"films that Granger was announced to star in, but that ended up being made with other actors, were ""Ivanhoe"" (1952), ""Mogambo"" (1953), ""The King's Thief"" (1955) and ""Man of the West"" (1958). At the peak of his career, exhibitors voted Granger among the top stars at the box office: Stewart Granger Stewart Granger (born James Lablache Stewart; 6 May 191316 August 1993) was an English film actor, mainly associated with heroic and romantic leading roles. He was a popular leading man from the 1940s to the early 1960s, rising to fame through his appearances in the Gainsborough melodramas. He was"
"Roy Stewart Roy Stewart (15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008), was a Jamaican-born British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television. In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran the Caribbean club and restaurant The Globe, in Talbot Road until his death. Stewart played Quarrel Junior in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973). Other film appearances include ""Carry On Up the Jungle"" (1970), ""Leo the Last"" (1970), ""Games That Lovers Play"" (1971), ""Twins of Evil"" (1971), ""Lady Caroline Lamb"" (1972),"
"James Stewart James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer who is among the most honored and popular stars in film history. With a career spanning 60 years, Stewart was a major Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player who was known for his distinctive drawl and down-to-earth persona, which helped him often portray American middle-class men struggling in crisis. Many of the films in which he starred have become enduring classics. Stewart was nominated for five Academy Awards, winning one for ""The Philadelphia Story"" (1940), and received an Academy Lifetime Achievement award in 1985. In 1999,"
"photos, awards, personal artifacts, a gift shop and an intimate 1930s era theatre in which his films are regularly shown. The Indiana County–Jimmy Stewart Airport was named in his honor. James Stewart James Maitland Stewart (May 20, 1908July 2, 1997) was an American actor and military officer who is among the most honored and popular stars in film history. With a career spanning 60 years, Stewart was a major Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer contract player who was known for his distinctive drawl and down-to-earth persona, which helped him often portray American middle-class men struggling in crisis. Many of the films in which he"
"John Forbes-Robertson (actor) John Forbes-Robertson (10 May 1928 – 14 May 2008) was a British actor best known for being the only actor other than Christopher Lee to play the title role in the Hammer horror series of Dracula films. He was born in Worthing, Sussex. He was not the son of actor-manager Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as erroneously stated in the press at the time of his 2008 death. He is related to Sir Johnston, being the grandson of one of Sir Johnston's brothers. He began his acting career on the stage starting at the Intimate Theatre before pursuing a"
"""War & Peace"". Robin Langford Robin W. J. Langford (12 September 1953 – 22 November 2014) was an English actor, writer and director. Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, he acted at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, at the Moscow Arts Theatre in Russia at the age of 12, and in his first film, at the age of 12 he played Elizabeth Taylor’s son (with Richard Burton, Sir Alec Guinness and Sir Peter Ustinov). He also played many film and television roles, as well as directed in the theatre. Notable TV credits include: ""The Duchess of Duke Street"", ""Smiley's People"""
"Robin Langford Robin W. J. Langford (12 September 1953 – 22 November 2014) was an English actor, writer and director. Born in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, he acted at the Royal Shakespeare Theatre Company in Stratford-upon-Avon, at the Moscow Arts Theatre in Russia at the age of 12, and in his first film, at the age of 12 he played Elizabeth Taylor’s son (with Richard Burton, Sir Alec Guinness and Sir Peter Ustinov). He also played many film and television roles, as well as directed in the theatre. Notable TV credits include: ""The Duchess of Duke Street"", ""Smiley's People"" and ""The Tripods"","
"Robert Brown (British actor) Robert James Brown (23 July 192111 November 2003) was an English actor, best known for his portrayal of M in the James Bond films from 1983 to 1989, succeeding Bernard Lee, who died in 1981. Brown made his first appearance as M in ""Octopussy"" in 1983. Brown was born and died in Swanage, Dorset. Before appearing in the Bond films, he had a long career as a bit-part actor in films and television. He had a starring role in the 1950s television series ""Ivanhoe"" where he played Gurth, the faithful companion of Ivanhoe, played by Roger"
"October 2008. The Globe functions to this day and is one of longest-running nightclubs in London. It also has a Caribbean restaurant upstairs. Roy Stewart Roy Stewart (15 May 1925 – 27 October 2008), was a Jamaican-born British actor. He began his career as a stuntman and went on to work in film and television. In 1954 he founded Roy Stewart's Gym in Powis Square, North Kensington, and ran the Caribbean club and restaurant The Globe, in Talbot Road until his death. Stewart played Quarrel Junior in the James Bond film ""Live and Let Die"" (1973). Other film appearances include"
"of cerebral thrombosis in Lewisham, London, at the age of 78. Kynaston Reeves Philip Arthur Reeves (29 May 1893 in London, England – 5 December 1971 in London), known professionally as Kynaston Reeves, was an English character actor who appeared in numerous films and many television plays and series. Reeves was born in London on 29 May 1893 and was the first of two sons of Arthur Robert Reeves (born 1855) and Clarissa Mary Kynaston (b. 1864). His brother was John Edward. He was married to the Australian Jewish stage actress Paula Sabina. They had two children, Thomas and Suzanne."
