Jennifer Aniston's 100 years before her birthday people.

1. Anthony Steel

Actor | The Master of Ballantrae

Known primarily in Britain for his many "matinée idol" roles during the 1950s, Anthony Steel is perhaps best remembered in Hollywood and elsewhere as the erstwhile husband of Anita Ekberg.

His career never really took off in Hollywood; at one point during his marriage to Ms. Ekberg, he was referred ...

2. David Knight

Actor | On Such a Night

David Knight was born on January 16, 1928 in Niagara Falls, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for On Such a Night (1956), A Story of David: The Hunted (1960) and Missiles from Hell (1958). He was married to Wendy McClure. He died on December 20, 2020.

3. Margo Lorenz

Actress | Matinee Theater

Margit Markus was born to Jewish parents, Erika Scharfstein (Austrian-British international contract bridge player, known as Rixi Markus; 1910-1992) and Salomon Markus, who had been a shoe-maker in Austria. Her parents' marriage was stormy and ended in divorce after a protracted legal battle. ...

4. James Robertson Justice

Actor | Chitty Chitty Bang Bang

James Robertson Justice was always a noticeable presence in a film with his large stature, bushy beard and booming voice. A Ph.D., a journalist, a naturalist, an expert falconer, a racing car driver, JRJ was certainly a man of many talents.

He entered the film industry quite late in life (37) after ...

5. Robert Beatty

Actor | 2001: A Space Odyssey

Robert Beatty graduated with a B.A. from the University of Toronto and started in amateur dramatics with the Hamilton Player's Guild. For a while, he made a living as a cashier for a gas and fuel company. In order to further hone his acting skills, he made his way to London in 1936 (on the advice of...

6. Isabel Dean

Actress | Sense and Sensibility

In a career spanning 50 years, Isabel Dean demonstrated talent and versatility while never fulfilling the great promise initially indicated. With large eyes and classically chiseled features, she became best known as an exponent of somewhat steely patrician ladies of elegance and breeding. That she...

7. Eunice Gayson

Actress | Dr. No

Eunice Gayson was an English actress best known for playing Sylvia Trench, James Bond's girlfriend in the first two Bond films (Dr. No and From Russia with Love). Originally, Gayson was to be cast as Miss Moneypenny, but that part went to Lois Maxwell instead.

Gayson was originally to have been a ...

8. Melissa Stribling

Actress | Dracula

Melissa Stribling was a Scottish actress from the seaside resort of Gourock. Her best known role was playing Mina Holmwood in "Dracula" (1958), based on the novel's Wilhelmina "Mina" Murray. Her version of Mina was depicted as a sexually frustrated housewife, who seems pleased with her encounters ...

9. Marie Lohr

Actress | Pygmalion

Marie Lohr was born on July 28, 1890 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Pygmalion (1938), Notorious Gentleman (1945) and South Riding (1938). She was married to Anthony Leyland Val Prinsep. She died on January 21, 1975 in London, England, UK.

10. Esma Cannon

Actress | Jassy

Legendary Australian character actress of the British screen, Miss Cannon was without doubt one of the best scene stealing actresses.

Her pixie like looks and extraordinary facial expressions made her a true favourite of many a British movie.

Without her appearances in many a 'Carry On..' film in the...

11. Lloyd Lamble

Actor | The Belles of St. Trinian's

Lloyd Lamble was born on February 8, 1914 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. He was an actor, known for The Belles of St. Trinian's (1954), The Invisible Man (1958) and Sex Through the Ages (1974). He was married to Lesley Jackson, Doris Barbara Smith and Marjorie Ellerton Barrett. He died on March...

12. Terence Alexander

Actor | Waterloo

To say that Terence Alexander, the distinguished British thespian, was hyperactive is a statement that borders on the understatement! Judge for yourself : born in 1923, following a short period when he considered becoming a priest, Alexander exercised the acting profession for six full decades and ...

13. Bernard Lee

Actor | Diamonds Are Forever

Best remembered as 'M' in the James Bond films, Bernard Lee was a popular character player in British films throughout the 1950s and 1960s. Born into a theatrical family, he made his stage debut at age six and later attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. He first appeared on the West End stage...

14. Harold Kasket

Actor | Moulin Rouge

Harold Kasket was born on July 26, 1926 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Moulin Rouge (1952), The 7th Voyage of Sinbad (1958) and Reluctant Bandit (1965). He was married to Esther Laredo. He died on January 20, 2002 in London, England, UK.

