... act which made them top vaudeville stars by 1929. They went into films in 1936, but returned to live work during the Second World War. ...

... character actor in several films, specialising as a comic drunk He worked for a while with the late Ernie Lotinga. After the Second World War he formed a vocal quartet. The Four Har- moniacs, which toured variety houses, and when variety began to fade turned ...

... in Edinburgh in 1936 and gained conskierabte lepenury experience bafuia sarving in the RNVR for five years during the Second World War. Ha joined the Old Vic Company for the 1946-47 season and had his first success in the cummer ual theatre as the nieiiem ...

... demand, starring with Greta Garbo in three films, including her last. Two-Faced Woman. He rejoined the Army in the Second World War and resumed his Hollywood career in 1945, but his particular style of light comedy had gone out of fashion and he returned ...

... recent years, doing straight and comedy roles. He served with distinction as an officer in the Royal Navy during the Second World War. WALTER MASTERTON, who died on May 10 aged 65, began his career as an actor and went to the States while in his early ...

... and covered rugby and golf for the Salisbury Journal, as well as the theatre He served in India and France during the Second World War, being mentioned in despatches. He leaves a widow. One of the last of the old school of actor managers. ALWYN D. FOX ...

... man, celebrated for his wit and his bow ties, he started working life as a dancer. Com missioned in the army during the Second World War he produced forces shows with stars including Nigel Patrick and Leo Genn After a spell with the Yorkshire Post Walsh ...

... with Rudolpho Mele and finally in the late fifties with Dame Eva Turner. She began giving concerts to troops during the second world war. From this she graduated to London and provincial concerts and in 1944 auditioned for the Carl Rosa Opera Company, s ...

... TADEUSZ BAIRO, the Polish composer, at the age of 53. Claiming to be of Scottish descent, he began his studies during the Second World War and swiftly rose to prominence in Poland, later gaining an international reputation with his fellow- countrymen Lutoslawski ...

... director, he was continuously occupied in the theatre for many years as well, however, though he joined up again in the Second World War. But his greatest renown came with the role of Private Godfrey, which he played for the first time when he was over 70 ...

... an enormous variety of books- children's stories, romances and more serious novels and was a war correspondent in the Second World War. She wrote a number of plays, the most successful being Once a Crook in partnership with her husband, and a number ...

... June 24 aged 67. He began as a singer with Ambrose and his Orchestra in 1832 and later worked in variety, but after the Second World War took up acting and had rftany parts in British films before moving to the other side of the camera as a production manager ...