Desmond Tester
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- February 17, 1919, London, England
- Died
- December 31, 2002
- Movies
- 11
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Desmond Tester (17 February 1919 – 31 December 2002) was an English and Australian film actor and television actor, host and executive. He was born in London, England. Among his most notable roles was that of the ill-fated boy Stevie in the Alfred Hitchcock film Sabotage (1936).
Tester made his first stage appearance at the age of 12, receiving positive reviews from London critics. He was known more as a child actor in film in his native England. Tester's characters often met with doomed fates, in such early films as Carol Reed's Midshipman Easy (1935), Tudor Rose (1936), The Stars Look Down (1939), and Sabotage. He also appeared in The Drum (1938).
Best-Known Movies
Filmography
| 1984 | The Wild Duck | Elderly Guest |
| 1974 | Barry McKenzie Holds His Own | Marcel Escargot |
| 1947 | The Turners of Prospect Road | Nicky |
| 1940 | An Englishman's Home | Billy Brown |
| 1940 | The Stars Look Down | Hughie Fenwick - Davey's brother |
| 1938 | The Drum | Bill Holder |
| 1937 | Non-Stop New York | Arnold James |
| 1936 | Sabotage | Stevie - Her Young Brother |
| 1936 | Tudor Rose | Edward VI |
| 1936 | The Beloved Vagabond | Asticot |
| 1935 | Midshipman Easy | Gossett |
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