15. Jill Melford

Actress | I Want What I Want

Jill Melford came from a rich theatrical background. She was evacuated to America during World War Two and was educated at Gardner School and the Ballet Arts School, both of which are in New York. Her New York theatre debut came in 1949 when she appeared as a dancer in a production of 'Oklahoma!' ...

16. Megs Jenkins

Actress | The Innocents

An engineer's daughter, she had first planned on becoming a ballerina, using her original Christian name Muguette, but abandoned those plans by the age of 17 when she realized that her physique was more in keeping with her other first name, Megs. She trained in Liverpool at the School of Dancing ...

17. Gordon Harker

Actor | Inspector Hornleigh

Gordon Harker born in 1885 in London into a well-known family of theatrical artists, he first appeared on stage in 1903. Lugubrious, shifty cockney character who starred and supported in over 60 films his first film role as Major Kent in Harold M. Shaw 'General John Regan' starring Milton Rosmer ...

18. Arthur Howard

Actor | Moonraker

Born as Arthur John Stainer, he was the younger son of Ferdinand (Frank) Steiner and Lilian Blumberg. His brother was the film actor Leslie Howard and his sister the casting director Irene Howard. His uncle was the film director Wilfrid Noy. He married the actress Jean Compton Mackenzie (a daughter...

19. Jack Lambert

Actor | The Killers

American character actor specializing in tough guys and heavies. A native of Yonkers, New York. He worked on the Broadway stage and then became an increasingly familiar figure in Westerns and crime dramas, after World War II. Although almost as familiar a presence in films as his contemporaries ...

20. Jack Lambert

Actor | Eureka Stockade

Jack Lambert was born on December 29, 1899 in Ardrossan, Ayrshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for Eureka Stockade (1949), Nine Men (1943) and The Great Game (1953). He was married to Julia Wolfe. He died on March 13, 1976 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK.

21. Cyril Luckham

Actor | A Man for All Seasons

Cyril Luckham was born on July 25, 1907 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Man for All Seasons (1966), The Guardians (1971) and The Barchester Chronicles (1982). He was married to Violet Lamb. He died on February 8, 1989 in London, England, UK.

22. Michael Howard

Actor | A Sister to Assist 'Er

Michael Howard was born on March 4, 1916 in Holywell Green, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Sister to Assist 'Er (1948), Golden Rendezvous (1977) and Front Page Story (1954). He was married to Peggy Evans and Betty Kelly. He died on February 18, 1988 in London, England, UK.

23. William Franklyn

Actor | Top Secret

Debonair British actor at home on stage (since the age of 15), screen and TV. Initially, his roles tended to be dramatic but, by his 40s, he was increasingly playing tongue-in-cheek comedy parts. His smooth lounge-lizard voice has frequently been used for voice-overs on television advertisements (...

24. Russell Napier

Actor | A Night to Remember

Russell Napier was born on November 28, 1910 in Perth, Western Australia, Australia. He was an actor, known for A Night to Remember (1958), The Case of the Red Monkey (1955) and The Time Machine (1949). He was married to Lois Mary Caird Miller. He died on August 19, 1974 in Surbiton, Surrey, ...

25. Sidney James

Actor | Carry on Cleo

The star of the Carry On series of films, Sid James originally came to prominence as sidekick to the ground breaking British comedy actor Tony Hancock, on both radio and then television. Born in Johannesburg, South Africa and named Solomon Joel Cohen, James arrived in England in 1946, second wife ...

26. Barbara Leake

Actress | Kind Hearts and Coronets

Barbara Leake was born on May 14, 1903 in Hunstanton, Norfolk, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), Dead of Night (1945) and A Study in Terror (1965). She was married to Stafford Byrne. She died on August 18, 1991 in Chichester, Sussex, England, UK.

27. Douglas Ives

Actor | Brandy for the Parson

Douglas Ives was born on August 16, 1898 in Sheffield, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Brandy for the Parson (1952), The History of Mr. Polly (1959) and ITV Television Playhouse (1955). He died on March 6, 1969 in London, England, UK.

