Walter R. Booth

Biography

Walter 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).

Known For

Artistic Creation

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies

Secrets of British Animation

Comedy Cartoons

A Lively Quarter Day

All Movies (7)

• Secrets of British Animation2018 · as Self (archive Footage)
• Comedy Cartoons1907 · as The artist
• The Hand of the Artist1906
• A Lively Quarter Day1906 · as The conjurer
• Artistic Creation1901 · as The cartoonist
• Undressing Extraordinary1901
• Upside Down; or, The Human Flies1899 · as Professor of spiritualism