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James 'Ginger' Lacey was born in Wetherby, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, on the 1st of February 1917. After being educated at King James Grammar School in Knaresborough, North Yorkshire, England, he worked as a dispenser before joining the RAF Volunteer Reserve in 1937. He also worked as a flying instructor with the Yorkshire Aeroplane Club. On the outbreak of the Second World War Lacey joined the Royal Air Force. A member of the 501 Squadron he served in France until Dunkirk in June 1940. During the Battle of Britain Lacey, flying his Hawker Hurricane, became the RAF's leading flying ace with 18 victories. This included shooting down a Heinkel He111 that bombed Buckingham Palace on 13th September, 1940. Promoted to Flight Lieutenant, Lacey converted to flying a Spitfire while in the 501 Squadron. In November 1942 he was appointed chief instructor of the Special Attack Instructors' School. In March 1943, Lacey was posted to India before returning to Europe in November 1944. Soon afterwards he took command of 17 Squadron where he scored his final victory. This took his total to 28 destroyed and nine damaged. After the Second World War Lacey remained in the Royal Air Force where he reached the rank of Squadron Leader. After retiring from the RAF in March 1967 Lacey ran an air freight business. James 'Ginger' Lacey died on 30th May 1989.- 'Laddie' Lucas was born on 2 September 1915 in Sandwich, Kent, England, UK. He died on 28 March 1998.
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'Legs' Larry Smith was born on 18 January 1944 in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England, UK. He is an actor, known for Bullshot Crummond (1983), Guest House Paradiso (1999) and Monster from British Hell (2021).- Actor
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'Lighthorse' Harry Cooper was born on 4 August 1904 in Leatherhead, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Caddy (1953). He died on 17 October 2000 in White Plains, New York, USA.- Actor
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'Lonesome' Dave Peverett was born on 16 April 1943 in Dulwich, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Nebraska (2013), Wild Hogs (2007) and I Love You Phillip Morris (2009). He died on 7 February 2000 in Orlando, Florida, USA.- 'Major' Griff West was born on 19 December 1940 in Barnehurst, Kent, England, UK.
- The great English character star A. Bromley Davenport born Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport in Baginton, Warwickshire in 1867, his father was a well-known conservative politician William Bromley Davenport. Arthur was educated at Eton College, Berkshire. He began his acting career on the London stage at the age of 25 years old in 1892 appearing in many popular theatre productions. From 1920 he became a regular character film performer often playing sophisticated elderly gentleman in more than 70 drama, comedy and crime movies, making his film debut as Sir Crispin Vickrey in 'The Great Gay Road' starring Stewart Rome for the Broadwest Film Co. His best known films include 'Fox Farm' (1922) Eileen of the Trees' (1928) 'The Scarlet Pimpernel' (1934) ' Jamaica Inn' (1939) and 'Love on the Dole' (1941) est. He was last seen in Carol Reed's 'The Way Ahead' starring David Niven in 1944. Married twice, Elizabeth Light in 1886 and Madame Adele Burdillat of Nice, France in 1921.
- A. Caton Woodville was born on 23 October 1878 in Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Motherhood (1915) and Ultus, the Man from the Dead (1915). He was married to Dora Barton. He died in 1957 in Ham, Surrey, England, UK.
- A. Corney Grain was born on 18 January 1869 in Surbiton, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Fire Over England (1937), Libel! (1938) and Richard of Bordeaux (1938). He died on 16 August 1958 in Carshalton, Surrey, England, UK.
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British-born A. Edward ("Eddie") Sutherland started in vaudeville and acted in films from 1914 at Keystone (he was one of the original Keystone Kops). He became a director in 1925, first with Paramount (1925-31), then at United Artists (1931-32), again with Paramount (1933, 1935-37), then Universal (1940-41) and RKO (1942). He hit his stride in the 1930s and 1940s with a string of well-received comedies starring Laurel & Hardy and W.C. Fields, but his Abie's Irish Rose (1946), an adaptation of the often-filmed stage play, which he also produced, was such a critical and financial disaster that he could not find work as a director in Hollywood again. In the 1950s he went to Britain and ended his career directing episodic television.- Producer
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A. Frank Bundy was born on 12 January 1908 in Hanwell, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a producer and cinematographer, known for Christopher Columbus (1949), Diamond City (1949) and Easy Money (1948). He died in 1982 in Isle of Wight, England, UK.- Producer
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A. George Smith was born on 31 July 1875 in Foulsham, Norfolk, England, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for The Feathered Serpent (1934), Easy Riches (1938) and When the Devil Was Well (1937). He was married to Pauline Peters. He died on 30 March 1957 in Johannesburg, South Africa.- A. Hamilton Gibbs was born on 9 March 1888 in Clapham, London, England, UK. A. Hamilton was a writer, known for The Persistent Lovers (1922) and Chances (1931). A. Hamilton died on 24 May 1964 in Boston, Massachusetts, USA.
