... was educated at Brighton College. He became an actor, at Brighton Theatre Royal, when he left school, and before the Second World War worked under the name Val Blanchard, appearing at Bath and Cambridge and on tour. Joining the Royal Artillery at the ...

... 1929, and alternated between Britain and America before finally settling in the States. He was in the RAF during the Second World War and presented repertory at Wimbledon Theatre in the immediate post-war years He featured in many films on both sides ...

... Tod had a long and varied career in the entertainment world and the theatre in particular. In the early days before the Second World War, this encompassed poster and scenic design for the cine- variety theatres of the Hyams Brothers at the Trocadero, Elephant ...