Eric Maturin

Eric Bagot Maturin (30 May 1883 – 17 October 1957) was a British actor whose acting career began in 1905 and whose first film appearance was in 1919 during the era of silent movies.

Maturin was born in Nainital in India in 1883, the oldest of three sons born to Edith Emily (née Money; 1863-1945) and Colonel Frederick Henry Maturin (1848-1936) of the East Surrey Regiment, who married on 1 August 1882 at St Andrew's church in Darjeeling; the couple divorced in 1911. In 1901 Eric Maturin was recorded as an insurance office clerk. During World War I he served in the Royal Field Artillery from 1914 to 1918, reaching the rank of Lieutenant.

Maturin served in Mesopatamia for 11 months but he was invalided back to the UK in August 1917 suffering from neurasthenia. At a medical board in Norwich in November 1917 he was passed as fit for anti-aircraft defence duty but his condition returned and he was sent to a hospital in Birmingham in February 1918 for treatment. By June 1918 he was listed as unfit for further service and relinquished his commission, though retaining the honorary rank of lieutenant and permission to wear his uniform on occasions that necessitated it. He joined the Army again in 1940 following the outbreak of World War II.

Maturin's theatre appearances included roles in such Broadway productions as Love and the Man at the Knickerbocker Theatre (1905), Myself - Bettina at Daly's Theatre (1908), Leonard Ferris in Mid-Channel at the Empire Theatre (1910), and The Elder Son at the Playhouse Theatre (1914).

Other theatrical appearances included Will Ganton in The Great John Ganton at the Aldwych Theatre (1909), a private performance by the New Players of Oscar Wilde's Salome at the Royal Court Theatre (1911), Randall the Rotter in Heartbreak House (1921),Loyalties at St Martin's Theatre (1922),The Green Hat starring Tallulah Bankhead at the Adelphi Theatre (1925),Espionage at the Apollo Theatre (1935), I Killed the Count at the Whitehall Theatre (1937) and The Day After Tomorrow (1946), starring Phyllis Dare.

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