
Walter R. Booth
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).
Filmography

Secrets of British Animation
as Self (archive Footage)
Secrets of British Animation
as Self (archive Footage)

Comedy Cartoons
as The artist
Comedy Cartoons
as The artist
The Hand of the Artist
The Hand of the Artist

A Lively Quarter Day
as The conjurer
A Lively Quarter Day
as The conjurer

Artistic Creation
as The cartoonist
Artistic Creation
as The cartoonist
Undressing Extraordinary
Undressing Extraordinary

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
as Professor of spiritualism
Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
as Professor of spiritualism