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• 1905-03-18

Robert Donat (born Friedrich Robert Donat) was a star English film and stage actor. He is best remembered for his roles in The 39 Steps (1935) and Goodbye, Mr. Chips (1939), the latter which earned him a Best Actor Academy Award.

• 1918-08-10

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Margaret Johnston  (10 August 1914, Sydney, Australia – 19 June 2002, Kingston upon Thames, England) was an Australian-born British actress. Johnston was most widely admired for her stage performances, but also appeared in 12 films and a handful of TV product

• 1926-01-15

Maria Margarethe Anna Schell (15 January 1926, Vienna – 26 April 2005, Preitenegg, Carinthia) was an Austrian/Swiss actress, who won the Volpi Cup for Best Actress at the Venice Film Festival in 1956 for Gervaise.The daughter of a Swiss author and an Austrian actress, she was the older sister of a

• 1915-05-19

Dorothy Renée Ascherson, known professionally as Renée Asherson, was an English actress. Much of her theatrical career was spent in Shakespearean plays, appearing at such venues as the Old Vic, the Liverpool Playhouse, and the Westminster Theatre. Her first stage appearance was on 17 October 1935,

• 1923-08-29

Richard Samuel Attenborough, Baron Attenborough, Kt, CBE (29 August 1923 – 24 August 2014) was an English actor, filmmaker, entrepreneur, and politician. He was the President of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA) and the British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA). Attenborough joine

• 1909-10-19

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaRobert Beatty (19 October 1909 – 3 March 1992) was a Canadian actor who worked in film, television and radio for most of his career and was especially known in the UK.Description above from the Wikipedia article Robert Beatty, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list

• 1901-10-13

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.Edward Chapman (13 October 1901 - 9 August 1977) was an English actor who starred in many films and television programmes, but is chiefly remembered as Mr. Wilfred Grimsdale, the officious superior and comic foil to Norman Wisdoms character of Pitkin in many of

• 1915-11-01

John Michael Terence Wellesley Denison CBE (1 November 1915 – 22 July 1998) was a noted English actor.Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Denison, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

• 1928-01-06

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Joan Dowling (6 January 1928 – 31 March 1954) was an English character actress. Description above from the Wikipedia article Joan Dowling, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

• 1905-08-09

Leo John Genn (9 August 1905 – 26 January 1978) was an English actor and barrister. Signified by his relaxed charm and smooth, black velvet voice, he had a lengthy career in theatre, film, television, and radio; often playing aristocratic or gentlemanly, sophisticate roles.Born to a Jewish family

• 1912-05-23

Marius Re Goring CBE FRSL (23 May 1912 – 30 September 1998) was an English stage and screen actor. He is the son of Dr Charles Buckman Goring, a renowned physician and criminologist, and Kate Winifred (née MacDonald), a former suffragette and talented pianist. Marius Goring was educated at The Pe

• 1910-02-10

Joyce Irene Grenfell OBE (née Phipps; 10 February 1910 - 30 November 1979) was an English comedian, singer and actress.

• 1891-12-16

John Robertson Hare, OBE (17 December 1891 – 25 January 1979) was an English actor, who came to fame in the Aldwych farces. He is remembered by modern audiences for his performances as the Archdeacon in the popular BBC sitcom, All Gas and Gaiters.Short in stature and of unheroic appearance, Hare m

• 1908-01-08

William Henry Hartnell (8 January 1908 – 23 April 1975), also known as Billy Hartnell or Bill Hartnell, was an English actor. Hartnell played the first incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who, from 1963 to 1966. He was also known for his roles as Sergeant Grimshaw, the title character of the first

• 1906-08-05

Joan Bogle Hickson, OBE (5 August 1906 – 17 October 1998) was an English actress of theatre, film and television. She was known for her role as Agatha Christies Miss Marple in the television series Miss Marple. As well as portraying Miss Marple on television, Hickson also narrated a number of Miss

• 1911-05-28

Dame Thora Hird, DBE was an English actress and comedian of stage and screen, presenter and writer. In a career spanning over 70 years, she appeared in more than 100 film and television roles, becoming a household name and a British institution.

• 1911-10-03

Sir Michael Murray Hordern (3 October 1911 – 2 May 1995) was an English actor, knighted in 1983 for his services to the theatre, which stretched back to before the Second World War.Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael Hordern, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on W

• 1892-04-22

Jack Hulbert was an English actor. After a very successful career on the stage he made his debut was in Elstree Calling; in 1930, in which he appeared with his wife, Cicely Courtneidge. He made his last appearance in the Lulu-vehicle The Cherry Picker in 1974.He was the brother of actor Claude Hulbe

• 1913-05-08

Sid James (born Solomon Joel Cohen; 8 May 1913 – 26 April 1976) was a South African-born English-based actor and comedian. He made his name as Tony Hancocks co-star in Hancocks Half Hour and also starred in the popular Carry On films. He was known for his trademark dirty laugh and lascivious perso

