Frank Vosper was an old British character actor. He was found drowned in 1937 after going overboard on a ship. There was much press speculation at the time, including that he may have threatened to committ suicide if a beauty queen did not marry him.
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0903687/
Here are some articles about the case
http://trove.nla.gov.au/ndp/del/article/11055094
http://news.google.com/newspapers?ni...g=6307,1112636
http://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspap...0419.2.31.aspx