

Walter R. Booth
Director · Actor · WriterWalter Robert Booth (12 July 1869 – 1938) was a British magician and early pioneer of British film working first for Robert W. Paul and then Charles Urban mostly on "trick" films, where he pioneered techniques that led to what has been described as the first British animated film, The Hand of the Artist (1906).
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FILMOGRAPHY
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Secrets of British Animation
2018
Self (archive Footage)

Comedy Cartoons
1907
The artist
- The Hand of the Artist
The Hand of the Artist
1906

A Lively Quarter Day
1906
The conjurer
- Undressing Extraordinary
Undressing Extraordinary
1901

Artistic Creation
1901
The cartoonist

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
1899
Professor of spiritualism
DIRECTOR40

The Jester's Joke
1912
Director
- Paper Cuttings
Paper Cuttings
1912
Director
- The Automatic Motorist
The Automatic Motorist
1911
Director
- The Aerial Anarchists
The Aerial Anarchists
1911
Director

Animated Putty
1911
Director

The Aerial Submarine
1910
Director
- The Electrical Vitalizer
The Electrical Vitalizer
1910
Director

The Airship Destroyer
1909
Director
- Animated Cotton
Animated Cotton
1909
Director
- Willie's Magic Wand
Willie's Magic Wand
1907
Director

The Sorceror's Scissors
1907
Director
- The Baffled Burglar
The Baffled Burglar
1907
Director
- Diabolo Nightmare
Diabolo Nightmare
1907
Director
- When the Devil Drives
When the Devil Drives
1907
Director
- The Waif and the Statue
The Waif and the Statue
1907
Director
- A Juvenile Scientist
A Juvenile Scientist
1907
Director

Comedy Cartoons
1907
Director
- The Magical Press
The Magical Press
1907
Director

The '?' Motorist
1906
Director
- The Hand of the Artist
The Hand of the Artist
1906
Director

An Extraordinary Cab Accident
1903
Director

Pocket Boxers
1903
Director

Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Descent
1903
Director

Captain Deasy's Daring Drive, Ascent
1903
Director

The Extraordinary Waiter
1902
Director

Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost
1901
Director

The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant
1901
Director

An Over-Incubated Baby
1901
Director

The Magic Sword
1901
Director
- Undressing Extraordinary
Undressing Extraordinary
1901
Director

Artistic Creation
1901
Director

The Waif and the Wizard
1901
Director

The Haunted Curiosity Shop
1901
Director

The Devil in the Studio
1901
Director

A Railway Collision
1900
Director
- Chinese Magic
Chinese Magic
1900
Director
- The Last Days of Pompeii
The Last Days of Pompeii
1900
Director
- Plucked From The Burning
Plucked From The Burning
1900
Director

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
1899
Director

The Miser's Doom
1899
Director