• 1923-10-05

Glynis Johns (October 5, 1923 - January 4, 2024) was a South African-born British actress, dancer, musician and singer. Born in Pretoria, South Africa, while her parents were on tour, she is best known for originating the role of Desiree Armfeldt in A Little Night Music on Broadway, for which she wo

• 1899-02-17

Father of actress Glynis Johns, who appeared with him in The Halfway House (1944) and The Sundowners (1960). Stocky, benevolent-looking Welsh character who became an unexpected star of British movies during WWII, then moved quickly into post-war supports, with one of his fondly-remembered parts bein

• 1920-06-12

Peter Geoffrey Francis Jones (12 June 1920 - 10 April 2000) was a distinguished British actor and radio personality known for his distinctive voice and narration. He gained recognition for his role as The Book in The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy, providing the voice of the eponymous guidebook in

• 1930-07-20

James Kenney was an English actor whose boyish charm found him regular film and stage roles throughout the 1950sNamed after his father, music hall comedian Horace Kenney, he chose to use his middle name James to avoid any confusion.By the late 1960s acting work had almost dried up and James Kenney c

• 1869-11-21

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaA.E. Matthews OBE (22 November 1869 – 25 July 1960) was an English actor who played numerous character roles on the stage and in film for eight decades.Description above from the Wikipedia article A. E. Matthews,licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributor

• 1907-09-27

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopediaBernard James Miles, Baron Miles, CBE (27 September 1907–14 June 1991) was an English character actor, writer and director. He opened the Mermaid Theatre in London in 1959, the first new theatre opened in the City of London since the 17th century.Miles was born

• 1918-03-14

McCallums father, John Neil McCallum Sr., was a theatre owner and entrepreneur, who built and for many years ran the 2,000 seat Cremorne Theatre on the banks of the Brisbane River. After emigrating from Scotland, McCallum Snr. became an accomplished musician, and was soon heavily involved in Brisban

• 1907-05-22

Laurence Kerr Olivier, Baron Olivier, OM (22 May 1907 – 11 July 1989) was an English actor and director who, along with his contemporaries Ralph Richardson, Peggy Ashcroft and John Gielgud, dominated the British stage of the mid-20th century. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing

• 1897-09-02

Cecil Parker (3 September 1897 – 20 April 1971) was an English character and comedy actor with a distinctive husky voice, who usually played supporting roles in his 91 films made between 1928 and 1969.Born Cecil Schwabe in Hastings, Sussex, he began his theatrical career in London in 1922 after se

• 1901-07-13

Eric Portman (13 July 1901, Akroydon, Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire - 7 December 1969, St Veep, Cornwall) was a distinguished English stage and film actor. He is probably best remembered for his roles in several films for Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger during the 1940s.Description above f

• 1915-06-23

Dennistoun Franklyn John Rose Price (23 June 1915 – 6 October 1973) was an English actor, best remembered for his role as Louis Mazzini in the classic Ealing Studios film Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949) and for his portrayal of the omnicompetent valet Jeeves in 1960s television adaptations of P. G

• 1938-12-14

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Thora Janette Scott (born 14 December 1938) is an English actress. She was born in Morecambe, England. She is the daughter of actors Jimmy Scott and Thora Hird. She started her acting career as a child actress, known as Janette Scott, and became a popular leadi

• 1903-06-08

Ronald Alfred Shiner (8 June 1903 in London – 29 June 1966 in London) was a British stand-up comedian and comedic actor whose career encompassed film, West End theatre and music hall. A former Royal Northwest Mounted Police Officer, farmer, greengrocer, milkman, bookies clerk, soldier and film ext

• 1922-08-23

The accomplished character actress Marianne Stone had the distinction of being the most prolific actress in the UK, appearing in over 200 films, an achievement that earned her a place in the latest Guinness Book of World Records as the actress with the most screen credits. She has also been hailed i

• 1894-04-23

Basil Sydney (23 April 1894 – 10 January 1968) was an English stage and screen actor. Sydney made his name in 1915 in the London stage hit Romance by Edward Sheldon, with Broadway star Doris Keane, and he costarred with Keane in the 1920 silent film of the play. The couple married in 1918, and whe

• 1879-01-14

Ernest Thesiger, CBE, was an English stage and screen actor. He is best known for his distinctive performance as Dr. Septimus Pretorius in James Whales 1935 film The Bride of Frankenstein.

• 1917-05-07

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.David Cecil MacAlister Tomlinson (7 May 1917 – 24 June 2000) was an English film actor. He is primarily remembered for his roles as authority figure George Banks in Mary Poppins, fraudulent magician Professor Emelius Browne in Bedknobs and Broomsticks and as h

• 1905-11-26

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.George Emlyn Williams, CBE (26 November 1905 – 25 September 1987), known as Emlyn Williams, was a Welsh dramatist and actor.Description above from the Wikipedia article Emlyn Williams, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

• 1917-03-12

Georgette Lizette Googie Withers CBE, AO was a British entertainer who had a lengthy career in theatre, film, and television.