Felix Aylmer

(1889–1979)

British actor (d. 90) | Henry V (1944), The October Man (1947), The Way to the Stars (1945)

Distinguished British stage character actor, a respected industry figure who from 1950 was president of Equity, the actors’ trade union

Mini Biography

In films, Felix Aylmer mainly played schoolmasters, bankers, bishops and so on. Born in Corsham, Wiltshire, he was educated at Exeter College, Oxford and studied for the stage under Rosina Filippi. He began on stage in 1911 and was in films from 1932.

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Col H ‘Bulldog’ Kelsoe (Felix Aylmer) and Gen ‘Jumbo’ Burlap / Nawab of Bagwash (Robert Morley) sit at a chess table and worriedly look at paperwork. The General holds a copy of the Eternal Regulations – 1708 edition. A scene from the 1947 film The Ghosts of Berkeley Square — Felix Aylmer and Robert Morley in The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)

Main title from The Vicar of Bray (1937) (8). Felix Aylmer as the Earl of Brendon — The Vicar of Bray (1937) opening credits (8)

Felix Aylmer (as Mr Emmanuel) in a screenshot from Mr. Emmanuel (1944) (3) — Mr. Emmanuel (1944) screenshot (3) | Felix Aylmer

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Personal Details

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Died

Born

Felix Aylmer was born in Corsham, Wiltshire on 21^st February, 1889.
Died

Felix Aylmer died in Pyrford, Woking, Surrey on 2^nd September, 1979, aged 90.

Watch Felix Aylmer on British television

- Trio (1950)
- Today at 11.15am on London Live
- Tuesday at 2.45pm on London Live
- Following Quartet, three more stories from Somerset Maugham: The Verger, Mr Knowall, and Sanitorium.
- The Lady with a Lamp (1951)
- Tomorrow at 2.50pm on London Live
- Thursday at 1pm on London Live
- The life of Florence Nightingale and her work in reforming the nursing service in 19th-century England.
- Randall and Hopkirk (Deceased) (1969–71)
- It’s Supposed to Be Thicker Than Water (1970, S1)
- Tuesday at 8pm on GREAT! tv
- Tuesday at 9pm on GREAT tv Plus 1
- A private investigator and the ghost of his dead partner solve cases.
- Spies of the Air (1939)
- Saturday at 12pm on Talking Pictures TV
- A test pilot turns out to be an enemy agent.
- So Long at the Fair (1950)
- 7^th October at 2pm on Talking Pictures TV
- During the 1889 Paris Exposition a girl books into a hotel with her brother, and next day finds that he has disappeared and his existence is denied by all concerned.