Rockliffe St Patrick Fellowes (17 March 1884 – 28 January 1950), was a Canadian actor born in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. He starred in films such as Regeneration and Monkey Business.
Biography
Rockliffe St Patrick Fellowes was born in New Edinburgh, Ottawa, Ontario on St Patrick's Day 1884, a descendant of noted Canadian families. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Rockliffe Fellowes, and he had three brothers.
After following a business career for some years, he gave it up to go onto the stage in 1907 and later made his entry into films as the redemptive hero of Raoul Walsh's 1915 silent gangster film Regeneration. He appeared in over 60 films, mostly silents and is best remembered today for his role as gangster Joe Helton in Monkey Business (1931) starring the Marx Brothers.
Partial filmography
References
External links
- Rockliffe Fellowes at IMDb
- Rockliffe Fellowes at the Internet Broadway Database
- Rockcliffe Fellowes portraits (New York City Public Library, Billy Rose collection)
