The British actor has made only half a
dozen films. His role as Christ in From the Manger
to the Cross changed his life.
After playing Christ, in From the
Manger to the Cross, Robert Henderson-Bland
confesses, "It is bathos to return to the ordinary
recital again and strange as it may seem, I feel that I
shall never be able to pick up my life where I dropped
it on the Hill of the World's Redemption." (From
the Manger to the Cross, p 72).
However, the
Englishman continued his career as an actor in the theater
and cinema. Between 1920 and 1921, he appeared in half a
dozen films. (see opposite).
He had a brilliant First World War. Within the 5th British
Army. In particular in the Somme and Ypres... Wounded in
France, in April 1918, he ended the war with the rank of
captain.
At the same time, Robert Henderson-Bland composed poems
that were published. We also owe him two autobiographical
books: From the Manger to the Cross (Hodder and
Stoughton, London, 1922), where he describes the shooting
of the film. And Actor, Soldier and Poet (Heath
Cranton Limited, London, 1939), where he repeats, almost
in full, the pages of his first book and where he tells us
the episodes of his military commitment.
Robert Henderson-Bland died on August 20, 1941, in London,
during a German air raid. He was 65 years old. He is
buried in East Finchley Cemetery in Westminster.
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In the cinema, we find Robert
Henderson-Bland in the credits of the following English
films: General Post (1920) by Thomas Bentley
(see above); Mr Gilfil's Love Story (1920) by
A.V. Bramble; A Cigarette Maker's Romance (1920)
by Tom Watts; Tangled Hearts (1920) by William
J. Humphrey and Gwyneth of the Welsh Hills
(1921) by F. Martin Thornton.
Internet Robert David Hyde dedicates a website to his
family with a chapter to his uncle Robert Henderson-Bland.
However, the
Englishman continued his career as an actor in the theater
and cinema. Between 1920 and 1921, he appeared in half a
dozen films. (see opposite).