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1. Peter Barkworth

Actor | Where Eagles Dare

Peter Barkworth was born on January 14, 1929 in Margate, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Where Eagles Dare (1968), Patton (1970) and BBC2 Play of the Week (1977). He died on October 21, 2006 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

2. Richard Addinsell

Soundtrack | My Week with Marilyn

English composer Richard Addinsell was born in 1904. After finishing his law studies at Oxford, he took a short course in music at the Royal College of Music in London and studied from 1929 to 1932 in Berlin and Vienna. From 1933 to 1935 he lived in the USA writing scores for the Hollywood studios.

3. Larry Adler

Composer | Genevieve

Larry Adler was born on February 10, 1914 in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. He was a composer and actor, known for Genevieve (1953), The Hellions (1961) and The House in the Woods (1957). He was married to Sally Irene Cline and Eileen Walser. He died on August 6, 2001 in Lambeth, London, England, UK.

4. Edmund Allenby

Edmund Allenby was born in 1861 at Brackenhurst Hall, Nottinghamshire county, England, one of six children and the son of a country gentleman. His military service began when he entered the Royal Military College at Sandhurst in 1881 where he was commissioned into the Royal Cavalry and sent to ...

5. Kingsley Amis

Writer | The New Adventures of Lucky Jim

Kingsley Amis was born on April 16, 1922 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The New Adventures of Lucky Jim (1982), The Further Adventures of Lucky Jim (1967) and Take a Girl Like You (1970). He was married to Elizabeth Jane Howard and Hilary Ann Bardwell. He died on October 22, ...

6. Daniel M. Angel

Producer | Murder at the Windmill

Daniel M. Angel was born on May 14, 1911 in London, England, UK. He was a producer, known for Mystery at the Burlesque (1949), Cast a Dark Shadow (1955) and Mr Drake's Duck (1951). He was married to Betty Van Damm. He died on December 13, 1999 in London, England, UK.

7. Thomas Arnold

Actor | The Golden Compass

Thomas Arnold is known for The Golden Compass (2007), The Aeronauts (2019) and Robin Hood (2010).

8. Tony Ashton

Little Shop of Horrors

Tony Ashton was born on March 1, 1946 in Blackburn, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Little Shop of Horrors (1986), The Last Rebel (1971) and Wonderwall (1968). He died on May 28, 2001 in London, England, UK.

9. Frank Atkinson

Actor | Great Expectations

Frank Atkinson was born on March 19, 1890 in Oldham, Lancashire, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for Great Expectations (1946), Sherlock Holmes (1932) and The Green Cockatoo (1937). He was married to Jeanne d'Arcy. He died on February 23, 1963 in Pinner, Middlesex, England, UK.

10. Jean Bailey

Actress | La fanciulla del West

Jean Bailey is known for La fanciulla del West (1982), Top C's and Tiaras (1983) and Tarnation (2003).

11. James Richard Baillie

Producer | The Good Iranian

James Richard Baillie is known for The Good Iranian, I Am Nasrine (2012) and Blueback (2022).

12. Stanley Baldwin

Self | BBC: The Voice of Britain

Stanley Baldwin was born on August 3, 1867 in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England, UK. He died on December 14, 1947 in Astley Hall, Worcestershire, England, UK.

13. Granville Bantock

Soundtrack | Macbeth

Granville Bantock was born on August 7, 1868 in London, England, UK. He is known for Macbeth (1949) and Macbeth/II (1949). He was married to Helena von Schweitzer. He died on October 16, 1946 in London, England, UK.

14. Jamison Adams

15. Barry Barnes

Actor | '71

Barry Barnes is known for '71 (2014), Reign of Fire (2002) and Michael Collins (1996).

16. Alexander Baron

Writer | The Siege of Pinchgut

Alexander Baron was born on December 4, 1917. He was a writer, known for Four Desperate Men (1959), Robbery Under Arms (1957) and The Siege of Sidney Street (1960). He was married to Delores Salzedo. He died on December 5, 1999.

17. Lionel Bart

Soundtrack | From Russia with Love

The son of a Jewish Tailor in London's working class East End young Lionel had no formal musical education and never learned musical notation but his music teacher at school declared him to be a genius. He gained a scholarship to St Martin's School of Art at age 16 and started work as a set painter...

18. Clifford Bax

Writer | The Gateway of the Moon

Clifford Bax was born on July 13, 1886 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for The Gateway of the Moon (1928), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Immortal Lady (1938). He was married to Vera May Young and Gwendolyn Bishop. He died on November 18, 1962 in London, England, UK.