- A. Harding Steerman was born on 21 November 1863 in Pancras, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bleak House (1920), A Romance of Old Baghdad (1922) and Love at the Wheel (1921). He died in 1947 in Plymouth, Devon, England, UK.
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A. James Gee was born on 6 April 1878 in Salford, England, UK. A. James was a director and cinematographer, known for Den heldige Frier (1908) and Copenhagen by Night (1910). A. James died on 3 July 1970.- Cinematographer
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A. Randall Terraneau was born on 26 March 1898 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. A. Randall was a cinematographer and producer, known for The Town of Crooked Ways (1920), The Silent House (1929) and The Wheels of Chance (1922). A. Randall died on 19 December 1971 in Los Angeles, California, USA.- A. Trevor Addinsell was born on 5 December 1891 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Below the Sea (1933), The Snare (1918) and The Touch of a Child (1918). He died on 1 May 1946 in Los Angeles, California, USA.
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A.A. Englander was born on 15 July 1915 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer, known for Moonstrike (1963), The Unpleasantness at the Bellona Club (1972) and The Big Pull (1962). He died on 29 January 2004 in Surrey, England, UK.- Actor
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A. A. Gill is a respected writer and a fearsome critic. He is the TV and restaurant critic for The Sunday Times and a contributing editor to "GQ" magazine, "Vanity Fair" and "Australian Gourmet Traveller". He suffers from a severe form of dyslexia and, consequently, all of his works are written by dictation.
He was born Adrian Anthony Gill and uses A. A. Gill as a byline. He was educated at the progressive independent St Christopher School in Hertfordshire and would later recall his experiences at the school for his book The Angry Island. After St Christopher, he moved to London to study at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and the Slade School of Art, nurturing ambitions to be an artist.
He began his writing career in his thirties, writing art reviews for little magazines. His first piece for Tatler, in 1991, was an account of being in a detox clinic, written under a pseudonym. In 1993 he moved to The Sunday Times, where he quickly established himself as a competent and talented individual.
Adrian's razor sharp critiques and evocative turns of phrase have often landed him in trouble. It has been remarked that everyone finds Adrian charming except the vast swathes of the population he has offended: the Welsh; the Manx; animal-lovers (he shot a baboon); Clare Balding (he called her a "dyke on a bike"); historian Mary Beard (who he said "should be kept away from television cameras altogether"), and Gordon Ramsay.
His books include two novels, "Sap Rising" and "Starcrossed", two travel books, "AA Gill Is Away" and "Previous Convictions", as well as "The Angry Island" and "Paper View".
In 2012, he wrote another book, entitled The Golden Door: Letter to America. The book is a love letter to the creation, culture and super-mammaried Playmates of America, based partly on scrapbooks and stories about distant cousins who emigrated from Yorkshire to Colorado, and partly on spoony memories of his own youthful sojourns Stateside.
Gill's first wife was the author Cressida Connolly, daughter of the writer Cyril Connolly. They later divorced. His second wife, whom he married in 1990, was Amber Rudd, a financial journalist and Conservative MP for Hastings and Rye, who appeared in his column as "The Silver-spoon". They have two children, Flora and Alasdair.
He now has a long-term relationship with Nicola Formby, editor-at-large of the Tatler, for whom he left Rudd in 1995, who appears in his column as "The Blonde". They have twins, Edith and Isaac, born in March 2007.
