6 Best Yorke Sherwood Movies

By Vlad Zakh · September 2, 2026

Drama intense

Yorke Sherwood was a British character actor whose long Hollywood career ran from the silent era through the 1950s and took in dozens of period dramas and mysteries. Forever Amber claws a young woman to Charles II’s court, The Invisible Man’s Revenge uses an invisibility formula for vengeance, Devotion weaves the Bronte sisters’ romances into their writing, and 23 Paces to Baker Street has a blind playwright overhearing a kidnapping plot. The Man in Possession and The Cossacks round out the list.

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23 Paces to Baker Street (1956)

TMDB ★ 6.8

Yorke Sherwood features in this thriller about a blind playwright who overhears a kidnapping plot in a London pub and must convince others it's real.

Directed by Henry Hathaway · 1h 43m · Rated NR

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The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)

TMDB ★ 5.9

Yorke Sherwood appears in this horror about an escaped convict who discovers a formula for invisibility and uses it to exact revenge on those who wronged him.

Directed by Ford Beebe · 1h 18m

Where to watch

Rent or buy: Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home

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Devotion (1946)

TMDB ★ 6.6

Yorke Sherwood appears in this biopic where the Brontë sisters' complicated romantic lives unfold alongside the writing of their literary masterpieces.

Directed by Curtis Bernhardt · 1h 47m · Rated NR

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Forever Amber (1947)

TMDB ★ 6.0

Yorke Sherwood appears in this historical drama about a cunning young woman who claws her way from poverty to the court of King Charles II.

Directed by Otto Preminger · 2h 18m

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The Man in Possession (1931)

TMDB ★ 6.7

Yorke Sherwood appears in this comedy about a disgraced young man who takes a job as a bailiff's agent, only to fall for the woman whose home he must repossess.

Directed by Sam Wood · 1h 24m

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The Cossacks (1928)

TMDB ★ 6.1

Yorke Sherwood is in this silent drama about a Cossack warrior who struggles to prove his courage to his father and the woman he loves amid the Caucasus's brutal conflicts.

Directed by George W. Hill · 1h 32m

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Vlad Zakh

Vlad Zakh

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