Roland Culver

(1900–84)

British actor (d. 83) | The Vicious Circle (1957), Secret Mission (1942), Quiet Wedding (1941)

British stage actor of impeccable English types, usually comic

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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

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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

- English Without Tears (1944)
- Friday at 9.35am on Talking Pictures TV
- During World War II, a rich ATS girl falls for her butler who has become a lieutenant.
- Tales of the Unexpected (1979–88)
- Death Can Add (1982, S5)
- 27^th January at 5pm on Sky Arts HD
- 28^th January at 1pm on Sky Arts HD
- 30^th January at 9am on Sky Arts HD
- 31^st January at 9am on Sky Arts HD
- Star-studded sinister and amusing stories, each with a twist in the tale, created by Roald Dahl.
- Dead of Night (1945)
- 30^th January at 7pm on Talking Pictures TV
- An architect is caught up in an endless series of recurring dreams, during which he is told other people’s supernatural experiences and finally murders the psychiatrist who is trying to help him.