Adrian is represented in London, England by Useful Talent.- Writer
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Alan Alexander Milne (signing with the initials A. A. ) was an English novelist, short story writer, poet, and playwright from London. He is primarily remembered for creating Winnie-the-Pooh and his supporting characters. He set their stories in the "Hundred Acre Wood", a fictionalized version of Ashdown Forest in East Sussex. Milne owned a country home near the forest, and resided there for about 3 months of the year. He depicted Winnie in the short story collections "Winnie-the-Pooh" (1926) and "The House at Pooh Corner" (1928), and the poetry collections "When We Were Very Young" (1924) and "Now We Are Six" (1927). All four books were illustrated by Ernest Howard Shepard (1879 - 1976). The Winnie stories have received several adaptations, and were the basis of a Disney media franchise introduced in 1966.
In 1882, Milne was born in Kilburn, London. It was a relatively new district of the London, with its first major building activity having started in 1819. Kilburn was named after Kilburn Priory, a small community of nuns who resided in the area from the 1130s to the 1530s. Milne's father was the educator John Vine Milne. He operated Henley House School, a small independent school in Kilburn. Milne and his family lived within the school building.
Milne was initially educated at his father's school. From 1889 to 1890, Milne's school teacher was the novelist H. G. Wells (1866- 1946). Milne received his secondary education at the Westminster School, a public school that had been operating since the 1540s. It had received royal patronage by both Henry VIII and Elizabeth I.
Milne received his college education at Trinity College, Cambridge. He entered the college with a mathematics scholarship, and graduated in 1903 with a Bachelor of Arts in Mathematics. During his college years, Milne was a writer and editor for the student magazine "Granta" (1889-). The magazine often published works by students who aspired to professional writing careers. It was relaunched as a literary magazine in 1979.
In 1903, Milne started regularly contributing texts for publication to "Punch" (1841-1992), the leading humor magazine of the United Kingdom. Most of his early published work consisted of humorous verse and whimsical essays. In 1905, Milne published his debut novel "Lovers in London". He later grew to dislike it. In 1906, he officially joined the "Punch" magazine's staff. He soon started working as an assistant editor for the magazine.
In 1913, Milne married Dorothy "Daphne" de Sélincourt (1890-1971). At the start of World War I, Milne joined the the British Army. He initially served in the Royal Warwickshire Regiment. He was commissioned as a second lieutenant (on probation) in February, 1915. His probationary status ended in late December 1915, when his commission was approved. Milne was transferred to the Royal Corps of Signals in 1916, as his health had declined during his military service. He returned from service in France to work as a signals instructor.
In 1917, Milne was transferred to Military Intelligence. He spend the rest of the war as a propaganda writer for MI7, an office of the Directorate of Military Intelligence with responsibilities for press liaison and propaganda. He was discharged from the army in February, 1919. He voluntarily relinquished his commission in February 1920, though he retained the rank of lieutenant. His son Christopher Robin Milne was born in August 1920.
During his war service, Milne had continued his writing career. In 1917, he published the fairy tale novel "Once on a Time". He tried to subvert the stereotypes of typical fairy-tales, by featuring morally grey "heroes" and "villains". He also portrayed Princess Hyacinth as a competent regent, rather than a damsel in distress.
In 1919, Milne published the comedy play "Mr. Pim Passes By". The play's female lead Olivia Marden is happily married to her second husband, following a miserable married life with her original husband Telworthy. Telworthy supposedly died abroad in Australia. Early in the play, Olivia learns from an elderly acquaintance that Telworthy may be still be alive, and that her second marriage is bigamous. How she tries to confirm whether Telworthy is alive forms the play's plot. The play had an initial run of total run of 246 performances in Manchester and London. It had several revivals during the 1920s, including a ran of 124 performances in Broadway, New York City. It firmly established Milne's reputation as a competent playwright.
In 1920, Milne was hired as a screenwriter by the film studio Minerva Films. It was co-owned at the time by the actor Leslie Howard (1893-1943) and the film director Adrian Brunel (1892-1958). Milne wrote the screenplays for the silent films "The Bump", "Twice Two", "Five Pound Reward", and "Bookworms".
In 1922, Milne published the mystery novel "The Red House Mystery", a "locked room" whodunit. In the novel, Mark Ablett is the owner of English country house. He already has several guests staying at his residence, and then he has an unexpected reunion with his long-lost brother Robert. Shortly after, Robert is murdered and Mark disappears. Amateur sleuth Tony Gillingham decides to find out what happened to the two brothers. Milne had been a long-time fan of mystery novels, and decided to write one of his own. The novel was a best seller, and remained in print for decades. However, Milne initially decided against writing another mystery novel.
