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- William Roscoe was born on 8 March 1753 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was married to Jane Griffies. He died on 30 June 1831 in Liverpool, England, UK.
- William Gladstone was a British statesman and Liberal politician.
In a career lasting over 60 years, he served for 12 years as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, spread over four terms beginning in 1868 and ending in 1894. He also served as Chancellor of the Exchequer four times. Gladstone was born in Liverpool. He first entered the House of Commons in 1832, beginning his political career as a High Tory, a grouping which became the Conservative Party under Robert Peel in 1834. - Archibald Clavering Gunter was born on 25 October 1847 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Mr. Barnes of New York (1922), My Official Wife (1926) and Mr. Barnes of New York (1914). He was married to Esther Lizbeth Burns. He died on 24 February 1907 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Brandon Thomas was born on 24 December 1848 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Charley's Aunt (1930), Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940) and Charley's Aunt (1941). He was married to Marguerite Blanche Leverson. He died on 19 June 1914 in Bloomsbury, London Borough of Camden, Greater London, England, UK.
- C.S. McConnell was born on 3 August 1868 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for East Lynne (1913). He died on 2 February 1916 in Burnley, Lancashire, England, UK.
- Guy Rathbone was born on 29 May 1884 in Toxteth Park, Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Julius Caesar (1911) and Macbeth (1911). He was married to Theodora De Selincourt. He died on 21 April 1916 in Suvla Bay, Gallipoli, Turkey.
- James Welch was born on 6 November 1865 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The New Clown (1916), When Knights Were Bold (1916) and The Eleventh Commandment (1913). He died on 10 April 1917 in London, England, UK.
- Charles Wyndham was born on 23 March 1837 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for David Garrick (1913). He was married to Mary Moore and Emma Silberrad (1836-1916). He died on 12 January 1919 in London, England, UK.
- Rohan Clensy was born on 17 January 1877 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Devil's Profession (1915) and The Chance of a Lifetime (1916). He died on 24 February 1919 in Calais, Pas-de-Calais, France.
- Lauri de Frece was born on 3 March 1880 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for All the Sad World Needs (1918), Once Upon a Time (1918) and The Labour Leader (1917). He was married to Fay Compton. He died on 25 August 1921 in Trouville-sur-Mer, Calvados, France.
- Joseph Herbert was born on 27 November 1863 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Divorce Game (1917), The Teeth of the Tiger (1919) and Stolen Hours (1918). He was married to Adele Ritchie, Nanette L., Mary Tines Maynard and Billie Norton (actress). He died on 18 February 1923 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Director
- Actor
Ernest C. Warde was born on 10 August 1874 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a director and actor, known for King Lear (1916), The Coast of Opportunity (1920) and The Unfortunate Marriage (1917). He died on 9 September 1923 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Beatrice DeMille was born on 30 January 1853 in Liverpool, England, UK. She was a writer and assistant director, known for The Heir to the Hoorah (1916), The Devil-Stone (1917) and Unconquered (1917). She was married to Henry C. DeMille. She died on 8 October 1923 in Hollywood, Los Angeles, California, USA.- Richard Ganthony was born on 11 September 1856 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for A Message from Mars (1913), A Message from Mars (1921) and A Message from Mars (1903). He died on 30 April 1924 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
- Malcolm Cherry was born on 17 May 1878 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Far from the Madding Crowd (1915), Hope (1919) and A Welsh Singer (1915). He was married to Una Venning. He died on 13 April 1925 in London, England, UK.
- Florence Johnstone was born in 1882 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Dixie (1924). She was married to William M. Vance (manager). She died on 30 November 1925 in New York, New York, USA.
- Director
- Writer
- Producer
Travers Vale was born on 31 January 1865 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for The Girl of the Sunny South (1913), A Pasteboard Crown (1922) and A Self-Made Widow (1917). He was married to Emmy Barbier and Louise Vale. He died on 10 January 1927 in Hollywood, California, USA.- Alfred Bishop was born on 7 February 1848 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Brass Bottle (1914), The Lifeguardsman (1916) and His Last Defence (1919). He was married to Rose Egan (actress). He died on 22 May 1928 in London, England, UK.
- Stanley Cooke was born on 16 January 1868 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Road to Fortune (1930). He was married to Amy Annie Francis. He died on 6 January 1931 in London, England, UK.
- Victor Lusk was born in 1863 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Cry for Justice (1919) and The Story of the Rosary (1920). He died on 8 February 1931 in Loughborough, Leicestershire, England, UK.
