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Early Life and Career The actor and comedian Leslie Townes Hope, better known as ‘Bob’ Hope, was born on 29 May 1903, in Eltham, London. He was the fifth of seven sons of William Henry Hope, a stonemason, and his Welsh wife, Avis, a light opera singer. The family initially settled in Barry, Wales before…
Early Life and Career The actor Jack Hawkins was born John Edward Hawkins on 14 September 1910 in the Wood Green suburb of Haringey, London. He was the youngest of the four children of Thomas Hawkins, a builder, and his wife, Phoebe. Hawkins was educated at Wood Green’s Trinity County Grammar School. He made his…
Early Life The British actor, director, and producer John Mills was born Lewis Ernest Watts Mills on 22 February 1908 in North Elmham, Norfolk. Mills grew up in Felixstowe, Suffolk, where his father was a maths teacher, and his mother was a theatre box office manager. He had a sister, Annette, some 13 years older,…
Early Life and Career The actor, author, and theatre director, Anthony Quayle was born in Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire on 7 September 2013. He was the only child of Arthur and Esther Quayle, who christened him John Anthony. His lawyer father, a big fan of the theatre, often took his son to see stage performances in…
Early Life The actor Trevor Howard was born Trevor Wallace Howard-Smith in Cliftonville, Margate, Kent on 29 September 2013. Later in life, he claimed to have been born in 1916 but his school records and other sources show otherwise. He was the son of Mabel and Arthur Howard-Smith, an insurance underwriter for Lloyd’s of London….
Early Life of Arthur Stanley Jefferson aka Stan Laurel The legendary comedy actor, director, and screenwriter Stan Laurel was born Arthur Stanley Jefferson on 16 June 1890 in Ulverston, Lancashire (now Cumbria), England. He was one of five children. His father, Arthur J. Jefferson, was an actor, who later became a theatre manager. His Ulverston-born…
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