at Loker near Ypres.
Location of Memorial:
He is remembered on the memorial in St Bartholomew’s church, Sydenham. He is also commemorated on the Sydenham, Forest Hill & District Tradesmens' WW1 War Memorial and the All Saints Church WW1 War Memorial.
Details:
He was born in Glasgow, the son of Edith Emmeline Hytten, of "Fairlawn," Addington Grove, Sydenham, and the late Christian Olaf Hytten.
Source:
Lewisham War Memorials by Local History and Archives Centre, Lewisham.
Etterkommer?
Olaf Hytten (3 March 1888, Glasgow – 11 March 1955, Los Angeles) was an Scottish film/screen actor.
He played minor and uncredited roles, in over 300 films between 1921 and 1955, often playing butlers. He also played in several horror movies.
He was born in Glasgow, Scotland. He died of a heart attack in his car in the 20th Century Fox Studio Parkin lot. He was cremated at the Chapel of the Pacific in Woodlawn, Santa Monica.
His interment was located in Santa Monica's Woodlawn Cemetery. Woodlawn Memorial Cemetery is located at 1847 14th Street in Santa Monica, California.
Selected filmography:
Sonia (1921)
Demos (1921)
The Wonderful Story (1922)
Trapped by the Mormons (1922)
The Right to Strike (1923)
Out to Win (1923)
The White Shadow (1923) as Herbert Barnes
Whitewashed (1924) as Count de Rochefort
Kitty (1929)
A Study in Scarlet (1933) as Merrydews butler
Jane Eyre (1934)
Murder in the Private Car (1934) as A man who ask about radio
Journal Of A Crime (1934) as Victor, Butler
Girl o' My Dreams (1934) as Prof. E. Phlatt
Chateau (1934) as LaFarge
The Last Oupost (1935)
Metropolitan (1935) as Male modist
Bonnie Scotland (1935) as Scottish Recruit Sergeant
His Night Out (1935) as Butler
She Couldn't Take It (1935) as Van Dyke, Butler
Sylvia Scarlett (1935) as Customer Inspector
Becky Sharp (1935) as The Prince regent
The Last of the Mohicans (1936)
The House of a Thousand Candles (1936) as Sergeant
Casanova (1937)
The Good Earth (1937) as Liu, a corn dealer
California Straight Ahead! (1937)
I Cover the War (1937)
The Great Garrick (1937) as the Ambassador in Hamlet
Youth Takes a Fling (1938) as Denham's Butler
The Lone Wolf in Paris (1938)
Bluebeard's Eight Wife (1938)
A Christmas Carol (1938) as Schoolmaster (uncredited)
The Little Princess (1939) as a Pedestrian discussing the war
Allegheny Uprising (1939)
Television Spy (1939)
Mr. Smith Goes to Washington (1939)
The Great Commandment (1939) as Nathan
Our Neighbors - The Carters (1939) as the Butler
Drums of Fu Manchu (1940)
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1941)
All the World's a Stooge (1941)
Bedtime Story (1941)
The Wolfman (1941) as a Citizen
Eagle Squadron (1942)
Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror (1942)
Casablanca (1942) as the man at the bar being pickpocketed
The Ghost of Frankenstein (1942) as Hussman
Silent Witness (1943)
Oh, What a Night (1944)
Detective Kitty O'Day (1944)
House of Frankenstein (1944)
The Scarlet Claw (1944) as a Portier
Confidential Agent (1945) as Harry Bates
Alias Mr. Twilight (1946) as Eckles
Black Beauty (1946) as Mr. Gordon
Dressed to Kill / Sherlock Holmes (1946) as Alfred, auction house bookkeeper
Holiday in Mexico (1946)
Magnificent Doll (1946) as Blennerhassett
She-Wolf of London (1946) as Constable Albert
The Notorious Lone Wolf (1946) as Prince of Rapur
The Verdict (1946) as Sergent
Bells of San Angelo (1947) as Lionel Bates
If Winter Comes (1947) as Officer at Inquest
That Way with Women (1947) as Davis
The Ghost Goes Wild (1947) as Manservant
The Imperfect Lady (1947) as Majordom
The Private Affairs of Bel Ami (1947) as Keeper of the seals
Unconquered (1947) as Officer on Star of London
The Shanghai Chest (1948) as Bates, Armstrong's butler
A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1948) as first tailor
Challenge to Lassie (1949) as Reeves
That Forsyte Woman (1949) as Gallery Assistant in London
The Secret of St. Ives (1949) as Defense Officer
Kidnapped (1948) as The Red Fox
Fancy Pants (1950) as Stage Manager
Kim (1950) as Mr. Fairlee
Rogues of Sherwood Forest (1950) as Charcoal burner
Anne of the Indies (1951) as Commodore Harris
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951) as Prosecutor
Against All Flags (1952) as King William
Les miserables (1952) as Judge
Fort Ti (1953) as Governor
Perils of the Jungle (1953) as Mac
The Scarlet Coat (1955) as Maj. Andre's butler
Olaf Hytten:
Born on March 3, 1888 in Glasgow, Scotland, but is of Norwegian decent. Both in Great Britain and the United States, Hytten would appear in an incredible 280 films over 34 years.
