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Alexander Gauge

Acting Born Jul 29, 1914 Wenchow, China 24 credits

Biography

Alexander Gauge was a British actor best known for playing Friar Tuck in The Adventures of Robin Hood from 1955 to 1959. Born in a Methodist Mission station in Wenzhou in China, Gauge was a well-known English character actor. Gauge attended school in California before moving to England.

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Known for

Film

The Replacements

as Friar Tuck

The Count of Monte Cristo

1956

Sherlock Holmes

1954

The Third Man

1959

The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel

as Prince of Wales

Full filmography

  • The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955) as Friar Tuck
  • The Count of Monte Cristo (1956)
  • Sunday Night Theatre (1950) as Señor Gonzales
  • Sherlock Holmes (1954)
  • The Third Man (1959)
  • The Adventures of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1955) as Prince of Wales
  • The Iron Petticoat (1956) as Senator Howley
  • The Green Man (1956) as Chairman
  • The Pickwick Papers (1952) as Tracy Tupman
  • The Square Ring (1953) as 2nd Wiseacre
  • Take Me As I Am (1960) as Chalmers
  • Martin Luther (1953) as Tetzel
  • Penny Princess (1952) as MacNabb the Lawyer (uncredited)
  • No Smoking (1955) as Wellington-Simpson
  • Will Any Gentleman...? (1953) as Mr. Billing
  • Fast and Loose (1954) as Claude Hankin, M.P.
  • Mother Riley Meets the Vampire (1952) as Police Constable (uncredited)
  • Tiger by the Tail (1955) as Fitzgerald
  • The Passionate Stranger (1957) as MC at Dance
  • The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull (1959)
  • The Interrupted Journey (1949) as Jerves Wilding
  • The Great Game (1953) as Ben Woodhall
  • The Golden Link (1954) as Arnold Debenham
  • House of Blackmail (1953) as John Markham