Pictures

British broadcaster and actor, Desmond Carrington, smiles contentedly as he leaves ATV’s studios at Borehamwood. In the Emergency – Ward 10 series Carrington played Dr Chris Anderson.

Classical British actor, Alec Clunes, in a photograph by Welsh photographer Angus McBean

An autographed photograph featuring British actress, Barbara Murray. Signature reads ‘To John, Barbara Murray’.

The Lonely Hearts Singer (Kay Kendall) sings out from the television set in Ealing’s Meet Mr Lucifer (1953)

British actress Kay Kendall poses for a 1950s glamour photo

Welsh actress Peggy Cummins wears a white blouse in a publicity shot

Lucy (Margaret Lockwood) puts her arms on the shoulders of Lottie Smith (Joan Greenwood) in a scene from The White Unicorn (1947)

Publicity photo featuring the elegant Anglo-Indian actress, Merle Oberon

British actress, Deborah Kerr, in a black and white publicity photograph

James Mason (as Johnny McQueen) in a photograph from Odd Man Out (1947) (1)

Iris (Margaret Lockwood) and Gilbert (Michael Redgrave) investigate the disappearance of Miss Froy on board a train in The Lady Vanishes

Miriam Hopkins (as Ann Williams) and Sebastian Shaw (as Edmund Davey) in a photograph from Men Are Not Gods (1936) (1)

Anna (Odile Versois) and Ted (David Knight) and hold hands as they jump over groynes on a beach

Distinguished British leading lady, Vivien Leigh

Marlon Brando (as Mark Antony) in a photograph from Julius Caesar (1953) (1)

British actor, Laurence Olivier, with a small moustache wears a dark suit and herringbone tie

On the eve of battle, King Henry V (Laurence Olivier) in armour parleys with Mountjoy, the French Herald

The sight of Yorick’s skull in a churchyard evokes a monologue from Prince Hamlet (Laurence Olivier) on mortality

Victoria Page (Moira Lister) dances in the Powell and Pressburger film, The Red Shoes from 1948

Signed photo of British actress, Dulcie Gray. Picture reads ’Sincerely, Dulcie Gray’

British actress Hazel Court and Irish leading man Dermot Walsh at a party in the late 1940s (possibly early 50s). Picture reads ’To Peter, Hazel Court. To Peter, Sincerely Dermot Walsh’.

Lovely Hazel Court, British actress, who starred starred recently as Joan Huggett in Holiday Camp (1947) and as Helena Forsythe in My Sister and I (1948). Picture reads ’Good Luck, Hazel Court’.

Maxwell Frere (Michael Redgrave) with the ventriloquist dummy in Dead of Night (1945)

Ted Edwards (Nigel Stock) in a scene from It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

Morry Hyams (Sydney Tafler) in his store in a scene from It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

Lou (John Slater) in overcoat, tie and hat in a scene from It Always Rains on Sunday (1947)

Publicity shot for British actress, Enid Stamp-Taylor

Michael Rennie, British actor, in a moustachioed publicity shot for the Gainsborough Pictures film, The Wicked Lady (1945)

British actor, Roland Culver

British actor Richard Attenborough in a publicity shot

British comedian Stanley Holloway wears a trilby, jacket and tie as he smokes his pipe

Glynis Johns, in the dual role of Caroline/Miranda Trewella, strikes a sexy pose in a publicity shot from Mad About Men (1954)

Publicity photo featuring British actress Irene Handl

Jack Read (Richard Attenborough) and Lynne Hartley (Sheila Sim) laugh uproariously in The Guinea Pig (1948)

Sheila Sim, whose steady rise to success in such films as A Canterbury Tale, The Guinea Pig and Dear Mr Prohack has established her as an accomplished actress who epitomises youthful English charm, has an important romantic role in Pandora and the Flying Dutchman. She plays Janet, the archaeologist narrator’s niece, who suffers unhappiness through her love for Pandora’s fiancé, a famous racing motorist, portrayed by Nigel Patrick

Elsie (Marilyn Monroe) stands at the foot of the stairs and looks back over her shoulder as Maisie Springfield (Jean Kent) opens a nearby door and looks on. A scene from The Prince and the Showgirl (1957).

Anton Diffring (as Dmitri Krassin) and Donald Houston (as Albert Pascoe) in a photograph from Doublecross (1956)

British actor Donald Houston wears a jacket and tie

British actress Kathleen Harrison wears a striped blouse

British actor Cecil Parker wears a suit, tie and pocket square

British actor James Mason wears a black dinner jacket and bow tie

British actor Felix Aylmer wears a white dinner jacket and bow tie

British actor Derek Farr wears a jacket and tie. Picture is autographed ’To David Good luck, Derek Farr’

British actor John Mills wears a jacket and tie

British actor Michael Wilding wears a jacket and tie

British actor Jack Hawkins wears a jacket and tie

Grimshaw (Mervyn Johns) wears a hat and bow tie in My Learned Friend (1943)

Autographed photo from 1943 featuring Meriel Forbes

Sarah Willoughby (Peggy Cummins) in Welcome, Mr Washington (1944)

Deborah Kerr (as Sally Hardcastle) in a photograph from Love on the Dole (1941) (1)