[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
David Henry Aylott was born in London on February 7, 1995. Although known mostly for his work as a makeup artist he was also a prolific director and actor. He directed 345 films in his career. In 1921 he abandoned cinema for a certain period, returning to it in 1929. Along with his brother Eric Aylott, he co-founded Eylure of London, a British manufacturer of artificial eyelashes.
Aylott appeared in two silent British westerns “A Rake’s Romance” in 1909 and as a cowboy in “Twixt Red Man and White” in 1910.
AYLOTT, David (aka Dave Aylott) (David Henry
Aylott) [2/7/1885, London, England, U.K. – 10/31/1969, Hertfordshire,
England, U.K.] – director, writer, film actor, married to Anita Maria Celeste
Marchetti [1886-1948] (191?-1948) father of makeup artist David H. Aylott
(David Howard Aylott) [1914-1991], makeup artist Eric Aylott (Eric Victor
Aylott) [1916–1985], Irene Ada Aylott [1923-2000] and one other child, he founded
Brilliant Photoplays [1921] co-founded Eylure of London.
A Rake’s Romance – 1909
Twixt Red Man and White – 1910 (cowboy)
David Aylott died on Halloween night of 1969. He was 84 years old. Interesting fact.
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