Inspired by his relationship with his young son Christopher Robin, Milne started writing poems and short stories for children in 1924. Besides the Winnie-the-Pooh stories, he also published the short story collection "A Gallery of Children" (1925). He took inspiration from a series of illustrations by Henriette Willebeek le Mair (1889-1966), and wrote one short story to accompany each of the illustrations.
In 1928, Milne wrote the short story "In Which Christopher Robin and Pooh Come to an Enchanted Place, and We Leave Them There" as the finale of the Winnie series. In the story, an older Christopher Robin and Winnie bid farewell to each other, but Winnie promises never to forget his friend. Milne decided to quit writing children's stories by the end of the 1920s. He felt that his son was too old to enjoy them. He had also grown to dislike that the public expected him to write only children's stories, while he had diverse literary interests.
In December 1929, Milne introduced his theatrical play "Toad of Toad Hall". It was the first theatrical adaptation of the novel "The Wind in the Willows" (1908) by Kenneth Grahame. Milne introduced a frame story, where the 12-year-old girl Marigold listens to an animal fable by her nurse. The play enjoyed several revivals in the West End until 1935. It became popular again in the 1960s, and enjoyed annual West End revivals for two decades.
In 1933, Milne published the mystery novel "Four Days Wonder". In the novel, an obsessive young woman investigates the unexpected death of her aunt. While not one of Milne's most famous works, it was adapted into the American mystery film "Four Days' Wonder" (1936). In 1934, Milne published the non-fiction book "Peace With Honour" in order to express his pacifist political views. In 1939, he wrote his autobiography "It's Too Late Now: The Autobiography of a Writer".
During World War II, Milne served in the Home Guard (1940-1944). It was an armed citizen militia, and most of its volunteers were too old to join the regular armed services. Milne received the rank of captain, but he insisted to be called "Mr. Milne" by members of his platoon. He wrote the non-fiction book "War with Honour" (1940) to express the view that Britain needed to achieve victory over Nazi Germany. During the War, his son Christopher Robin served as a sapper in the Royal Engineers.
In 1946, Milne published his final novel, "Chloe Marr". It featured a beautiful socialite who regularly manipulated her suitors, but had a hidden agenda. Milne then published his final short story collections, "The Birthday Party" (1948) and "A Table Near the Band" (1950). They were met with little success, as Milne's popularity had declined. In his personal life, Milne was estranged with his son Christopher Robin. In 1948, Christopher Robin had married his maternal first cousin Lesley de Sélincourt, against the wishes of both his parents. Lesley's father was the hated brother of Daphne de Sélincourt, and the two siblings had been avoiding each other for 30 years.
In 1951, Milne published his final play, "Before the Flood". It was his first new play since the early 1940s. In 1952, Milne survived a stroke. Its effects reportedly invalidated him, and he was forced to retire from his writing career. By 1953, Milne looked older than his actual age . He was also increasingly depressed. He died on January 31, 1956, two weeks following his 74th birthday. His remains were cremated and his ashes "were scattered in a crematorium's memorial garden in Brighton".
In 1964, the University of Texas at Austin acquired a collection of Milne's manuscripts. It has also acquired fragments of Milne's correspondence, his legal documents, his genealogical records, and some of his personal effects. The original manuscripts for "Winnie-the-Pooh" and "The House at Pooh Corner" have been acquired by the Trinity College Library, Cambridge. In 1979, a memorial plaque was unveiled in Ashdown Forest. It commemorates the works of Milne and Shepard which granted worldwide fame to the Forest. While Milne is long gone, Winnie and his other famous characters have remained popular for nearly a century.- A.B. Campbell was born on 31 January 1881 in Peckham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for For the Children (1946), Sea Stories (1936) and Cabaret Cruise (1937). He died on 11 April 1966 in Ealing, London, England, UK.
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A.B. Imeson was born on 21 December 1874 in Middlesbrough, North Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Dicky Monteith (1922), Tense Moments from Opera (1922) and The Picture of Dorian Gray (1916). He was married to Ann Stephenson. He died on 28 February 1944 in Epsom, Surrey, England, UK.- A.B. Semple was born on 3 May 1912 in Glasgow, Scotland, UK. A.B. was married to Jean ?. A.B. died on 15 November 2013 in Northamptonshire, England, UK.
