Biography
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
Cast Credits

Secrets of British Animation
Character: Self (archive Footage)
MOVIE • 2018

Comedy Cartoons
Character: The artist
MOVIE • 1907
The Hand of the Artist
Character:
MOVIE • 1906

A Lively Quarter Day
Character: The conjurer
MOVIE • 1906

Artistic Creation
Character: The cartoonist
MOVIE • 1901
Undressing Extraordinary
Character:
MOVIE • 1901

Upside Down; or, The Human Flies
Character: Professor of spiritualism
MOVIE • 1899
Crew
Crew Credits

Paper Cuttings
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1912

The Jester's Joke
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1912
The Aerial Anarchists
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1911
The Automatic Motorist
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1911

Animated Putty
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1911

The Aerial Submarine
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1910
The Electrical Vitalizer
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1910
Animated Cotton
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1909

The Airship Destroyer
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1909
Diabolo Nightmare
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1907

When the Devil Drives
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1907

The Sorceror's Scissors
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1907
A Juvenile Scientist
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1907
Willie's Magic Wand
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1907
The Baffled Burglar
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1907

Comedy Cartoons
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1907
The Waif and the Statue
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1907

The '?' Motorist
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1906
The Hand of the Artist
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1906

An Extraordinary Cab Accident
Role: Director
MOVIE • 1903