19. Arnold Bennett

Writer | Battling Jane

Arnold Bennett was born on May 27, 1867 in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Battling Jane (1918), Sacred and Profane Love (1921) and Piccadilly (1929). He was married to Marie Marguerite Soulé. He died on March 27, 1931 in London, England, UK.

20. Richard Bennett

Writer | Food of the Gods II

Richard Bennett is known for Food of the Gods II (1989).

21. Elisabeth Bergner

Actress | The Rise of Catherine the Great

Elisabeth Bergner was the daughter of the merchant Emil Ettel and his wife Anna Rosa Wagner. She grew up in Vienna, and she made her theatre debut in Innsbruck in 1915. In 1916 she obtained a contract in Zürich, where she played Ophelia next to the famous Alexander Moissi, who fell in love with her...

22. Louis Berkman

23. Sidney Bernstein

Producer | Memory of the Camps

Sidney Bernstein was born on January 30, 1899 in Romford, Essex, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Memory of the Camps (2014), Frontline (1983) and Sidney Bernstein Welcomes Phonofilm (1926). He was married to Sandra Marlone. He died on February 5, 1993 in London, England, UK.

24. Ernest Bevin

Self | Yesterday Is Over Your Shoulder

Ernest Bevin was born on March 9, 1881 in Winsford, Somerset, England, UK. He died on April 14, 1951 in London, England, UK.

25. Norman Birkett

Self | Studio E

Norman Birkett was born on September 6, 1883. He died on February 10, 1962 in London, England, UK.

26. Katherine Blake

Actress | The CollegeHumor Show

Katherine Blake is known for The CollegeHumor Show (2009) and Gumption (2012).

27. Enid Blyton

Writer | The Famous Five

Enid Blyton (11 August 1897 - 28 November 1968) was an English author. She was born in Dulwich, South London, England. She was one of the world's most famous children's writers. She is also one of the most prolific authors of all time. This means that she wrote a great number of books. Her most ...

28. Marc Bolan

Soundtrack | G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra

Born on September 30, 1947 in London, England, Mark Bolan was always destined to be a star. Even as a teenager, he was already seeking fame. Well known as a sharp dresser, he was employed by a modeling agency and became a "John Temple Boy", wearing John Temple suits in their catalogs as well as ...

29. Wilfred Bowman

Actor | Year of the Comet

Wilfred Bowman is known for Year of the Comet (1992).

30. Bernard Braden

Actor | All Night Long

He had an impressive sporting background, Ay high school in Canada he was boxing champion and qualified as a runner for the Junior Olympics, The sport he really shone at was basketball, He qualified for the Olympic Games but never made it because at the time he was working for a radio station in ...

31. Bernard Bresslaw

Actor | Krull

A RADA scholar who was spotted by Laurence Olivier, Bernard Bresslaw got professional security from the "Carry On" films but was typecast (as TV's The Army Game (1957) had done earlier). He was beginning to extend himself through stage work when, in 1993, just before a performance in "The Taming Of...

32. Arthur Brough

Actor | Are You Being Served?

The English actor Arthur Brough, who achieved fame as senior clothing salesman Mr. Grainger on the BBC-TV comedy series Are You Being Served? (1972) in the 1970s, after almost half-a-century on the stage, was born Frederick Arthur Baker on February 26, 1905 in Petersfield, Hampshire, England. After ...

33. Teddy Brown

Actor | On the Air

Teddy Brown was born on May 25, 1900 in New York City, New York, USA. He was an actor, known for On the Air (1934), Variety Parade (1936) and The Arcadians (1927). He was married to Sophie Inselberg. He died on April 30, 1946 in Birmingham, England, UK.

34. Brenda Bruce

Actress | Peeping Tom

Brenda Bruce was born on July 7, 1919 in Prestwich, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Peeping Tom (1960), Little Dorrit (1987) and The Final Test (1953). She was married to Clement McCallin and Roy Rich. She died on February 19, 1996 in London, England, UK.

35. Jack Buchanan

Actor | The Band Wagon

Born in Scotland, Jack Buchanan made his stage acting debut in Britain in 1912, and on Broadway in 1924. Though he made his film debut in 1917 during the silent film era, Buchanan is probably best remembered for The Band Wagon (1953), co-starring with Fred Astaire, Cyd Charisse, Nanette Fabray, ...

