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He made his film debut in The Conspirator in 1949 and went on to starring roles in such as Geordie and The Bridal Path, He's probably better known though for the animal films which he made with his actress wife Virginia McKenna such as Born Free, An Elephant Called Slowly and Ring of Bright Water, His sister was the actress Linden Travers and his niece is the actress Penelope Wilton- Peter Lowry was born on 28 October 1914 in Islington, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Give Me the Stars (1945) and A Musical Masquerade (1946). He died on 25 August 2009 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.
- Mike was born in Harrow, Middlesex in June 1946. Educated at St Paul's School, London, he gained a BA in American and English Literature at Manchester University before starting his career in journalism with the Surrey Comet in 1969. He then joined AAP Reuters, a Sydney-based news agency, as bulletins editor. In 1974 he moved to United Newspapers as a sports reporter, then sports editor. Mike joined Thames TV as a sub-editor and reporter in 1979, before joining TV-am in 1983 at its launch as a sports reporter/presenter and then presenter of the Saturday edition of Good Morning Britain. He became anchorman of GMB in 1987. After TV-am, Mike went on to become regular presenter of Yorkshire TV's news magazine programme "Calendar".
- Brian Hayes was born on 25 April 1912 in Wandsworth, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Persuaders! (1971), Brideshead Revisited (1981) and The Railway Children (1968). He died on 11 March 1983 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.
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Diana Pine was born on 16 May 1915 in Wandsworth, Surrey, England, UK. She was a director and production manager, known for The Changing Face of Europe (1951), Faster Than Sound (1949) and Spotlight on the Colonies (1950). She died on 24 September 2004 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.- Vic Viner was born on 21 March 1917 in Gillingham, Kent, England, UK. He was married to Winnie Simpson. He died on 29 September 2016 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.
- Charles Courtneidge was born on 7 June 1894 in Clapham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Love on Wheels (1932), Love Lies (1931) and The Spare Room (1932). He died on 13 June 1935 in Ranmore Common, Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.
- Marie Stopes was born on 15 October 1880 in Edinburgh, Scotland, UK. She was a writer, known for Married Love (1923). She died on 2 October 1958 in Norbury Park, Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.
- Ruth Maitland was born on 3 February 1880 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Faithful Heart (1922), The Farmer's Wife (1928) and The Only Girl (1933). She was married to James Seafield Grant. She died on 12 March 1961 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.
- British mystery writer Joseph S. Fletcher was born in Halifax, England, in 1863. He was orphaned at eight months old, and was taken in and raised by his grandmother, who lived in Yorkshire. At age 18 he moved to London to get into journalism. He worked on a few newspaper, though not as a journalist, and eventually turned to freelance writing. From 1890 to 1900 he wrote pieces about the joys and sorrows of country life for the "Leeds Mercury" newspaper using the alias "Son of the Soil". His first novel, "When Charles the First Was King", was published in 1902 and garnered him some attention. From then on he wrote prolifically in all genres--poetry, fiction, history, biography, theology, romance, comedy, and pretty much everything in between.
In 1918 US President Woodrow Wilson remarked about how much he enjoyed Fletcher's mystery novel "The Middle Temple Murder", and with that endorsement American publisher Alfred Knopf began publishing some of Fletcher's many detective stories, and achieved wide popularity in the US.
Fletcher died on January 31, 1933. - Leslie Beresford was born on 23 April 1878 in Derby, Derbyshire, England, UK. Leslie was a writer, known for While Paris Sleeps (1923), The Furnace (1920) and Big Happiness (1920). Leslie died on 18 May 1946 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.
- Edward Thomas was born on 16 May 1918 in Walton-on-Thames, Surrey, England, UK. He was married to Ruth Dyson. He died on 22 January 1996 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.
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Marian Hemar was born on 6 April 1901 in Lemberg, Galicia, Austria-Hungary [now Lviv, Ukraine]. Marian was a writer, known for ABC milosci (1935), Sluby ulanskie (1934) and Panienka z poste restante (1935). Marian died on 11 February 1972 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.- Actor
Roland Dallas was born on 8 October 1935 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor. He died on 8 June 2013 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.- Betty Thumling was born on 9 December 1912 in Edmonton, Middlesex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Two Hearts in Harmony (1935). She died on 18 February 1976 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.
- Taqui Altounyan was born on 16 May 1917 in Hampstead, London, England, UK. She was married to Robert Stephens. She died on 14 July 2001 in Dorking, Surrey, England, UK.