"his fellow Actors Studio members, and directed by Studio co-founder Elia Kazan, Stewart played Proust's Baron de Charlus in the original 1953 production of Tennessee Williams' ""Camino Real"". Though the play was a notorious flop, Stewart won the Clarence Derwent Award for most-promising male performer from the Actors' Equity Foundation. He also appeared in the 1962 Broadway premiere of ""A Man For All Seasons"" and the original 1964 productions of Arthur Miller's ""After the Fall"" and ""Incident at Vichy"". David J. Stewart David J. Stewart (January 8, 1915 – December 23, 1966) was an American Broadway, film, and television actor."
"Stewart carried the Olympic torch in July 2012 as part of the official relay for the 2012 London Summer Olympics and stated it was an experience he will 'never forget', adding that it was better than any movie première. Stewart has been a prolific actor in performances by the Royal Shakespeare Company, appearing in more than 60 productions. His first appearance was in 1966 in ""The Investigation"" and in the years that followed he became a core member of the company, taking on three or four major roles each season. Patrick Stewart Sir Patrick Stewart (born 13 July 1940) is"
"Bruce Lester Bruce Lester (6 June 1912 – 13 June 2008) was a South African-born English film actor with over 60 screen appearances to his credit between 1934 and his retirement from acting in 1958. Lester's career divided into two distinct periods. Between 1934 and 1938, billed as Bruce Lister, he appeared in upwards of 20 British films, mostly of the cheaply shot and quickly forgotten quota quickie variety. He then moved to the US, where he changed his surname to Lester, and found himself for a time appearing in some of the biggest prestige productions of their day, alongside"
"heart attack at the age of 52. He is interred at Glendale's Forest Lawn Memorial Park. James Stephenson James Albert Stephenson (14 April 1889 – 29 July 1941) was a British actor who found success in Hollywood, but who died prematurely. The son of chemist and druggist John G. Stephenson and his wife Emma, Stephenson grew up in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Burnley, Lancashire, with his brothers, Alan and Norman. He became a bank clerk and later had a career as a merchant. In the 1930s, he emigrated to the United States and took US nationality in 1938."
"John Stuart (actor) John Stuart (born John Alfred Louden Croall; 18 July 1898 – 17 October 1979), was a Scottish actor, and a very popular leading man in British silent films in the 1920s. He appeared in two films directed by Alfred Hitchcock. He was born in Edinburgh, Scotland. His first talkie ""Kitty"" (1929) was a successful production. His last role was in the film ""Superman"" (1978), as a Kryptonian elder. He is buried in Brompton Cemetery, London. His son Jonathan Croall is writing a book about the screen idols of the 1920s, including John Stuart. In a Guardian article"
"of 74. He was interred at Ocean View Cemetery in Staten Island. His wife, Joan Calistri Robinson (1928–2001), had died five years earlier. Charles Knox Robinson Charles Knox Robinson III (April 13, 1932 — July 22, 2006) was an American actor who appeared in over 80 films and television series over his career. From 1958 through 1971 he was credited as Charles Robinson and, from 1972 onward, his full birth name, Charles Knox Robinson, also became his stage name. His credits have been occasionally commingled with those of younger actor Charlie Robinson who, during an eight-year (1984–92) stint as court"
"His last appearance on screen was in a documentary, ""The Legend of Hammer: Vampires"" (2008), directed by Don Fearney. John Forbes-Robertson (actor) John Forbes-Robertson (10 May 1928 – 14 May 2008) was a British actor best known for being the only actor other than Christopher Lee to play the title role in the Hammer horror series of Dracula films. He was born in Worthing, Sussex. He was not the son of actor-manager Sir Johnston Forbes-Robertson as erroneously stated in the press at the time of his 2008 death. He is related to Sir Johnston, being the grandson of one of"
"Nicholas Courtney William Nicholas Stone Courtney (16 December 1929 – 22 February 2011) was a British actor, most famous for playing Brigadier Alistair Gordon Lethbridge-Stewart in the BBC science fiction television series ""Doctor Who"". Courtney was born in Cairo, Egypt, the son of a British diplomat, and was educated in France, Kenya and Egypt. On his maternal side, Courtney was descended from the New Zealand politician John Cuff. He did his national service in the British Army, leaving after 18 months as a private, not wanting to pursue a military career. He moved to England to join London's Webber Douglas"