28. Charles Farrell

Actor | 7th Heaven

Popular Hollywood leading man of late silents and early talkies. He is best remembered for his teaming with Janet Gaynor in 12 screen romances between 1927 and 1934. He retired from films in the early 1940s, but TV audiences of the 1950s would see him as Gale Storm's widower dad in the popular ...

29. Andy Ho

Actor | Se tutte le donne del mondo... (Operazione Paradiso)

Andy Ho was born on July 2, 1913 in Singapore. He was an actor, known for Kiss the Girls and Make Them Die (1966), Swiss Family Robinson (1960) and The Avengers (1961). He died in January 1992 in London, England, UK.

30. Abraham Sofaer

Actor | The Naked Jungle

Born on October 1, 1896, in Rangoon, Burma, to Burmese-Jewish parents, and the son of a well-to-do merchant, distinguished veteran character actor Abraham Isaac Sofaer was a one-time schoolteacher in both Rangoon and London. He switched gears to acting after a short time and made his stage debut in...

31. Kenneth Kove

Actor | I compagni

Kenneth Kove was born on April 30, 1892 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Organizer (1963), The Great Game (1930) and Thark (1948). He died in December 1984 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.

32. Clifford Buckton

Actor | Detective Lloyd

Clifford Buckton was born on January 5, 1897 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Detective Lloyd (1932), Battle for Music (1943) and Someone at the Door (1939). He died on July 9, 1960 in Kensington, London, England, UK.

33. Jill Adams

Actress | The Green Man

Jill Adams (nee Siggins), was discovered while working as a model, having been asked to step in at the department store where she was an artist, when a model failed to show up. She was the daughter of Irish-American silent film actress Molly Adair, and New-Zealand writer, Arthur James Siggins (...

34. Edward Jewesbury

Actor | Richard III

Edward Jewesbury was born on August 6, 1917 in Marylebone, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Richard III (1995), Much Ado About Nothing (1993) and Henry V (1989). He was married to Christine Roberts. He died on March 31, 2001 in Esher, Surrey, England, UK.

35. Jim Tyson

Actor | St. Ives

Jim Tyson was born on September 2, 1912 in England, UK. He was an actor, known for St. Ives (1967), Pegasus (1969) and The Benny Hill Show (1955). He died on September 9, 1974 in England, UK.

36. Victor Harrington

Actor | Clegg

Extremely prolific and ubiquitous British background player Victor James Harrington was born on August 27, 1909 in Casal Paola, Malta. Harrington first began appearing in movies in uncredited minor roles in the mid-1930's. One of the most busy and tireless of British bit players, Victor could be ...

37. Martin Lyder

Actor | Sweet Beat

Martin Lyder was born on September 30, 1922 in Germany. He was an actor, known for Sweet Beat (1959), Rock You Sinners (1958) and The Rat Catchers (1966). He was married to Marion Shaw. He died on January 12, 2003 in Westminster, London, England, UK.

38. Chris Adcock

Actor | Treasure Island

British bit player Chris Adcock was born on April 7, 1922 in Rochdale, Lancashire, England. Adcock first began appearing in films in uncredited minor roles in the late 1940's. A husky fellow with a rough face and short dark hair, Chris was frequently cast as soldiers, sailors, or assorted working ...

39. Ernie Rice

Professional boxer and background player Ernie Rice was born John Tomasso on November 17, 1896 in Hull, Yorkshire, England. Rice was a professional boxer from 1911 to 1930: Throughout the course of his boxing career Rice participated in 83 fights altogether, with 50 wins, 28 losses, three no ...

40. Louis Matto

Actor | Glad Tidings!

Louis Matto was born on August 16, 1910 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Glad Tidings! (1953) and Softly Softly: Task Force (1969). He was married to Norah Mary Cox. He died on April 16, 1989 in Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK.

41. Gordon Humphris

Actor | Come Dance with Me

Gordon Humphris was born on April 22, 1921 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Come Dance with Me (1950), Miracle in Soho (1957) and Kaleidoscope (1946). He died on July 4, 2010 in Surrey, England, UK.

42. Anthony Faramus

Actor | The Colditz Story

Anthony Faramus is known for The Colditz Story (1955) and King Rat (1965).

43. Rex Garner

Actor | Shadow Squad

Rex Garner was born on January 31, 1921 in Wolverhampton, West Midlands, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for Shadow Squad (1957), Survivor (1987) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). He was married to Tammy Bonell. He died on May 17, 2015 in Havant, Hampshire, England, UK.

