Walter R. Booth

Born 12 July 1869 in Worcester, England, UK

Died 8 May 1938 (aged 68)

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).