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Malcolm Keen (8 August 1887 – 30 January 1970) was an English actor.〔http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/17106〕 Born in Bristol, Gloucestershire, Keen was an early collaborator with the director Alfred Hitchcock, starring in his silent films ''The Mountain Eagle'', ''The Lodger'' and ''The Manxman''. In April 1927, Keen appeared in ''Packing Up'', a short film made in the DeForest Phonofilm sound-on-film process. The film also featured Mary Clare and was directed by Miles Mander. Keen was the father of actor Geoffrey Keen, and the two both played Iachimo in ''Cymbeline'' opposite Peggy Ashcroft: Malcolm at the Old Vic in 1932, Geoffrey at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre in 1957. Keen played ''the Caliph'' in a production of James Elroy Flecker's ''Hassan'' at His Majesty's Theatre in London in 1923. Incidental music for the play was by Frederick Delius, and the ballet in the House-of-the-Moving Walls was created by Fokine. Also in the cast, Henry Ainley as Hassan, Isabel Jeans as Yasmin.〔Fabia Drake, Blind Fortune , ISBN 0-7183-0455-1 p. 50-51〕 Keen's theatre credits include ''Man and Superman'' in 1947 at the Alvin Theatre in New York, ''The Enchanted'' at the Lyceum Theatre in New York in 1950, ''Romeo and Juliet'' at the Broadhurst Theatre in New York in 1951, and ''Much Ado About Nothing'' at the Lunt-Fontanne Theatre, also in New York. ==Selected filmography== * ''The Lost Chord'' (1917) * ''The Skin Game'' (1921) * ''A Bill of Divorcement'' (1922) * ''The Mountain Eagle'' (1927) * ''The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog'' (1927) * ''The Manxman'' (1929) * ''Jealousy'' (1931) * ''Whispering Tongues'' (1934) * ''Dangerous Ground'' (1934) * ''The Night of the Party'' (1935) * ''The Lonely Road'' (1936) * ''The Great Mr. Handel'' (1942) * ''Lorna Doone'' (1951) * ''Kind Lady'' (1951) * ''The Mating Season'' (1951) * ''Dick Turpin's Ride'' (1951) * ''Rob Roy, the Highland Rogue'' (1953) * ''I Accuse!'' (1957) * ''The Birthday Present'' (1957) * ''Fortune Is a Woman'' (1957) * ''Operation Amsterdam'' (1959) * ''Francis of Assisi'' (1961) * ''Two and Two Make Six'' (1962) * ''Life for Ruth'' (1962) 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Malcolm Keen」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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