44. Lane Meddick

Actor | Flower of Evil

Lane Meddick was born on March 18, 1924 in Barry, Glamorgan, Wales, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Flower of Evil (1961), The Death Wheelers (1973) and Journey's End (1954). He died on January 1, 2017 in Binfield Heath, Berkshire, England, UK.

45. Katie Johnson

Actress | The Ladykillers

British character actress, on stage from 1894. Her many notable theatrical appearances include "Little Lord Fauntleroy" at the Prince's Theatre in Bristol, and, as Lady McClean, in "Escape Me Never" at the Apollo in London (1933) - a part she subsequently took to Broadway two years later. Until ...

46. Jack Warner

Actor | Boys in Brown

Jack Warner started acting with the Sutton Amateur Dramatics Club after the end of World War I. From 1935, performed in cabaret at the London West End as half of the double act of Warner & Darnell. In addition to starring as Dixon of Dock Green (1955), which ran for over 20 years, he achieved ...

47. Dirk Bogarde

Actor | The Servant

Sir Dirk Bogarde, distinguished film actor and writer, was born Derek Jules Gaspard Ulric Niven van den Bogaerde on March 28, 1921, to Ulric van den Bogaerde, the art editor of "The Times" (London) newspaper, and actress Margaret Niven in the London suburb of Hampstead. He was one of three children...

48. Peggy Evans

Actress | The Blue Lamp

Peggy Evans was born on January 10, 1921 in Sheffield, Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Blue Lamp (1950), Penny and the Pownall Case (1948) and Murder at 3am (1953). She was married to Peter Stevens and Michael Howard. She died on July 26, 2015.

49. Gladys Henson

Actress | Derby Day

Gladys Henson was born on September 27, 1897 in Dublin, Ireland. She was an actress, known for Derby Day (1952), The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950) and Frieda (1947). She was married to Harry Wright and Leslie Henson. She died on December 21, 1982 in London, England, UK.

50. Patric Doonan

Actor | The Net

Patric Doonan was born on April 19, 1926 in Alvaston, Derby, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Project M7 (1953), The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) and Crest of the Wave (1954). He was married to Aud Johansen. He died on March 10, 1958 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.

51. Jimmy Hanley

Actor | The Chronicle History of King Henry the Fifth with His Battell Fought at Agincourt in France

Good-natured British actor Jimmy Hanley was groomed by the Rank Studio system during his teen years and earned stardom as the "boy next door" type in exuberant musicals and likeable comedies. He married actress Dinah Sheridan in 1942 and they appeared together in a number of featherweight war-era ...

52. Clive Morton

Actor | Kind Hearts and Coronets

Clive Morton worked for four years for the East India Dock Company, before training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and entering the acting profession. He made his stage debut in 1920 and did not act on screen until 1932. He was regularly employed for the next four decades, except for wartime ...

53. Campbell Singer

Actor | The Saint

Campbell Singer was born on March 16, 1909 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for The Saint (1962), Murder on Monday (1952) and Take a Pair of Private Eyes (1966). He was married to Gillian Maude. He died on February 16, 1976 in London, England, UK.

54. Robert Flemyng

Actor | Funny Face

Robert Flemyng was born on January 3, 1912 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Funny Face (1957), Kafka (1991) and Battle of Britain (1969). He was married to Carmen Martha Sugars. He died on May 22, 1995 in London, England, UK.

55. Meredith Edwards

Actor | A Run for Your Money

Meredith Edwards was born on June 10, 1917 in Rhosllannerchrugog, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for A Run for Your Money (1949), Flower of Evil (1961) and The Great Game (1953). He was married to Daisy Clark. He died on February 8, 1999 in Denbighshire, Wales, UK.

56. Dora Bryan

Actress | A Taste of Honey

Dora Bryan was born on February 7, 1923 in Parbold, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for A Taste of Honey (1961), The Fallen Idol (1948) and Last of the Summer Wine (1973). She was married to Bill Lawton. She died on July 23, 2014 in Brighton, East Sussex, England, UK.

57. Norman Shelley

Actor | The Railway Children

Norman Shelley was born on February 16, 1903 in Chelsea, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Railway Children (1957), Wuthering Heights (1967) and Madame Bovary (1964). He was married to Monica Brett. He died on August 22, 1980 in London, England, UK.

