Hugh Crumplin

born: 25 February 1889 Aliwal North [now Maletswai] South Africa

died: ? (age ?)

Bald, mustachioed South African-born actor, formerly a Captain in the Royal Field Artillery of the British Army during World War I, who acted in Hollywood pictures from 1925 through the early-mid 1930s, whereafter he returned to England. He was frequently cast in military roles (befitting with respect to his real-life experience in such) or as detectives and society men at upper-class social gatherings. Note: a death notice exists for a Cecil Walter Crumplin who passed away on 26 May 1969 in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. This would seem to be our Cecil Walter "Hugh" Crumplin, but unfortunately, the record does not give any further specifics beyond his name and his date and place of death. As such, I am treating this record with caution for the time being.

Real name: Cecil Walter Crumplin Height: 5'11½"

Films listed on this page: complete Hal Roach filmography.

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1926 Mama Behave Cafe Riskae patron 1926 Wife Tamers Sixty Club patron 1926 Madame Mystery Steward 1926 Mighty Like A Moose Party guest 1926 Bromo And Juliet Man backstage 1926 The Nickel-Hopper Crowd extra 1927 A One-Mama Man Ship passenger 1927 Sugar Daddies Hotel guest/ Dancer/ Fun House patron 1927 The Second 100 Years Dinner guest 1928 From Soup To Nuts Dinner guest 1928 Barnum & Ringling, Inc. Lobby guest 1931 The Pajama Party Party guest 1932 Young Ironsides Contest official 1933 Taxi Barons Dinner party guest Acknowledgements: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVS4-69KN (baptism record) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26JD-5ZJ (1918 marriage) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:26JD-2VY (1918 marriage, wife) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KZQX-PMM (1924 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:ZQ9G-8DW2 (1924 pass. index) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68GB-X8WS (1924 UK pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24XL-PM4 (1929 pass. list) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XCV9-K44 (1930 Census) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:68P4-ZMBN (1936 UK pass. list) Cecil W Crumplin, "1939 England and Wales Register" (Ancestry.com) https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPWJ-27BJ (death notice) [?] https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/380350865/ (Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep 1926) https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/932697627/ (Ventura Free Press, 14 Oct 1930) https://archive.org/details/ScreenGuildsMagApr1935/page/n18/mode/1up?q=%22hugh+crumplin%22&view=theater (Screen Guilds' Magazine, Apr 1935) https://www.ebay.com/itm/126358692022 (1930 contract for 'Raffles') [address given at bottom is same as one in 1930 Census] https://www.ebay.com/itm/126358691944 (1930 contract for 'The Devil to Pay!') https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?keyword=%22hugh+crumplin%22&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) https://www.newspapers.com/search/results/?keyword=%22cecil+w+crumplin%22&sort=paper-date-asc (Newspapers.com, search) https://archive.org/search?query=%22hugh+crumplin%22&sin=TXT&sort=date (Internet Archive, search) 1928 L.A. City Dir.: Crumplin Hugh actor h2494 Gower 1929 L.A. City Dir.: Crumplin Hugh h2494 Gower 1933 L.A. City Dir.: Crumplin C Walter (Gwendolyn) studiowkr h2453 N Beachwood dr 1934 L.A. City Dir.: Crumplin Hugh (Anna) actor h2535 N Beachwood dr Jesse Brisson (bio notes & research; identification in all films) Robert Demoss/The Lucky Corner (additional research and cast ledgers) This page was last updated on: 14 May 2026