- Frederick Volpe was born on 31 July 1865 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Mr. Pickwick (1921), Altar Chains (1916) and The Middle Watch (1930). He was married to Alice Beet (actress). He died on 6 March 1932 in London, England, UK.
- Peggy Paterson was born in 1899 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Splendid Folly (1919), The Homemaker (1919) and Her Benny (1920). She was married to George Dewhurst. She died on 3 November 1932 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
- Claude Brooke was born in 1853 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Does It Pay? (1923), Classmates (1924) and God Gave Me Twenty Cents (1926). He was married to Cora Leslie (actress). He died on 14 December 1933 in Leonia, New Jersey, USA.
- Josephine Williams was born in 1855 in Liverpool, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Crook of Dreams (1919), Sax Appeal (1931) and The Hangover (1931). She died on 14 June 1937 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Lily Long was born in 1885 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Old Curiosity Shop (1934) and The Cowgirl Queen (1922). She died on 14 January 1939 in Barnet, Middlesex, England, UK.
- Al Hart was born on 6 December 1875 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for As No Man Has Loved (1925), The Power and the Glory (1918) and The Beautiful Mrs. Reynolds (1918). He was married to Rose ?. He died on 10 January 1940 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- T.F. Tweed was born in 1890 in Liverpool, England, UK. T.F. was a writer, known for Gabriel Over the White House (1933). T.F. died on 30 April 1940 in London, England, UK.
- Robert Wilton Jnr was born in 1907 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for We Dive at Dawn (1943) and Calling the Tune (1936). He was married to Billie Houston. He died on 7 August 1943 in Paddington, London, England, UK.
- Cinematographer
- Camera and Electrical Department
Harry Rignold was born in 1914 in West Derby, Liverpool, England, UK. Harry was a cinematographer, known for The Fourth Estate: A Film of a British Newspaper (1940), Tunisian Victory (1944) and Monkey into Man (1938). Harry died on 12 September 1943 in Salerno, Campania, Italy.- Director
- Writer
- Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Hailed as one of Britain's most promising pre-war film directors, Arthur Woods' career was cut tragically short by his death in World War II at the age of 39. He was the only British director to serve in combat and to be decorated for valor.
The only son of an Anglo-Argentine shipping magnate, Woods was educated at Downside School and Christ's College, Cambridge. A talented artist and musician, he eventually dropped out of medical school to join the Festival Repertory Theatre, where he gained a reputation for scenic design. This in turn led to a job as an editor and art director at British Instructional Films. When the studio merged with British International Pictures, Woods took up screenwriting and direction. In 1933 he became the studio's youngest director and within a year was assigned several of BIP's biggest productions. Shortly afterward, Woods left Elstree for Warner Bros., and at its Teddington studio directed some of the finest quota films of the decade, including the classic thriller They Drive by Night (1938). A major international career seemed assured when MGM chose Woods to direct Haunted Honeymoon (1940). However, at the outbreak of World War II, Woods--a skilled pilot who flew his own movie stunts--volunteered for service in the Royal Air Force. He was killed in 1944 while serving as a night fighter pilot with 85 Squadron.- J. Langley Levy was born on 25 May 1870 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. J. Langley was a writer, known for The Illicit Liquor Seller (1916) and And Then --- (1917). J. Langley was married to Mabel Rushton. J. Langley died on 11 May 1945 in Johannesburg, South Africa.
- Clem Milton was born in 1878 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for His Royal Highness (1932). He died on 8 June 1945 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Actor
- Soundtrack
Dan Crimmins was born on 18 May 1863 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Midnight Express (1924), The Valley of the Giants (1927) and Vagabond Lady (1935). He was married to Rosa Gore. He died on 12 July 1945 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Bruce Winston was born on 4 March 1879 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Thief of Bagdad (1940), The Private Life of Don Juan (1934) and Latin Love (1930). He died on 27 September 1946 in at sea.
- Dallas Welford was born on 23 May 1872 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Wedding Bells (1921), Count Macaroni (1915) and His Life for His Emperor (1913). He died on 28 September 1946 in Santa Monica, California, USA.
- Roland Bottomley was born on 23 September 1880 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Raffles: The Amateur Cracksman (1925), The Dawn of a Tomorrow (1924) and The Ventures of Marguerite (1915). He died on 5 January 1947 in New York City, New York, USA.