58. Arthur Rigby

Writer | Puppets of Fate

Arthur Rigby was born on September 27, 1900 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Wolves of the Underworld (1933), Dixon of Dock Green (1955) and Love Lies (1931). He was married to Sheila MacEvoy. He died on April 25, 1971 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK.

59. Jennifer Jayne

Actress | The Trollenberg Terror

Jennifer Jayne was born on November 14, 1931 in Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress and writer, known for The Crawling Eye (1958), Danger Man (1960) and They Came from Beyond Space (1967). She was married to Peter Mullins. She died on April 23, 2006 in London, England, UK.

60. Glen Michael

Actor | The Revenue Men

Glen Michael was born in 1926 in Devon, England, UK. He is an actor, known for The Revenue Men (1967), The Adventures of Francie and Josie (1962) and The World of Wooster (1965). He is married to Beryl ?. They have two children.

61. William Mervyn

Actor | The Ruling Class

William Mervyn was born on January 3, 1912 in Nairobi, Kenya. He was an actor, known for The Ruling Class (1972), Silas Marner (1964) and The Eustace Diamonds (1959). He was married to Anne Margaret Payne-Cook. He died on August 6, 1976 in London, England, UK.

62. Frederick Piper

Actor | Fly Away Peter

Frederick Piper was born on September 23, 1902 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Fly Away Peter (1948), Passport to Pimlico (1949) and Hue and Cry (1947). He died on September 22, 1979 in Berkshire, England, UK.

63. Glyn Houston

Actor | The Great Game

The younger brother of matinee idol Donald Houston attended elementary school in Wales but was largely self-educated with a love of sports and a strong leaning towards the arts and humanities. Glyn's working life began on his grandmother's milk round in Tonypandy. After leaving the Rhondda Valley ...

64. Michael Golden

Actor | Murder She Said

Michael Golden was born on August 15, 1913 in Bray, Ireland. He was an actor, known for Murder She Said (1961), Quatermass II (1955) and Clochemerle (1972). He died in 1983 in Hastings, East Sussex, England, UK.

65. Betty Ann Davies

Actress | It Always Rains on Sunday

Betty Ann Davies was born on December 24, 1910 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for It Always Rains on Sunday (1947), The Man in Black (1950) and She Knew What She Wanted (1936). She was married to Alexander Blackford. She died on May 14, 1955 in Manchester, England, UK.

66. Sam Kydd

Actor | Island of Terror

Sam was a very well known, un-sung, British Actor from 1946 to his death in 1982. He was originally born in Northern Ireland but came over to London England as a boy with his mother and her brothers, setting up home in Bayswater, then Shepherd's Bush, then Chiswick. He was sent to Dunstable school....

67. Bruce Seton

Actor | Gorgo

Tall, serious-looking British character actor, formerly a graduate of Edinburgh Academy and Sandhurst. He was a member of the Black Watch, but resigned his commission in 1932 to join the chorus of the Drury Lane Theatre as a specialty dancer. He later turned to films, usually acting in small ...

68. Doris Yorke

Actress | Crow Hollow

Doris Yorke was born on April 18, 1897 in Islington, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Crow Hollow (1952), The Franchise Affair (1951) and The Little Beggars (1958). She was married to William J. Heneghan. She died in 1976 in Cuckfield, Sussex, England, UK.

69. Ann Lancaster

Actress | Carry on Again Doctor

Ann Lancaster was born on May 5, 1920 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Carry on Again Doctor (1969), Theatre Night (1957) and Rhubarb (1970). She died on October 31, 1970 in London, England, UK.

70. Gwynne Whitby

Actress | Mine Own Executioner

Gwynne Whitby was born on July 8, 1903 in Leamington Spa, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Mine Own Executioner (1947), Time Without Pity (1957) and Princess (1969). She was married to Hugh Williams. She died on July 11, 1984 in Denville Hall, Northwood, London, England, UK.

71. Muriel Aked

Actress | The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp

Muriel Aked was born on November 9, 1883 in Bingley, Bradford, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), Autumn Crocus (1934) and A Sister to Assist 'Er (1948). She died on March 21, 1955 in Settle, Yorkshire, England, UK.

72. Renee Gadd

Actress | Dead of Night

Renee Gadd was born on June 22, 1908 in Bahía Blanca, Buenos Aires, Argentina. She was an actress, known for Dead of Night (1945), David Copperfield (1935) and The Love Captive (1934). She was married to Joe Wilson, Guy Tooth and Harry Hardman. She died on July 20, 2003 in Hove, East Sussex, ...

