In later years, he successfully moved into supporting roles and appeared in numerous films directed by Frank Capra.

He appeared in the original 1937 version of Lost Horizon as Chang, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Henry Warner was born in St John's Wood, London, England in 1876, and educated at Bedford School.

His father, Charles Warner, was an actor, and although Henry initially thought about studying medicine, he eventually performed on the stage.

He appeared in the original 1937 version of Lost Horizon as Chang, for which he was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor.

Occasionally, Warner was seen in sinister roles as in the 1941 film version of The Devil and Daniel Webster, in which he played the ghost of John Hathorne.