36. Thomas Burke

Writer | Broken Blossoms or The Yellow Man and the Girl

British essayist and novelist Thomas Burke was born in London in 1886. His father died when Thomas was still an infant. He lived on and off with a succession of relatives, and spent four years in an orphanage. After graduating school at age 15 he took a variety of jobs, but his interest was always ...

37. Alan Bush

Actor | Armstrong Circle Theatre

Alan Bush was born on December 22, 1900 in Dulwich, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Armstrong Circle Theatre (1950), Alan Bush: A Life (1983) and Music Now (1968). He died on October 31, 1995 in Watford, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

38. Nancy Bush

Soundtrack | Alan Bush: A Life

39. Lewis Casson

Actor | Saint Joan

Sir Lewis Casson was a British actor and theatrical director who was married to the legendary actress Dame Sybil Thorndike. He played a role in modernizing the British theatre, expanding it to embrace social critiques as well as new techniques, and was an advocate for a National Theatre.

Lewis was ...

40. John T. Chapman

Writer | Not Now Darling

John T. Chapman was born on May 27, 1927 in Brentford, Middlesex, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Not Now Darling (1973), Satan in High Heels (1962) and Kraft Theatre (1947). He was married to Betty Impey. He died on September 3, 2001 in Périgueux, Dordogne, France.

41. O.B. Clarence

Actor | Great Expectations

Stocky, bespectacled English character actor, whose career began in the music halls. Educated at Dover College, Oliver Burchett Clarence acted in repertory theatre from 1890. He then worked as a member of actor-manager Frank Benson's troupe for a number of years. During the First World War, he ...

42. Ernest Clark

Actor | Gandhi

A distinguished stage actor, Ernest Clark was best known to British television viewers for his role as the crusty "Sir Geoffrey Loftus" in the long running "Doctor" comedy series during the 1970s.

Born in Maida Vale, Clark was the son of a master builder and was educated at Marylebone Grammar School...

43. Eric Coates

Soundtrack | Allied

The master of melody, Eric Coates, the composer of familiar music ("Sleepy Lagoon", "Knightsbridge") worldwide, had classical training at the Royal Academy of Music with Frederick Corder for composition and Lionel Tertis for the viola, his main instrument. As a freelance violist he became principal...

44. Phyllis Coates

Actress | Adventures of Superman

Born in Wichita Falls, Texas, Phyllis Coates moved to Hollywood as a teenager with intentions of enrolling at UCLA. A chance encounter with Ken Murray in a Hollywood & Vine restaurant landed her in the comedian's vaudeville show. She started out as a chorus girl and worked her way up to doing skits...

45. Charles B. Cochran

Bitter Sweet

Charles B. Cochran was born on September 25, 1872 in Lindfield, Sussex, England, UK. He was a producer, known for Bitter Sweet (1933), Evergreen (1934) and Cavalcade (1933). He died on January 31, 1951 in London, England, UK.

46. Steve Conway

Actor | The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy

Steve Conway is known for The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (1981), Ripping Yarns (1976) and The Climber (1983).

47. Sadie Corre

Actress | Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi

Sadie Corre was born on May 31, 1918 in Bognor Regis, Sussex, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Star Wars: Episode VI - Return of the Jedi (1983), The Rocky Horror Picture Show (1975) and The Dark Crystal (1982). She died on August 26, 2009 in St John's Wood, London, England, UK.

48. Billy Cotton

Actor | Music Hall Parade

Billy's first contact with music was as a boy chorister at St Margarets, Westminster, When the first world war came along he gave a false age to a recruiting sergeant and found himself in the Dardenelles at the age of 15 but when this was discovered he was shipped back home where he went off and ...

49. Cicely Courtneidge

Actress | Aunt Sally

Cicely Courtneidge was born on April 1, 1893 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She was an actress, known for Along Came Sally (1934), Things Are Looking Up (1935) and The Ghost Train (1931). She was married to Jack Hulbert. She died on April 26, 1980 in Putney, London, England, UK.

50. Nicholas Courtney

Actor | Doctor Who

Nicholas Courtney was born in Egypt, the son of a British diplomat. His early years were spent in Kenya and France and he was called up for National Service at the age of 18. After 18 months of duty in the British forces, Courtney joined the Webber Douglas drama school. He spent two years there and...

51. Tony Crombie

Soundtrack | Sweet Beat

Tony Crombie was born on August 27, 1925 in London, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Sweet Beat (1959), The Nudist Story (1960) and Identity Unknown (1960). He died on October 18, 1999 in Hampstead, London, England, UK.