- A.C. Astor was born on 14 July 1890 in Carlisle, Cumbria, England, UK. He was married to Ivy Mary Eldridge. He died on 17 March 1966 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Canary Islands, Spain.
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A.C. Benson was born on 24 April 1862 in Wokingham, Berkshire, England, UK. He died on 17 June 1925 in England, UK.- Producer
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A.C. Bromhead was born on 25 July 1876 in Southsea, England, UK. He was a producer and actor, known for The Desert Sheik (1924), You Know What Sailors Are (1928) and Monte Carlo (1925). He died on 4 March 1963 in London, England, UK.- A.C. Fotheringham-Lysons was born on 23 May 1867 in Skene, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was an actor, known for The Elusive Pimpernel (1919), The Scourge (1922) and The Amateur Gentleman (1920). He died on 8 October 1947 in Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA.
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A.C.H. Smith was born on 31 October 1935 in Kew, Surrey, England, UK. He is a writer and actor, known for Pretenders (1972), Breathless Hush (1999) and Hislop Back to Stiffen County (1969). He has been married to Alison Smith since 1963. They have three children.- A.E. Anson was born on 14 September 1879 in London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Arrowsmith (1931) and The Road to Singapore (1931). He was married to Cora Busch, Deidre Doyle and Mary Mallison. He died on 25 June 1936 in Monrovia, California, USA.
- A.E. Bundy was born on 2 February 1880 in Southend-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK. A.E. was a producer and writer, known for The Battles of Coronel and Falkland Islands (1927), Cross Roads (1930) and Curfew Shall Not Ring Tonight (1926). A.E. died on 13 June 1949 in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, UK.
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A.E. Coleby was born in 1876 in Southwark, London, England, UK. He was a director and writer, known for Serving a Summons (1907), Unto Each Other (1929) and A Traitor to the King (1908). He died on 15 July 1930 in Westminster, London, England, UK.- A.E. Coppard was born on 4 January 1878 in Folkstone, Kent, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Country Matters (1972), Lux Video Theatre (1950) and Robert Montgomery Presents (1950). He died on 13 January 1957 in London, England, UK.
- A.E. George was born on 22 July 1869 in Castle Hill, Lincoln, Lincolnshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Henry VIII (1911), Brigadier Gerard (1915) and The Vicar of Wakefield (1916). He was married to Annie Webster. He died on 10 November 1920 in London, England, UK.
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English poet and scholar. He was the eldest of seven children born to Edward Housman, a solicitor, and Sarah Jane Housman (née Williams). Housman was brought up and educated in Worcestershire, winning a scholarship to Bromsgrove School in 1870. In 1877 he won another scholarship, to St. John's College, Oxford, where he studied classics. In his first Public Examination in 1879, he gained first-class honours. However, he failed his second Public Examination in 1881, partly through neglecting the study of philosophy and history, towards which the course was geared, in favour of the poetry and textual criticism in which he was interested. Consequently he left Oxford without a degree. In 1882 he began working at the Patent Office as a clerk. During this period he began publishing articles on Latin and Greek poetry, and by 1892, when he applied for the post of Professor of Latin at University College London, he had twenty-five published articles to his name. While teaching at UCL he published an edition of Ovid 's `Ibis' (in 1894). This was followed by editions of works by Manilius (1903-30, in five volumes), Juvenal (1905) and Lucan (1926). In 1911 he was made Benjamin Hall Kennedy Professor of Latin at Cambridge, where he taught until a few days before his death. He refused all the honours and awards offered him, including six honorary degrees from British universities and (in 1929) the Order of Merit. He did however accept the fellowship of St. John's College, Oxford.
