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Gus McNaughton
Gus McNaughton
	in The 39 Steps (1935)
Born	29 July 1881; Hornsey, London, England
Died	18 November 1969 (aged 88); Castor, Cambridgeshire, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1930–1947
Spouse	Charlotte Poluski (? - ?)

Gus McNaughton (29 July 1881 – 18 November 1969), also known as Augustus Le Clerq and Augustus Howard,^[1]^[2] was an English film actor. He appeared in 70 films between 1930 and 1947. He was born in London and died in Castor, Cambridgeshire.^[3] He is sometimes credited as Gus MacNaughton.^[4] He appeared on stage from 1899, as a juvenile comedian with the Fred Karno company, the influential British music hall troupe. In films, McNaughton was often cast as the "fast-talking sidekick", and he appeared in several popular George Formby comedies of the 1930s and 1940s.^[5] He also appeared twice for director Alfred Hitchcock in both Murder! (1930) and The 39 Steps (1935).^[6]

Filmography

Comets (1930) - Himself
Murder! (1930) - Tom Trewitt (uncredited)
Children of Chance (1930) - H.K. Zinkwell
Lucky Girl (1932) - Hudson E. Greener
The Last Coupon (1932) - Lord Bedlington
The Maid of the Mountains (1932) - General Malona
His Wife's Mother (1932) - Joy
Money Talks (1932) - Solly Sax, Impresario
Radio Parade (1933) - Himself
Leave It to Me (1933) - Baxter
Heads We Go (1933) - Otis Dove
Crime on the Hill (1933) - Collins
Happy (1933) - Waller
The Love Nest (1933) - Fox
Their Night Out (1933) - Fred Simpson
Seeing Is Believing (1934) - Geoffrey Cooper
Master and Man (1934) - Blackmailer
The Luck of a Sailor (1934) - Official
There Goes Susie (1934) - Brammel
Spring in the Air (1934) - Max
Barnacle Bill (1935) - Jack Baron
Invitation to the Waltz (1935) - Valet
Royal Cavalcade (1935) - Workman
The 39 Steps (1935) - Commercial Traveller #1
Joy Ride (1935) - String
The Crouching Beast (1935)
Music Hath Charms (1935) - Goodwin
Not So Dusty (1936) - Nobby Clark
Keep Your Seats, Please (1936) - Max
Southern Roses (1936) - Parker
The Heirloom Mystery (1936) - Alfred Fisher
You Must Get Married (1936) - Bosun
Action for Slander (1937) - Tandy
Busman's Holiday (1937) - Alf Green
Strange Adventures of Mr. Smith (1937) - Will Smith / Black Patch
Storm in a Teacup (1937) - Horace Skirving
Keep Fit (1937) - Tom
South Riding (1938) - Tadman
Easy Riches (1938) - Joe Hicks
The Divorce of Lady X (1938) - Waiter
We're Going to Be Rich (1938) - Broderick
You're the Doctor (1938) - Kemp
Sidewalks of London (1938) - Arthur Smith
The Citadel (1938) - Tom Evans (uncredited)
Keep Smiling (1938) - Eddie Perkins (uncredited)
Q Planes (1939) - Blenkinsop
Trouble Brewing (1939) - Bill Pike
I Killed the Count (1939) - Martin
There Ain't No Justice (1939) - Alfie Norton
What Would You Do, Chums? (1939) - Harry Piper
Blind Folly (1940) - Professor Zozo
All at Sea (1940) - Nobby
That's the Ticket (1940) - Milkbar Monty
Two for Danger (1940) - Braithwaite
George and Margaret (1940) - Wolverton
Old Bill and Son (1941) - Alf
Facing the Music (1941) - Illusionist
Jeannie (1941) - Angus Whitelaw
South American George (1941) - George White
Penn of Pennsylvania (1942) - Ship's Mate
The Day Will Dawn (1942) - Army Sergeant
Let the People Sing (1942) - Ketley
Much Too Shy (1942) - Manager
Rose of Tralee (1942) - Gleeson
The Shipbuilders (1943) - Jim
Demobbed (1944) - Capt. Gregson
A Place of One's Own (1945) - P.C. Hargreaves
The Trojan Brothers (1946) - Frank
Here Comes the Sun (1946) - Barrett
The Turners of Prospect Road (1947) - Knocker
This Was a Woman (1948) - Vet Surgeon
Feature Story (1949)

Theatre

Darling, I Love You (1931)^[7]

References

^ Michael Kilgarriff (1998). Grace, Beauty & Banjos. Oberon. p. 245. ISBN 9781840021165.
^ Joseph F. Clarke (1977). Pseudonyms. BCA. p. 108.
^ "Gus McNaughton". BFI. Archived from the original on 11 July 2012.
^ "Gus McNaughton". hitchcock.zone.
^ Hal Erickson. "Gus McNaughton - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
^ "Gus McNaughton". aveleyman.com.
^ At the Bristol Hippodrome ( 9–14 February 1931), with Gus McNaughton, Eddie Childs, Sybil Woodruffe, Felice Lascelles, Phyllis Palmer, Kenneth Berrell, Hawes Cowan, Beryl Adair, Jack McNaughton.