C. Aubrey Smith

C. Aubrey Smith is pure cinematic romance to me. Imagine a Victorian-born Cambridge man who played Test cricket for England, then reinvented himself in Hollywood as the definitive officer-and-gentleman. Best of all, he gathered the British expat actors into a cricket club and baffled the locals while doing it. I find that blend of dignity and mischief irresistible. A knighthood, a CBE, and a Walk of Fame star bracket a life lived on his own unhurried terms. We celebrate reinvention as a modern idea, yet here is a man who did it a century ago with impeccable manners. I admire him without reservation.

Sir Charles Aubrey Smith (21 July 1863 – 20 December 1948) was an English test cricketer and actor of stage and screen. During his acting career, he acquired a niche as the officer-and-gentleman type, as in the first sound version of The Prisoner of Zenda (1937). In Hollywood, he organised British actors into a cricket team, much intriguing local spectators.

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Name (English)

C. Aubrey Smith

Name (Japanese)

C・オーブリー・スミス

Reading

C・おーぶりー・すみす

Born

July 21, 1863 – December 20, 1948

Zodiac / Chinese zodiac

Cancer / Boar

Origin

London, United Kingdom

Blood type

Private

Height

Private

Agency

Private

Occupation

cricketer / stage actor / film actor / actor

Elementary school

Private

Junior high

Private

High school

Private

University

St John's College

Awards & achievements

• 1938 Commander of the Order of the British Empire
• 1944 Knight Bachelor
• 1960 star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

Spouse

Private

Children

Private

Parents

Private

Siblings

Private

Motto

Private

• Wikipedia (Japanese)https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/C%E3%83%BB%E3%82%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%96%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%83%BB%E3%82%B9%E3%83%9F%E3%82%B9

Tags

• cricketer
• stage actor
• film actor

Last updated

2026-06-02

Facts are limited to publicly available information up to 2024; non-public items are marked "Private / Unknown". English text is machine-assisted (facts translated by Sonnet, "My Take" written by Opus 4.8). The Japanese page is the source of record.