Housman's first volume of poetry, 'A Shropshire Lad', was published in 1896. Although sales were initially slow, by the time his second volume, 'Last Poems', was published in 1922 it had achieved the status of a modern classic and Housman had become something of a literary celebrity, a position with which he was less than entirely comfortable. His poems are frequently concise, often suggesting the rhythms of traditional ballads. Frequently they evoke the English countryside, specifically that of Housman's native West Midlands. His subject-matter is often melancholy: recurring themes include unrequited love and the death of young men (in war, by suicide, or by hanging). A supplementary volume, 'More Poems', was published in 1936 shortly after his death, edited by his brother Laurence. The following year Laurence published a biography including eighteen further poems. Among these were poems too explicit or personal to be published during his lifetime, e.g. 'Oh who is that young sinner with the handcuffs on his wrists' (about the imprisonment of Oscar Wilde). At Oxford Housman had fallen in love with a fellow undergraduate, Moses Jackson. Jackson did not reciprocate his affection and may not even have been aware of it. He was already working at the Patent Office when Housman applied for a job there, and from 1882 to 1887 Housman lived with Jackson and his brother in lodgings in Bayswater. However, in 1887 Moses left the country for India, returning briefly two years later to marry. Thereafter his contact with Housman was minimal. 'A Shropshire Lad' was dedicated to him, as was the first volume of Housman's edition of Manilius. Housman's avowed atheism is expressed in such poems as 'Epitaph on an Army of Mercenaries' and 'Easter Hymn'. However, he also described the Church of England as 'the best religion I have ever come across', and much of his poetry echoes the language of the Book of Common Prayer and the King James Bible. Perhaps his most religious work (superficially at least) is 'For My Funeral'. This was sung as a hymn at his funeral, and recited on 17 September 1996, when a memorial was dedicated to Housman in Poet's Corner, Westminster Abbey.- The venerable British stage and film actor A.E. Matthews was born Alfred Edward Matthews on November 22, 1869 in Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire, England. The actor nicknamed "Matty" established himself on the British and American stage and in British films, taking up the craft after working as a clerk in a London bookstore. He said that after he learned that the great actor Sir Henry Irving (the first thespian to be knighted) had worked at the store, and used the very same desk he did, he decided to dedicate his life to the theatre.
The former bookseller started at the Princess Theatre as a "call boy," the factotum who calls the actors to the stage. Eventually, he was given acting roles, and appeared on stage with such greats as Ellen Terry (the aunt of Sir John Gielgud and Sir Gerald du Maurier. Matty made his Broadway debut on August 8, 1910 at the Garrick Theatre, in "Love Among the Lions." Later that year he appeared as Algernon Moncrieff in a production of Oscar Wilde's The Importance of Being Earnest (1952) at the Lyceum Theatre. He did not appear again on The Great White Way until 1921, when he played Jerry in the comedy Peg o' My Heart (1922) opposite the legendary American stage actress Laurette Taylor. Later that year he played the eponymous lead in Bulldog Drummond (1929).
A.E. Matthews appeared on Broadway an additional eight times in the 1920s and appeared in seven Broadway productions in the 1930s. Of his appearance in W. Somerset Maugham' comedy "The Breadwinner" in 1931, "Time Magazine" credited his acting with contributing to the success of the comedy, which had problems in its third Act and was described by the "Time" reviewer as "simply a bag of parlour tricks performed by dialog." The reviewer praised "gentle, toothy Mr. Matthews, who somehow suggests the kind old water rat in The Wind in the Willows."
Matty's last appearance On Broadway was in 1949, in William Douglas-Home's comedy "Yes, M'Lord," with a cast that featured a young Elaine Stritch. He appeared in numerous roles on the British stage.
He made his film debut in 1916, in the silent comedy Wanted: A Widow (1916). He appeared in two more flicks in 1916, one in 1918, and two more silent films in 1918 before devoting himself to stage-work. He did not make his talking picture debut until 1934, when he supported George Arliss in The Iron Duke (1934), which also featured Emlyn Williams. He made one more movie in the 1930s, the backstage drama Men Are Not Gods (1936) (1936) which featured a young Rex Harrison. His film career began in earnest in 1941, when he appeared in Anthony Asquith's Quiet Wedding (1941), the propaganda film This England (1941) (again with Emlyn Williams), and Leslie Howard's "'Pimpernel' Smith (1941)_. He appeared in another 41 movies from 1942 to 1960, including The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943), _Million Pound Note, the (1956), The Ship Was Loaded (1957), and Around the World in 80 Days (1956).
A.E. Matthews died on July 25, 1960. He was 90. - Arthur Ernest Percival was born in Aspenden, Hertfordshire, England on 26 December 1887. He was educated at Rugby School and worked in London with Naylor, Benzon & Company Limited from 1907-1914.
He was wounded in France in World War I and continued to serve in the army, finally being appointed General Officer Commanding Malaya. He surrendered to the Japanese on February 15, 1942 on Sentosa Island, Singapore and spent the rest of the Second World War in captivity in Manchuria.
