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Husband of actress Penny (Blondie Bumstead) Singleton, Sparks produced a number of the "Blondie" movies during the late '30s and early '40s. Sparks began his career in Hollywood in 1932 with Paramount Pictures where he was employed as a writer. He joined Columbia Pictures in 1938 and began producing the "Blondie" films. After serving in the Marines during WWII, Sparks joined RKO as an executive producer. As a producer with CBS, he is credited with the development and supervision of such shows as: Gunsmoke (1955), Rawhide (1959) and Perry Mason (1957), among others.- After leaving school, Sean worked as a chef, a librarian and a law graduate, but his passion for the theatre and the movies inspired him to pursue a career in Acting. He trained at Edinburgh's Queen Margaret College.
Since graduating Sean has appeared in numerous productions ranging from Shakespeare to Pantomime with most Scottish theatre companies; Royal Lyceum Theatre, Perth Repertory Theatre, Pitlochry Festival Theatre, The Brunton, The Traverse and the Macrobert Arts Centre. He formed his own theatre company, Theatre Enigma, in 2002 and has produced and directed the critically acclaimed sell-out Scottish Premieres of Our Boys by Jonathan Lewis, Four Nights in Knaresborough by Paul Webb and The Battle in the Hills / The Storm Watchers by George Mackay Brown.
Sean has appeared in television programmes for the BBC, ITV and Channel 4, as well as in successful independent films. - Constance Lorne was born Constance Margaret MacLaurin in Peebles, Scotland. Her twin, George Wishart MacLaurin, was born 10 minutes later. Their father was a woollen manufacturer. Constance Lorne was the second cousin once removed to Sir Charles Mackerras.