Career
He was born Harold Elliott Makeham in 1882 in London, England. Between 1931 and 1956, Makeham appeared, primarily in character roles, in 115 films and in 11 television productions. He played a small number of leading roles in the 1930"s, but was more regularly seen in cameos as harassed officials or henpecked husbands.
He died in London aged 73.