73. Cameron Hall

Actor | Beverly Hills, 90210

Cameron Hall is known for Beverly Hills, 90210 (1990), South of Sunset (1993) and Melrose Place (1992). He was previously married to Traylor Howard.

74. Cameron Hall

Actor | Yes, Madam?

Cameron Hall was born on January 6, 1897 in Sculcoates, Hull, Humberside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Yes, Madam? (1939), I See a Dark Stranger (1946) and Studio 4 (1962). He died on December 19, 1983 in Sidmouth, Devon, England, UK.

75. Joe Gladwin

Actor | Last of the Summer Wine

Joe Gladwin was born on January 22, 1906 in Salford, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Last of the Summer Wine (1973), Nearest and Dearest (1972) and Nearest and Dearest (1968). He was married to Lily Anne Wynne. He died on March 11, 1987 in Manchester, England, UK.

76. Charles Saynor

Actor | The Avengers

Charles Saynor was born on December 12, 1902 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Avengers (1961), The Man in the White Suit (1951) and Blackmailed (1951). He died on May 6, 1979 in South Norwood, London, England, UK.

77. Duncan Lewis

Actor | BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

Duncan Lewis was born on January 1, 1904 in Gunnersbury, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950), ITV Television Playhouse (1955) and ITV Play of the Week (1955). He died on September 24, 1965 in Westminster, London, England, UK.

78. Alastair Sim

Actor | Scrooge

The son of Alexander Sim JP and Isabella McIntyre, Alastair Sim was educated in Edinburgh. Always interested in language (especially the spoken word) he became the Fulton Lecturer in Elocution at New College, Edinburgh University from 1925 until 1930. He was invited back and became the Rector of ...

79. Kathleen Harrison

Actress | Scrooge

Although British actress Kathleen Harrison was born in 1892 in the Lancashire town of Blackburn, she was fondly known for her cockney characters throughout her career. Trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art she first married and lived overseas in Argentina for nearly eight years...

80. Mervyn Johns

Actor | Dead of Night

Mervyn Johns was born on February 18, 1899 in Pembroke, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Dead of Night (1945), A Christmas Carol (1951) and The Day of the Triffids (1963). He was married to Diana Churchill and Alice Maud Steele Wareham. He died on September 6, 1992 in Norwood, England, UK.

81. Hermione Baddeley

Actress | The Secret of NIMH

A brash character actress who specialized in cinema, television, and theater, Hermione Youlanda Ruby Clinton-Baddeley was born on November 13, 1906 in Broseley, Shropshire. She was the youngest of four sisters - including Angela Baddeley, also an actress - and her half-brother, Very Rev William ...

82. Glyn Dearman

Actor | Scrooge

Glyn Dearman was born on December 30, 1939 in Horncastle, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for A Christmas Carol (1951), Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (1952) and Four Sided Triangle (1953). He was married to Susan MacDonald. He died on November 30, 1997 in ...

83. Carol Marsh

Actress | Dracula

Carol Marsh was an English actress from Southgate, an urban area which at the time of her birth was outside London. She was in the prime of her career during the late 1940s and the 1950s. She worked frequently in radio plays until the 1980s. Her later life was reportedly reclusive.

Marsh was ...

84. Michael Hordern

Actor | Where Eagles Dare

Some of Hordern's finest work was not in films or television but on radio: His performance as Gandalf in the BBC's radio adaptation of The Lord of the Rings was arguably the definitive portrayal of that character (contrast Hordern's Gandalf with that of Ian McKellen in the 3-part film adaptation of...

85. George Cole

Actor | Cleopatra

George Cole OBE was a veteran British film, television and stage actor whose impressive career spanned over 60 years. For many, he will perhaps be best remembered for playing one of the most endearing characters of recent times on British television, "Arthur Daley", the shifty but very likable "...

86. John Charlesworth

Actor | Scrooge

John Charlesworth was born on November 12, 1935 in Hull, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Christmas Carol (1951), Tom Brown's Schooldays (1951) and The Children of the New Forest (1955). He died on April 2, 1960 in Birmingham, England, UK.

