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Actors, actresses, directors and producers of stage, screen, radio and television. Page four of five

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British actor Cecil Parker wears a suit, tie and pocket square — Cecil Parker (1897–1971)
British character actor with upper-class personality, which could be amiable or chill.

British actor James Mason wears a black dinner jacket and bow tie — James Mason (1909–1984)
Leading British and international actor who became a star at home in saturnine roles during World War II.

British actor Felix Aylmer wears a white dinner jacket and bow tie — Felix Aylmer (1889–1979)
Distinguished British stage character actor, a respected industry figure who from 1950 was president of Equity, the actors’ trade union.

British actor Derek Farr wears a jacket and tie. Picture is autographed ’To David Good luck, Derek Farr’ — Derek Farr (1912–1986)
British leading man of stage and screen, married to Muriel Pavlow; former schoolmaster.

British actor John Mills wears a jacket and tie — John Mills (1908–2005)
Popular British leading actor with musical comedy experience.

British actor Michael Wilding wears a jacket and tie — Michael Wilding (1912–1979)
Elegant British leading man of the 1940s.

British actor Jack Hawkins wears a jacket and tie — Jack Hawkins (1910–1973)
Dominant British actor; after long apprenticeship became an international star in middle age, but in 1966 lost his voice after an operation.

Grimshaw (Mervyn Johns) wears a hat and bow tie in My Learned Friend (1943) — Mervyn Johns (1899–1992)
Welsh character actor, on stage from 1923; usually played mild-mannered roles.

Autographed photo from 1943 featuring Meriel Forbes — Meriel Forbes (1913–2000)
British stage actress, wife of Sir Ralph Richardson.

Main title from Train of Events (1949) featuring Valerie Hobson — Valerie Hobson (1917–1998)
British leading actress in dignified and disciplined ladylike roles.

Main title from Train of Events (1949) featuring Jack Warner — Jack Warner (1895–1981)
Genial British character actor, former music-hall comedian; TV’s ‘Dixon of Dock Green’

Main title from Train of Events (1949) featuring John Clements — John Clements (1910–1988)
Distinguished British actor-manager. Born in London, he was on stage from 1930

Main title from Train of Events (1949) featuring Susan Shaw — Susan Shaw (1929–1978)
British leading lady groomed by the Rank ‘charm school’, whose career was hampered by alcoholism.

Main title from Train of Events (1949) featuring Irina Baronova — Irina Baronova (1919–2008)
Born in Russia, one of the famed ‘baby ballerinas’. Married Laurence Olivier’s theatrical agent, Cecil Tennant.

Margaret Leighton, British actress, pictured in 1948 — Margaret Leighton (1922–1976)
Elegant English leading actress, mainly in the theatre.

British actor Trevor Howard smokes a cigarette. Howard is dressed in a herringbone jacket and tie — Trevor Howard (1913–1988)
Distinguished English leading man, on stage from 1934

Actresses Julia Lockwood and Vicki Michelle join Richard Williams at the unveiling of a commemorative plaque for Julia’s mother, 1940s British film star Margaret Lockwood — Richard Williams (1945– )

Main title from The Tenth Man (1936) featuring Iris Hoey — Iris Hoey (1885–1979)
English actress, in occasional films.

Linden Travers (as Augusta Leigh) in a screenshot from The Bad Lord Byron (1948) (4) — Linden Travers (1913–2001)
British leading actress of stage (from 1931), screen shortly after.

Main title from The Tenth Man (1936) featuring John Lodge — John Lodge (1903–1985)
American leading man of the 1930s, mainly European films.

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