"A. Bromley Davenport Arthur Henry Bromley-Davenport (29 October 1867 – 15 December 1946), better known as A. Bromley Davenport, was an English actor born in Baginton, Warwickshire, England, UK. Bromley-Davenport made appearances in the cast of at least 77 films for television and cinema between 1920 and 1944. He was known publicly as Bromley Davenport and, in the film credits, his Christian name was always abbreviated. Perhaps the most commercial films he appeared in were ""Jamaica Inn"" and ""The Way Ahead"" in which his character was named after his real life name. He did not often have a lead role"
"James Bree (actor) James Rutherfoord Worsfold Thomson (20 July 1923 – 1 December 2008), known professionally as James Bree, was a British actor who appeared on stage, and played many supporting roles in both film and television. Bree was educated at Radley College near Abingdon, Oxfordshire and during the Second World War served in the RAF. He later trained at the Central School of Speech and Drama. He changed his surname to Thomson-Bree after inheriting land from his great-uncle, Archdeacon William Bree. On stage, Bree was in the original productions of Thornton Wilder's ""The Matchmaker"" in London's West End in"
"Jimmy Thompson (actor) James Edward Thompson (30 October 1925 – 21 April 2005) was an English actor, writer and director. He was born in Halifax, West Riding of Yorkshire and educated at St. Peter’s School in York. As a young man he began his career in repertory theatre in Yorkshire and he toured with a theatrical company headed by Jean Forbes-Robertson. After his national service, he moved to London, and his early appearances on the West End stage were in intimate revue. In 1956, he became known for his impersonation of the American pianist and entertainer, Liberace, in the revue,"
"James Robertson Justice James Robertson Justice (born James Norval Harald Justice,15 June 1907 – 2 July 1975) was a British character actor who appeared in British films during the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s. The son of an Aberdeen-born geologist and named after his father, James Robertson Justice was born James Norval Harald Justice in Lee, a suburb of Lewisham in South London, in 1907. Educated at Marlborough College in Wiltshire, Justice studied science at University College London, but left after a year and became a geology student at the University of Bonn, where he again left after just a year."
"Jeremy Bulloch Jeremy Bulloch (born 16 February 1945) is an English actor best known for the role of the bounty hunter Boba Fett in the original ""Star Wars"" trilogy. He has appeared in numerous British television and film productions, including ""Doctor Who"" and ""Robin of Sherwood"". Bulloch was born in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, one of six children. From the age of five, he enjoyed acting and singing after a school show. He began acting at the age of ten and has ""appeared in [several] Disney films, British sitcoms and plays."" He trained at Corona Stage Academy. At the age"
"named Stewart the Best Dramatic Television Actor of the 1980s. He received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame on 16 December 1996. In 2010, Stewart was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II for services to drama. Patrick Stewart was born on 13 July 1940 in Mirfield, in the West Riding of Yorkshire, England, to Gladys (née Barrowclough), a weaver and textile worker, and Alfred Stewart, a regimental sergeant major in the British Army. He has two older brothers, Geoffrey (b. 28 January 1925, Mirfield) and Trevor (b. 10 August 1935, Mirfield). His parents did not give him a middle"
"James Stephenson James Albert Stephenson (14 April 1889 – 29 July 1941) was a British actor who found success in Hollywood, but who died prematurely. The son of chemist and druggist John G. Stephenson and his wife Emma, Stephenson grew up in the West Riding of Yorkshire and Burnley, Lancashire, with his brothers, Alan and Norman. He became a bank clerk and later had a career as a merchant. In the 1930s, he emigrated to the United States and took US nationality in 1938. British stage actor Stephenson made his film debut in 1937 at the age of 48 initially"