He retired in 1946 and published a book, 'The War in Malaya', which was printed in 1949. He died on 31 January 1966. - Sound Department
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A.E. Rudolph was born in July 1895 in Birkenhead, Cheshire, England, UK. He is known for The Crimson Pirate (1952), A Southern Maid (1934) and You Made Me Love You (1933). He died in 1953 in Surrey, England, UK.- A.E. Southon was born on 16 February 1887 in Willesden, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Ten Commandments (1956). He was married to Joyce Mossop. He died on 30 December 1964 in Bristol, England, UK.
- A.E.C. Hopkins was born in 1905 in Camberwell, London, England, UK. A.E.C. was a director, known for Helicopters: Theory of Flight (1968). A.E.C. died in 1981 in Surrey, England, UK.
- A.E.W. Mason was born on 7 May 1865 in Everleigh, Dulwich, London, England, UK. A.E.W. was a writer, known for The Four Feathers (2002), The Flirting Widow (1930) and The Four Feathers (1939). A.E.W. died on 22 November 1948 in London, England, UK.
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A.F. Kersling was born on 7 November 1916 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. A.F. was a cinematographer, known for Civilisation (1969) and Act of Faith (1962). A.F. died on 2 September 2008 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK.- Production Manager
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A.G. Parry Jones was born in 1918 in Cirencester, Gloucestershire, England, UK. A.G. Parry was a production manager and assistant director, known for Stop-over Forever (1964), Love Is a Woman (1966) and Beast of Morocco (1968). A.G. Parry was married to Ruth Stephens and Jemima Parry Jones. A.G. Parry died in 1973 in Kensington, London, England, UK.- A.G. Poulton was born in 1861 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hindle Wakes (1931), The Cabaret Kid (1926) and One Summer's Day (1917). He died in 1933 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- A.G. Street was born on 7 April 1892 in Ditchampton Farm, Wilton, near Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Strawberry Roan (1944), A House on a Hill (1947) and The Great Harvest (1942). He died on 21 July 1966 in Salisbury, Wiltshire, England, UK.
- A.J. Ayer was born on 29 October 1910 in St. John's Wood, London, England, UK. He was married to Dee Wells, Vanessa Salmon and Renée Orde-Lees. He died on 27 June 1989 in Bloomsbury, London, England, UK.
- A.J. Brown was born on 14 September 1897 in Deal, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Family Solicitor (1961), The Forsyte Saga (1967) and The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955). He died on 29 January 1978 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- British novelist A.J. Cronin was born in Dumbartonshire, Scotland, in 1896. In 1914 he entered Glasgow University to study medicine, but his studies were interrupted by World War I, in which he served in the British Navy as a surgeon sublieutenant. He received his M.B. and Ch.B. in 1919, and took a job as a ship's surgeon on a passenger liner. He afterwards took positions at several hospitals, and in 1921 he married and moved to south Wales to start a medical practice. He received his MD degree in 1925 from the University of Glasgow, and he moved to London to start a practice there.
In 1930 he began to have health problems, and while recuperating in the Scottish Highlands he wrote a story called "Hatter's Castle", which was published in 1931. It was a best-seller, was translated into five languages and later became a film (A.J. Cronin's Hatter's Castle (1942)). The book's success convinced Cronin to pursue writing full-time. Probably his most famous novel, "The Citadel", which was written in 1937, has been made into several theatrical films and a few television series. His other best-known work, "Keys of the Kingdom", was a story about a priest helping Chinese villagers survive under the brutal Japanese occupation of their country during World War II. It was also a best-seller and was made into a successful film starring Gregory Peck, The Keys of the Kingdom (1944). - Soundtrack
A.J. Mills was born in 1871 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK. He was married to Sarah Jane Daisy Hoile. He died on 17 October 1919 in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex, England, UK.- A.J. Odudu was born on 12 February 1988 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK. She is an actress, known for Married at First Sight UK: Afters (2021), The 5:19 Show (2009) and The Big Interiors Battle (2023).
- A.J. Quinnell was born on 25 June 1940 in Nuneaton, Warwickshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Man on Fire (2004), Man on Fire and Man on Fire (1987). He was married to Elsebeth Egholm. He died on 10 July 2005 in Gozo, Malta.