Hytten, at age 33, started doing silent movies in Great Britain. In 1921, he left the British stage for films and appeared in his first movie called Demos. In 1924, Hytten came to the United States and appeared in his first American silent film, It is the Law. In 1929, he returned home to appear in the first talking picture made in Great Britain (the first half of the film was silent) Kitty based on the Warwick Deeping novel.
After making a few more silent movies in Great Britain, Hytten returned to Hollywood to do The Return of Dr. Fu Manchu in 1930. With a few exceptions, Hytten continued to receive small uncredited roles through the 1930's like the Platinum Blonde in 1931. In 1933, he received a credited role of Sir Joshua Reynolds in Berkeley Square, a movie about a young American man, Leslie Howard, who is transported back to London during the American Revolution and meets his ancestors (Howard earned an Academy Award nomination).
In 1934, Hytten appeared in 26 movies. Among them were The Mystery of Mr. X, The Moonstone playing Dr. Ezra Jennings, Bulldog Drummond Strikes Back, Mystery Liner playing Grimson's Assistant, Jane Eyre, British Agent playing Undersecretary Avery and Secret of the Chateau.
In 1935, Hytten was even busier appearing in an incredible 30 films. In one, he received a small role in The Last Outpost starring Claude Rains. Later, he played a butler in Anna Karenina starring Greta Garbo and Fredric March. He also appeared in Bonnie Scotland and Atlantic Adventure. The following year, he appeared in Lloyd's of London starring Tyrone Powers. Later, he portrayed King George II in the original Last of the Mohicans starring Randolph Scott and in Trouble For Two. In 1937, Hytten appeared in California Straight Ahead with a 30-year old John Wayne. Later that year, he appeared in another Wayne movie, I Cover the War. He also had a small role as a barber in Lancer Spy starring George Sanders and Peter Lorre and including other Casablanca actors Gregory Gaye (German banker) and Frank Puglia (Arab merchant). In 1938, Hytten received third billing in the mystery The Lone Wolf in Paris. Also that year, he appeared in The Adventures of Robin Hood starring Olivia DeHaviland, Errol Flynn and Claude Rains and A Christmas Carol starring Reginald Owen where he played young Ebenezer's schoolmaster.
In 1939, Hytten had the small role of Guy Kibbee's butler in Mr. Smith Goes to Washington which starred Claude Rains. Hytten portrayed many English butlers throughout his acting career. Later that year, he portrayed another butler in Television Spy which also had future Casablanca actor, Wolfgang Zilzer (man with expired papers). He also portrayed British general Thomas Gage in Allegheny Uprising staring John Wayne.
Hytten continued to receive small roles into the 1940's. In 1941, he received a role as a law clerk in the spy thriller Man Hunt starring Walter Pidgeon and Casablanca bit actor Ludwig Stössel (Mr. Leuchtag). Hytten also appeared in That Hamilton Women with Vivien Leigh and Lawrence Olivier (about Admiral Nelson and Lady Hamilton).
After a number of movies in 1943, a few in which he again plays a butler in, he receives a small role in Casablanca. Hytten has one scene in the bar a Rick's. He is talking to Curt Bois, the pickpocket, who is warning him about thieves and stealing his wallet at the same time.
In 1943, Hytten played a member of Parliament in Warner Bros.'s controversial film Mission to Moscow starring Walter Huston and including Casablanca actors Puglia, Helmut Dantine (Jan Brandel), Louis V. Arco (conspirator), Monte Blue (American), Oliver Blake (waiter in Blue Parrot), Gino Corrado (waiter), Jean Del Val (police radioman), Charles La Torre (Captain Tonnelli), Michael Mark (vendor) and Georges Renavent (conspirator). He also appeared as a pharmacist in Flesh and Fantasy starring Edward G. Robinson, Charles Boyer and Barbara Stanwyck.
The following year, Hytten appeared as a hotel clerk in The Scarlet Claw and as a villager in the classic National Velvet starring Elizabeth Taylor and including Casablanca actors Gerard Oliver Smith and Norman Varden.