87. Rona Anderson

Actress | Scrooge

Rona Anderson was born on August 3, 1926 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She was an actress, known for A Christmas Carol (1951), Circumstantial Evidence (1952) and The Labours of Erica (1989). She was married to Gordon Jackson. She died on July 23, 2013 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

88. Brian Worth

Actor | Hindle Wakes

Brian Worth was born on July 14, 1914 in Willesden, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Holiday Week (1952), Quatermass and the Pit (1958) and A Christmas Carol (1951). He died on August 25, 1978 in Seville, Spain.

89. Olga Edwardes

Actress | Scrooge

Olga Edwardes was born on May 26, 1917 in Johannesburg, South Africa. She was an actress, known for A Christmas Carol (1951), Caesar and Cleopatra (1945) and Sherlock Holmes (1951). She was married to Nicholas Davenport and Anthony Baerlein. She died on July 1, 2008 in Elstree, England, UK.

90. Roddy Hughes

Actor | Salute the Toff

Rotund, cherubic-looking Welsh-born character actor, graduate of Oxford University. Hughes looked every inch the Marlborough House schoolmaster he was earlier in life, prior to embarking upon a theatrical career in 1910. Tailor-made for Dickensian impersonations, he was spot-on casting as Tim ...

91. Miles Malleson

Actor | Kind Hearts and Coronets

Actor, playwright and screenwriter Miles Malleson's list of credits reads like a history of British cinema in the first half of the 20th century. Born in Croydon in Surrey, he was educated at Brighton College in Sussex and Emmanuel College Cambridge. He had intended to become a schoolmaster but he ...

92. Eleanor Summerfield

Actress | Department S

Known for her small yet earthy Brit portrayals on film, Eleanor Summerfield was born in London on March 7, 1921, initially trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (1937). The hard-looking, blue-eyed blonde began in films in 1947 but created some waves first on stage opposite Cicely Courtneidge...

93. Ernest Thesiger

Actor | Bride of Frankenstein

Although he made nearly 60 films in a 50-year acting career, it is for the two he made with director James Whale that Ernest Thesiger will be best remembered. Born Ernest Frederic Graham Thesiger in London on January 15, 1879, he was the grandson of the first Baron of Chelmsford. Educated at ...

94. Louise Hampton

Actress | The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men

Louise Hampton was born on December 23, 1879 in Stockport, Cheshire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952), Haunted Honeymoon (1940) and The Middle Watch (1940). She was married to Edward Thane. She died on February 10, 1954 in Charing Cross ...

95. Eliot Makeham

Actor | Dark Journey

Eliot Makeham was born on December 22, 1881 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Dark Journey (1937), Lorna Doone (1934) and Candles at Nine (1944). He was married to Betty Shale and Johanna Geertruida De Vries. He died on February 8, 1956 in Westminster, London, England,...

96. Tony Wager

Actor | Great Expectations

Tony Wager was born on June 24, 1932 in Willesden, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Great Expectations (1946), Silent Number (1974) and BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950). He died on December 23, 1990 in Bali, Indonesia.

97. Richard Pearson

Actor | Pirates

Richard Pearson was born on August 1, 1918 in Monmouth, Monmouthshire, Wales, UK. He was an actor, known for Pirates (1986), Macbeth (1971) and Middlemarch (1968). He was married to Patricia Dickson. He died on August 2, 2011 in Northwood, Hillingdon, London, England, UK.

98. Patrick Macnee

Actor | The Avengers

British actor Patrick Macnee was born on February 6, 1922 in London, England into a wealthy and eccentric family. His father, Daniel Macnee, was a race horse trainer, who drank and gambled away the family fortune, leaving young Patrick to be raised by his lesbian mother, Dorothea Mary, and her ...

99. Francis De Wolff

Actor | From Russia with Love

Francis De Wolff was born on January 7, 1913 in Essex, England, UK. He was an actor, known for From Russia with Love (1963), Moby Dick (1956) and The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959). He was married to Linda Finch, Melissa Dundas and Jean Fairlie. He died on April 18, 1984 in Sussex, England, UK.

100. Czeslaw Konarski

Actor | Scrooge

Czeslaw Konarski was born on March 31, 1914 in Warsaw, Poland. He was an actor, known for A Christmas Carol (1951), Flight from Folly (1945) and No Orchids for Miss Blandish (1948). He died on August 18, 1985 in Warsaw, Poland.