People

British stage and screen actor, Ralph Richardson

1902–1983
d. 80

Distinguished British stage actor, in occasional films. Despite his splendid theatrical voice and thespian mannerisms he was at his best playing ordinary chaps, though his gallery included plenty of eccentrics

British director Carol Reed, perhaps best known for his work on The Third Man (1949)

1906–1976
d. 69

Distinguished British director who after a peak in the late 40s seemed to lose his way; his infrequent later films, though always civilised, were generally disappointing

Publicity photograph of British actor, Alastair Sim

1900–1976
d. 75

Lugubrious Scottish actor of stage and screen; his diction and gestures were inimitable

Publicity photo of British film actress, Dora Bryan

1923–2014
d. 91

English stage and film comedienne, specialising in warm-hearted tarts of the Northern or Cockney variety

Autographed photograph of British actor Rex Harrison from the 1948 film, Escape

1908–1990
d. 82

Debonair British leading actor of pleasant, if limited, range, on stage since 1924; films only occasionally gave him the right material

Naunton Wayne, well-known British actor who plays the role of Leslie, one of the club friends of of Henry Garnet (Basil Radford) in ‘The Facts of Life’, one of the four Somerset Maugham stories comprising ‘Quartet’, Sydney Box’s new production for Gainsborough Pictures

1901–1970
d. 69

Mild-mannered British light comedy actor, on stage from 1920, films from 1931; became well known with Basil Radford in many films as Englishmen abroad

Publicity photo of British actress Googie Withers

1917–2011
d. 94

English leading actress of stage, screen and television

British actor Kenneth More wears an open-necked checked shirt and watch in a casual publicity photo

1914–1982
d. 67

Breezy British leading actor, a recognisable World War II type who later gave compassionate interpretations of middle-aged dreamers

British actress Celia Johnson in a promotional picture for the film Brief Encounter (1945). Johnson pairs a smart herringbone jacket with jumper and pearls

1908–1982
d. 73

Distinguished British actress, on stage from 1928, usually in well-bred roles: films, rare.

Signed photo of British actor, Dirk Bogarde. The actor wears a jacket, jumper and tie, and sports a signet ring

1921–1999
d. 78

British leading actor of Dutch descent

Anna Neagle, British actress, in a publicity photo wears a pearl necklace and a black dress

1904–1986
d. 81

British leading lady, a former chorus dancer who, in partnership with producer and, later, her husband Herbert Wilcox, built up a formidable film gallery of historical heroines

British actor, Basil Radford, as Captain Paul Waggett in Whisky Galore! (1949)

1897–1952
d. 55

British light character comedian, on stage from 1922, films from 1929

British actor Michael Redgrave in a moustachioed publicity photograph

1908–1985
d. 77

Tall, distinguished British actor, former schoolmaster, on stage from 1934

American publicity photograph featuring British actor David Niven

1910–1983
d. 73

Debonair British leading man whose natural enthusiasm found several outlets before he accidentally ended up in Hollywood and was signed up as an extra

Promotional shot of distinguished British actor, Alec Guinness

1914–2000
d. 86

Distinguished British stage actor, who in the late 1940s started a spectacular film career first as a master of disguise, then as a young hero and later as any character from Hitler to Obi Wan Kenobi