52. Beverley Cross

Writer | Clash of the Titans

Beverley Cross was born on April 13, 1931 in London, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Clash of the Titans (1981), Jason and the Argonauts (1963) and Clash of the Titans (2010). He was married to Maggie Smith, Gayden Collins and Elizabeth Clunies-Ross. He died on March 20, 1998 in London, ...

53. Claude Dampier

Actor | She Knew What She Wanted

Claude Dampier was born on November 23, 1878 in Clapham, London, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for She Knew What She Wanted (1936), Don't Take It to Heart! (1944) and Boys Will Be Boys (1935). He was married to Billie Carlyle and Irene Vere. He died on January 1, 1955 in Ashford ...

54. Bebe Daniels

Actress | 42nd Street

Bebe Daniels already had toured as an actor by the age of four in a stage production of "Richard III". She had her first leading role at the age of seven and started her film career shortly after this in movies for Imperial, Pathe and others. At 14 she was already a film veteran, and was enlisted ...

55. Clara Davies

Actress | The Boomerang

Clara Davies is known for The Boomerang (1912).

56. Jeanne De Casalis

Actress | Cottage to Let

Jeanne De Casalis was born on May 22, 1897 in Basutoland, South Africa. She was an actress and writer, known for Bombsight Stolen (1941), Radio Parade (1933) and Charley's (Big-Hearted) Aunt (1940). She was married to Cowan Douglas Stephenson and Colin Clive. She died on August 19, 1966 in London, ...

57. Jerry Desmonde

Actor | Gonks Go Beat

Jerry Desmond, whose real name was James Robert Sadler, was born 20th July 1908 and made his stage debut at age 11 in the Sadler Elsie Four at the Palace Cinema, Armadale in November 1919 staying with them until 1928 when he joined the chorus of a music comedy show which toured America. Returning ...

58. Ed Devereaux

Actor | True Believers

Ed Devereaux was born in August 1925 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia as Edward Sidney Devereaux. He was an actor and writer, known for Skippy (1967), True Believers (1988) and The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963). He was married to Irene Champion and Julie Devereaux (nee ?). He died on December 17...

59. Gordon Dines

Cinematographer | The Siege of Pinchgut

Gordon Dines was born on June 4, 1911 in London, England, UK. He was a cinematographer, known for Four Desperate Men (1959), Wonderful Things (1958) and The Third Key (1956). He died in 1982 in Ealing, London, England, UK.

60. Joan Dowling

Actress | Murder Without Crime

Joan Dowling had a passion for acting and as an aspiring young actress she would take roles in plays, pantomimes and other works simply to be on the stage. Her first recognised role was at the tender age of 14 and she signed her first film contract at 17. She had natural talent and did not have any...

61. Robert Drysdale

Writer | 227

Robert Drysdale is known for 227 (1985).

62. Ashley Dukes

Writer | The Patriot

Ashley Dukes was born on May 29, 1885 in Bridgwater, Somerset, England, UK. Ashley was a writer, known for The Patriot (1928), Vintage Wine (1935) and Abdul the Damned (1935). Ashley was married to Marie Rambert. Ashley died on May 4, 1959 in London, England, UK.

63. Ian Dury

Actor | Judge Dredd

Ian Dury had to face polio at the age of 7, and consequently a string of institutions over the next few years. He joined The Walthamstow College of Art at 17, and from 1966-73 he worked as an art teacher in different schools. It was in the middle of this period he started his musical career with a ...

64. Ray Ellington

Soundtrack | The Life and Death of Peter Sellers

Ray Ellington was born on March 17, 1916 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and composer, known for The Life and Death of Peter Sellers (2004), Between Two Women (2003) and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (2017). He was married to Anita West. He died on February 28, 1985.

65. Edith Ellis

Writer | Quand on est belle

Edith Ellis was born in Coldwater, Michigan, to Edward C Ellis, playwright and actor, and Ruth McCarty Ellis, an actress. She claimed she was born to the stage, her first part was at age 6, and by 10 she was a star. Two plays were written for her before she was 12 years old. Several times she was ...

66. Lily Elsie

Actress | Comradeship

Lily Elsie was born on April 8, 1886 in Worsley, Lancashire, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Comradeship (1919) and Daisy Belle (2018). She was married to John Ian Bullough. She died on December 16, 1962 in Pelehouse Common, Sussex, England, UK.

67. Barry Evans

Actor | Mind Your Language

Barry Evans was born on June 18, 1943 in Guildford, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Mind Your Language (1977), Journey to Murder (1971) and Journey to the Unknown (1968). He died on February 11, 1997 in Melton Mowbray, Leicestershire, England, UK.