- Writer
- Soundtrack
Richard Le Gallienne was born on 20 January 1866 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Chain Invisible (1916), Schlitz Playhouse (1951) and The Quest of the Golden Girl (2016). He died on 14 September 1947 in Menton, France.- Composer
- Soundtrack
Harrison Brockbank was born on 2 October 1867 in Liverpool, England, UK. Harrison was a composer, known for Come My Lad and Be a Soldier (1908). Harrison died on 30 November 1947 in New York, New York, USA.- Howard Davies was born on 18 May 1879 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Wanted at Headquarters (1920), Madame la Presidente (1916) and Uncle Bill (1912). He died on 30 December 1947 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Aubrey Mallalieu was born on 8 June 1873 in West Derby, Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Chamber of Horrors (1940), Haunted Honeymoon (1940) and The Stars Look Down (1940). He was married to Winifred A. Chadwick. He died on 28 May 1948 in Ealing, London, England, UK.
- Born Mary Whitty on June 19, 1865, to a Liverpool newspaper editor and his wife, she became known as May Whitty to the world. She first stepped onto the London stage in 1882 at which she worked as an understudy at the St. James Theatre and then began playing leading roles when she joined a traveling stock company. After nearly 25 years as one of Britain's leading stage actresses, she appeared in her first film, Enoch Arden (1914), in Great Britain. She did not care much for the experience and appeared in only a few silent films afterward.
In 1918, based on her service to the arts and for performing for the troops during World War I, she was named as a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire by King George V.
After a string of 1930s Broadway successes, she went to Hollywood, following the example of many of her British contemporaries. She found herself usually cast in highborn roles, sometimes crotchety, sometimes imperious, however often warmhearted. Classic examples of these were the crotchety Mrs. Bramson, an invalid who falls for the homicidal Robert Montgomery, in Night Must Fall (1937); Miss Froy\ in The Lady Vanishes (1938), wherein she plays the title character, enduring great physical exertion while maintaining her poise and dignity; and Lady Beldon in Mrs. Miniver (1942), a role which garnered her an Oscar nomination for best supporting actress. She proved herself equally capable of playing working-class roles, such as the dowdy phony psychic in The Thirteenth Chair (1937). Besides two Oscar nominations, she also won the National Board of Review best acting award for the 1937 film Night Must Fall (1937).
In 1892, she married London producer Ben Webster. They were the parents of a daughter, Margaret Webster, who became a playwright and actress in her own right. Margaret penned her mother's biography, The Same Only Different, published in 1969.
Whitty died at the age of 82 as the result of cancer in Beverly Hills shortly after completing her scenes in the film The Sign of the Ram (1948).
She once said, "I've got everything Betty Grable has ... only I've had it longer." - Actor
- Soundtrack
Tommy Handley was a showbiz conjurer as a child, and he became a good baritone singer during World War I. He soon discovered that he was talented in the field of comedy. He appeared on a number of radio shows. A very talented comedian, especially on radio, Handley created a number of characters including the Farmer Jollop and Funf, an elusive spy. After he died suddenly in 1949, 10,000 mourners flocked to his funeral.- D.K. Broster was born on 2 September 1877 in near Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. D.K. was a writer, known for The Flight of the Heron (1968) and The Flight of the Heron (1976). D.K. died on 7 February 1950 in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK.
- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Franklin Dyall was born on 3 February 1870 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Private Life of Henry VIII (1933), Easy Virtue (1927) and The Gaunt Stranger (1931). He was married to Mary Merrall and Mary Phyllis Logan. He died on 8 May 1950 in Worthing, Sussex, England, UK.- Alfred Paumier was born on 14 November 1870 in Everton, Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Amateur Gentleman (1920), The Lifeguardsman (1916) and Wanted: A Widow (1916). He died on 25 January 1951 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
- John Power was born on 24 August 1874 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for She's Dangerous (1937), The Moonstone (1934) and The Grip of Iron (1920). He was married to Clara Reid. He died on 25 September 1951 in Culver City, Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Producer
- Production Manager
- Additional Crew
John Corfield was born on 22 March 1893 in Liverpool, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a producer and production manager, known for Blackout (1940), Gaslight (1940) and Headline (1943). He died on 10 January 1953 in Surrey, England, UK.- John L. McCutcheon was born on 7 April 1883 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was a director, known for The Law and the Lady (1924), Man and Wife (1923) and The Inventors (1926). He died on 31 March 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
- Actor
Stanley Mann was born on 30 August 1883 in Liverpool, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 10 August 1953 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- Marguerite D'Alvarez was born in 1884 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Affair in Monte Carlo (1952) and An Angel Comes to Brooklyn (1945). She died on 18 October 1953 in Alassio, Liguria, Italy.