In 1945, Hytten appeared in Confidential Agent starring Charles Boyer and Lauren Bacall and including other Casablanca actors Dan Seymour (Abdul) and Geoffrey Steele (Englishman at bar). He played Sidney Greenstreet's butler in Christmas in Connecticut starring Barbara Stanwyck and C.Z. Sakell. He appears early in the movie bring Greenstreet his mail. The following year, he again appeared in a Greenstreet movie when he received a small part in Three Strangers that also starred Peter Lorre and Geraldine Fitzgerald and Casablanca actor Leo White (Emil). Hytten plays a prison guard when Lorre is on death row. The following year, Hytten played Mr. Gordon in Black Beauty. He later appeared again with Sydney Greenstreet and Peter Lorre in the mystery thriller The Verdict along with other Casablanca actors White, Creighton Hale (dubious gambler) and Gerald Oliver Smith (pickpocketed Englishman).
Hytten continued to appear in films through the late 1940's, like Magnificent Doll starring Ginger Rogers, David Niven and Burgess Meredith in 1946. Later that year, Hytten and Torben Meyer (Dutch Banker) appeared in Alias Mr. Twilight. 1947 was a busy year for Hytten. He appeared in his fifth film featuring Sydney Greenstreet when he received a small part in That Way with Women. Also that year, Hytten played Lionel Bates in Bells of San Angelo starring Roy Rodgers, Dale Evans and Trigger. He followed this with an appearance in The Private Affairs of Bel Ami starring George Sanders and Angela Lansbury. Next, Hytten received a part as a butler in the drama The Imperfect Lady starring Ray Milland, Teresa Wright and Cedric Hardwicke. Hytten played an officer on the ship Star of London in Cecil B. DeMille's historical war drama Unconquered starring Gary Cooper, Paulette Goddard, Howard Da Silva and Boris Karloff (playing a Native American). He also had a part in If Winter Comes starring Walter Pidgeon, Deborah Kerr and Angela Lansbury.
Hytten appeared in four films in 1949; Hytten appeared in the romance drama That Forsyte Women starring Errol Flynn, Greer Garson and Walter Pidgeon, the musical comedy A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court starring Bing Crosby, The Secret of St. Ives which also had Jean Del Val and Challenge to Lassie starring Edmund Gwenn and, of course, Lassie.
In 1951, Hytten played Commodore Harris in the pirate adventure Anne of the Indies. The following year, Hytten played a judge in Les Miserables starring Michael Rennie. Later he played King William III of Great Britain (William and Mary) in the action adventure Against All Flags starring Errol Flynn and Maureen O'Hara.
Hytten's last two films were set during the period of Colonial America. In 1953, he played a British royal governor in Fort Ti (short for Fort Ticonderoga), starring George Montgomery, which was set during the French and Indian War. Two years later, he appeared in The Scarlet Coat which was set during the American Revolution. In this movie, he played British Major John Andre's butler (what else?). During the war, Andre, portrayed by Michael Wilding, was hanged by the American's as a spy.
Hytten became a staple minor character in many classic horror movies over his long career. In 1941, he appeared in two classic horror movies, the first playing Hobson in Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde starring Spencer Tracy and Ingrid Bergman followed by playing a villager in The Wolf Man starring Claude Rains and Bela Lugosi. The following year, he portrayed Hussman in another horror classic The Ghost of Frankenstein starring Lon Chaney Jr. and Cedric Hardwicke. Hytten appeared in another Lugosi film The Return of the Vampire in 1943. The next year, he appeared in The Invisible Man's Revenge and later as a bartender named Hoffman in House of Frankenstein starring Chaney and Boris Karloff. He played a constable in She-Wolf of London in 1946. Toward the end of his career in 1951, he appeared in The Son of Dr. Jekyll.
Hytten was also a staple character in five Sherlock Holmes' mystery starring Basil Rathbone and Nigel Bruce. In 1941, he played Admiral Sir John Prentiss in Sherlock Holmes and the Voice of Terror. Two years later, he appeared as Captain MacIntosh in Sherlock Holmes Faces Death. In 1945, he played a gunmaker named Simpson in Pursuit to Algiers and a valet in The Woman in Green. The next year, he appeared as a auction house bookkeeper named Alfred in the last of the Rathbone/Bruce Sherlock Holmes movies, Dressed to Kill.
One of Hytten's more moments came on television as the larcenous butler who participates in a scheme to drive Daily Planet editor Perry White crazy in the Great Caesar's Ghost episode of the TV series Adventures of Superman.
Hytten died of a heart attack in his car in the 20th Century Fox Studio Parking lot while filming Sir Walter Raleigh on March 11, 1955 just 8 days after his 67th birthday. He was cremated at the Chapel of the Pacific in Woodlawn, Santa Monica and his ashes are in storage in the Woodlawn Mausoleum in Woodlawn Cemetery.
Treasure of the Amazons (1955) as Professor Smythe
Great Caesar's Ghost (1955), cast member
|
1855 - 
[1, 2, 3]