"the relatively young age of 39 while shooting the film ""The Royal Mounted Rides Again"" in 1945. Livingston and Margaret Roach later divorced in 1951. Robert Livingston (actor) Robert Edward Randall (December 9, 1904 – March 7, 1988) was an American film actor known under his stage name as Bob Livingston. He appeared in 135 films between 1921 and 1975. He was one of the original Three Mesquiteers. He had also played The Lone Ranger and Zorro. Livingston was born in Quincy, Illinois, and died in Tarzana, California from emphysema. Often billed as ""Bob Livingston,"" he was the original ""Stony"
"2005. Stan Richards Stanley ""Stan"" Richards (8 December 1930 – 11 February 2005) was an English television actor, best known for his portrayal of Seth Armstrong in the ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"". He played the role of Seth Armstrong from May 1978 until his death of emphysema in 2005, having been originally ""signed"" to the series for a run of just 4 weeks. He had previously acted in six episodes of ""Coronation Street"" as Arthur Stokes, having started his career aged 15 as a pub pianist. Upon his death, his life and work were honoured at the British Soap Awards"
"Stuart Latham Harry Stuart Latham (11 July 1912, Kingston upon Thames, Surrey – 31 August 1993, London) was an English theatre and film actor, director and later television producer. He also worked as a studio manager at Alexandra Palace just before the Second World War. After an apprenticeship in repertory theatre, including a period at Birmingham Rep, he played several small roles in films by Michael Powell. His acting work also included minor parts in such films as ""The Ghost Train"" (1941) and ""Tawny Pipit"" (1944). In 1960, he became the first producer of the long-running soap opera, ""Coronation Street"","
"Stan Richards Stanley ""Stan"" Richards (8 December 1930 – 11 February 2005) was an English television actor, best known for his portrayal of Seth Armstrong in the ITV soap opera ""Emmerdale"". He played the role of Seth Armstrong from May 1978 until his death of emphysema in 2005, having been originally ""signed"" to the series for a run of just 4 weeks. He had previously acted in six episodes of ""Coronation Street"" as Arthur Stokes, having started his career aged 15 as a pub pianist. Upon his death, his life and work were honoured at the British Soap Awards in"
"Michel Roger Lafosse Michel Roger Lafosse (born 21 April 1958 in Watermael-Boitsfort, Brussels, Belgium), subsequently known as Michael James Alexander Stewart of Albany, claims to be a descendant of Charles Edward Stuart (""Bonnie Prince Charlie"") and to be the legitimate Jacobite claimant to the throne of the Kingdom of Scotland. Since 1979 he has referred to himself as ""HRH Prince Michael James Alexander Stewart, 7th Count of Albany"", stating that an ancestor used the title ""Count of Albany"". Lafosse also says he has the right to other noble titles including Comte de Blois, Duc d'Aquitaine and Baron Lafosse de Chatry."
"Michael Gough Francis Michael Gough ( ; 23 November 1916 – 17 March 2011) was an English character actor who made over 150 film and television appearances, known for his roles in the Hammer Horror Films from 1958 and for his recurring role as Alfred Pennyworth in all four films of the Tim Burton / Joel Schumacher ""Batman"" tetralogy. Gough was born in Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States (now Malaysia) on 23 November 1916, the son of English parents Francis Berkeley Gough and Frances Atkins (née Bailie). Gough was educated at Rose Hill School, Tunbridge Wells, and at Durham School."
"Ralph Forbes Ralph Forbes (born Ralph Forbes Taylor, 30 September 1904 – 31 March 1951) was an English film and stage actor in the UK and the United States. Forbes was born in Wandsworth, London, the son of Ernest John ""E.J."" and Ethel Louise Taylor. His mother would become known as Mary Forbes, a stage and film actress. His younger sister was actress Brenda Forbes (born Dorothy Brenda Taylor). Born on 30 September 1904, Forbes was baptized on 6 November and his birth was legally registered with the authorities during the last quarter of 1904. Forbes met with an accident"
"George Sanders George Henry Sanders (3 July 1906 – 25 April 1972) was a British film and television actor, singer-songwriter, music composer, and author. His career as an actor spanned over forty years. His upper-class English accent and bass voice often led him to be cast as sophisticated but villainous characters. He is perhaps best known as Jack Favell in ""Rebecca"" (1940), Scott ffolliott in ""Foreign Correspondent"" (1940) (a rare heroic part), Addison DeWitt in ""All About Eve"" (1950), for which he won an Academy Award, Sir Brian De Bois-Guilbert in ""Ivanhoe"" (1952), King Richard the Lionheart in ""King Richard"