68. Kathleen Ferrier

Soundtrack | Que la bête meure

Kathleen Ferrier was born on April 22, 1912 in Higher Walton, Lancashire, England, UK. She was married to Bert Wilson. She died on October 8, 1953 in London, England, UK.

69. Bud Flanagan

Actor | Dreaming

During the 1st World War he was in the army and was picked on a lot by the sergeant Major. On being demobbed he told the Sgt major that he would have his revenge on him by using his name for his (Bud's) stage name, In 1906 he was a call boy at the Cambridge Theatre in London's East End, In 1923 ...

70. Benjamin Frankel

Composer | Battle of the Bulge

Composer, conductor, arranger and music director. Trained Cologne, Berlin and London (at the Guildhall school of Music and Drama). From the age of seventeen, earned a living as a jazz fiddler, pianist and arranger in, among others, Carroll Gibbons' Savoy Orpheans and Henry Hall's BBC Dance ...

71. Lynne Frederick

Actress | Nicholas and Alexandra

Lynne Frederick was a talented British actress of the 1970s. She had a unique combination of good looks and charm which captivated audiences for a decade. Although best known as the fourth and final wife of British comedian Peter Sellers, Lynne has developed a cult following in recent years. Before ...

72. Anna Freud

Anna Freud was born on December 3, 1895 in Vienna, Austria. She died on October 9, 1982 in London, England, UK.

73. Sigmund Freud

Writer | The Ego and the Id

Austrian neurologist and 'father of psychoanalysis'. Freud was born to Jacob Freud, a Jewish wool merchant, and Amalia (neé Nathansohn). The family settled in Vienna when Freud was young. In 1873 he started medicine at the University of Vienna, at which time he adopted the shortened form of his ...

74. Forrest Fulton

Self | The Inspectors: Clues to the Crime

75. Hugh Gaitskell

Self | Panorama

Hugh Gaitskell was born on April 9, 1906 in Kensington, London, England, UK. He was married to Anna Dora Frost. He died on January 18, 1963 in Fitzrovia, London, England, UK.

76. Leon Garfield

Writer | Smith

Leon Garfield was born on July 14, 1921 in Brighton, Sussex, England, UK. He was a writer, known for Smith (1970), Jack Holborn (1982) and Spooky (1983). He was married to Vivien Alcock. He died on June 2, 1996 in London, England, UK.

77. Lewis Grassic Gibbon

Writer | Play for Today

Lewis Grassic Gibbon was born on February 13, 1901 in Auchterless, Aberdeenshire, Scotland, UK. He was a writer, known for Play for Today (1970), Sunset Song (2015) and Sunset Song (1971). He died on February 7, 1935 in Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire, England, UK.

78. Elinor Glyn

Writer | It

Elinor Glyn was born on October 17, 1864 in Jersey, Channel Islands. She was a writer and actress, known for It (1927), Knowing Men (1930) and The Price of Things (1930). She was married to Clayton Glyn. She died on September 23, 1943 in London, England, UK.

79. Denis Goodwin

Writer | The Big Noise

Denis Goodwin was born on July 19, 1929 in London, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for The Big Noise (1964), Bright's Boffins (1970) and Make a Date (1960). He was married to Barbara Goodman. He died on February 26, 1975.

80. Helen Goss

Actress | The Hound of the Baskervilles

Helen Goss was born on October 15, 1903 in London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959), The Wicked Lady (1945) and BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960). She died in August 1985 in Essex, England, UK.

81. Gibson Gowland

Actor | Greed

Gibson Gowland was born on January 4, 1877 in Spennymoor, Durham, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Greed (1924), Blind Husbands (1919) and The Phantom of the Opera (1925). He was married to Rachelle Marie Gertrude Dervaes (pianist/actress) and Sylvia Andrew. He died on September 9, 1951 in ...

82. Charles Gray

Actor | Diamonds Are Forever

The son of a surveyor, Charles Gray was born and raised in Queen's Park, Bournemouth. As a young actor, he received his vocal training from the Royal Shakespeare Company in Stratford-upon-Avon and at the Old Vic, having long abandoned his first job as clerk for a real estate agent. His voice was to...

83. Benny Green

Soundtrack | Modesty Blaise

Benny Green was born on December 9, 1927 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. He was a writer and actor, known for Modesty Blaise (1966), Son of Hitler (1979) and Golden Gala (1978). He was married to Toni Kanal. He died on June 22, 1998 in Sutton, Surrey, England, UK.

