Walter R. Booth
Worcester, England, UK

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).

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Paper Cuttings (1912)
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The Jester's Joke (1912)
Director
The Aerial Anarchists (1911)
Director
The Automatic Motorist (1911)
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Animated Putty (1911)
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The Aerial Submarine (1910)
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The Electrical Vitalizer (1910)
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Animated Cotton (1909)
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The Airship Destroyer (1909)
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A Juvenile Scientist (1907)
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The Sorcerer's Scissors (1907)
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Diabolo Nightmare (1907)
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The Baffled Burglar (1907)
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Willie's Magic Wand (1907)
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The Waif and the Statue (1907)
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When the Devil Drives (1907)
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Comedy Cartoons (1907)
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The '?' Motorist (1906)
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The Hand of the Artist (1906)
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An Extraordinary Cab Accident (1903)
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Pocket Boxers (1903)
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The Extraordinary Waiter (1902)
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Scrooge; or Marley's Ghost (1901)
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The Magic Sword (1901)
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Artistic Creation (1901)
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The Waif and the Wizard (1901)
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The Cheese Mites, or Lilliputians in a London Restaurant (1901)
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An Over-Incubated Baby (1901)
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Undressing Extraordinary (1901)
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The Haunted Curiosity Shop (1901)
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The Devil in the Studio (1901)
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Chinese Magic (1900)
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The Last Days of Pompeii (1900)
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A Railway Collision (1900)
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Upside Down; or, The Human Flies (1899)
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The Miser's Doom (1899)
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