Roland Culver

1900–1984 | British actor

British stage actor of impeccable English types, usually comic

Mini Biography

Born in London, Roland Culver worked for an optical company before studying at RADA, and was on stage from 1924. In the late 1940s he worked in Hollywood, under contract for two years to Paramount before returning to England. Married twice.

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Roland Culver (Richard Halton) sits up in bed in On Approval as Googie Withers (Helen Hale) looks on — Roland Culver sits up in bed in On Approval as Googie Withers looks on

Screenshot from Give us the Moon (1944) (3) — Give us the Moon (1944) screenshot (3)

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Personal Details

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Died

Died

Roland Culver died in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire on 1^st March, 1984, aged 83.
Born

Roland Culver was born in London on 21^st August, 1900.

Watch Roland Culver on British television

- Tales of the Unexpected ()
- Saturday at 8.30am on Sky Arts HD
- Monday at 1pm on Sky Arts
- Star-studded sinister and amusing stories, each with a twist in the tale, created by Roald Dahl.
- The Man Who Loved Redheads (1955)
- 28^th September at 4.15am on Talking Pictures
- Throughout his career, a diplomat seeks women who resemble the redhead with whom in youth he had an idyllic affair.