84. Hughie Green

Actor | Midshipman Easy

Hughie Green was born on February 2, 1920 in London, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Midshipman Easy (1935), Down Our Alley (1939) and If Winter Comes (1947). He was married to Claire Wilson. He died on May 3, 1997 in Chelsea, London, England, UK.

85. Anthony Greenwood

Self | In the News

86. Joyce Grenfell

Actress | Stage Fright

Toothy, oval-faced Britisher Joyce Grenfell with her stark, equine features charmed and humored audiences both here and abroad on radio, stage, film and TV for nearly four decades. Lovingly remembered as a delightfully witty revue artist, monologist and raconteur, she inherited her bold talents ...

87. Hugh Griffith

Actor | Ben-Hur

Enjoyably larger-than-life character actor Hugh Emrys Griffith was born in Marianglas, Anglesey, North Wales, to Mary (Williams) and William Griffith. Griffith left the world of banking (having been employed as a teller) after winning a scholarship to study acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic ...

88. Decima Moore

Lilian Decima Moore was born in Brighton, where her father was the county analytical chemist for Sussex. She had four sisters, all of whom were on the concert platform or the stage as singers. Her preferred roles were in musical comedy and light drama. Moore made her debut in London, aged 17, at ...

89. Ken Halliwell

Actor | To Encourage the Others

Ken Halliwell is known for To Encourage the Others (1972), 1990 (1977) and The Onedin Line (1971).

90. Irene Handl

Actress | The Italian Job

English character actress best known for her many portrayals of feisty cockney types, ranging from barmaids to landladies, charwomen to cooks. Unlike her working class screen personae, Irene's parentage was quite cosmopolitan, her father (Frederick) a Viennese banker, her mother (Maria) a French ...

91. Tommy Handley

Actor | Time Flies

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 ...

92. Robert Harbin

Actor | Danger Man

Robert Harbin was born on February 14, 1908 in Balfour, South Africa. He was an actor, known for Danger Man (1960), The Limping Man (1953) and The Pelicans and the Pirates (1955). He was married to Dorothy Hall. He died on January 12, 1978 in London, England, UK.

93. Cedric Hardwicke

Actor | The Ten Commandments

Sir Cedric Hardwicke, one of the great character actors in the first decades of the talking picture, was born in Lye, England on February 19, 1893. Hardwicke attended the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and made his stage debut in 1912. His career was interrupted by military service in World War I, ...

94. Jack Hawkins

Actor | Ben-Hur

In Britain, special Christmas plays called pantomimes are produced for children. Jack Hawkins made his London theatrical debut at age 12, playing the elf king in "Where The Rainbow Ends". At 17, he got the lead role of St. George in the same play. At 18, he made his debut on Broadway in "Journey's ...

95. Tubby Hayes

Soundtrack | Tubby Hayes: A Man in a Hurry

Tubby Hayes was born on January 30, 1935 in London, England, UK. He was a composer and actor, known for Tubby Hayes: A Man in a Hurry (2015), Crescendo (1970) and All Night Long (1962). He died on June 8, 1973 in England, UK.

96. Michael Head

Self | Eläintarhanajo 1955

97. Percy Heming

The Singing Cop

Operatic baritone. Studied at the Royal Academy of Music in London with Frederick King, and in Dresden with George Henschel. His career was almost entirely in Britain. He made his debut with the Beecham Opera Company in 1915 as Mercutio in Gounod's ROMEO AND JULIET. Subsequently sang with the ...

98. Ian Hendry

Actor | Get Carter

Born 13 January 1931 in Ipswich, England, Ian Hendry's career began rather inauspiciously, playing the fall guy for a circus clown. After attending London's Central School of Speech and Drama, things started progressing nicely when he starred as "Dr. Geoffrey Brent" in Police Surgeon (1960). This ...

99. Leslie Henson

Actor | Tons of Money

Leslie Henson, comedian born in London in 1891. Famous for his bulging eyes, malleable face and raspy voice. He studied with 'the Cairns James School of Musical and Dramatic Art as a child, he was writing and producing theatrical pieces while still at school. Became popular in Music Hall from 1910,...

100. Charles Heslop

Actor | Hobson's Choice

Charles Heslop was born on June 8, 1883 in Thames Ditton, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hobson's Choice (1920), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and ITV Television Playhouse (1955). He was married to Maidie Field. He died on April 13, 1966 in St. Pancras, London, England, UK.