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Early Life The character actor James Mason was born on 15 May 1909, in Huddersfield, Yorkshire. He was the youngest of the three sons of John Mason and Mabel Hattersley. His father was a wealthy textile merchant, who travelled extensively to Europe on business. His well-educated mother had studied and worked in London as an…
Early Life The comedy actor Terry-Thomas was born Thomas Terry Hoar Stevens on 10 July 1911 in Finchley, North London. He was the fourth of the five children of Ernest and Ellen Stevens (née Hoar). Ernest Stevens was the manager of a butchery business at Smithfield Market and an amateur actor in his spare time….
Early Life The comedic character actor Alastair Sim was born in Edinburgh on 9 October 1900. He was the youngest child of tailor Alexander Sim and his wife Isabella. Sim had three siblings, a brother, and two sisters. He was educated at Bruntsfield Primary school, James Gillespie’s High School, and George Heriot’s School After leaving…
Early Life The actor Roger Moore was born on 14 October 1927 in Stockwell, London. He was the only child of policeman George Moore and his wife Lillian. Moore attended Battersea Grammar School but was evacuated to Holsworthy, Devon during WW2. He first attended Launceston College in Cornwall, and later, Dr Challoner’s Grammar School in…
Early Life Richard Harris was born on 1 October 1930 in Limerick, Ireland. He was one of nine children born to farmer and flour mill owner, Ivan Harris, and his wife Mildred. Harris attended Crescent College, a Jesuit school, where he excelled at both rugby and literature. However, he contracted tuberculosis while still in his…
Early Life Richard Burton was born Richard Walter Jenkins Jr. on 10 November 1925 in Pontrhydyfen, in the now county borough of Neath Port Talbot, Wales. He was the twelfth of the thirteen children of coalminer Richard Walter Jenkins Sr. and barmaid Edith Maude Jenkins. Richard’s mother died when he was barely 2 years old,…
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