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- His father, a wine importer loved the theatre and encouraged his acting ambitions and got him his first job at 16 touring with a Shakespearean company painting scenery and doing walk on parts. His mother disapproved thinking it wasn't a job for a respectable middle class young man. By 1939 he'd graduated to leading roles but then the war came. He joined the army and rose through the ranks to become a major. Within four days of leaving the service he was back in the theatre in a play 'Fifty Fifty' and the 'Seagulls Over Sorento' which ran five years.
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Faulds was born in Africa into a missionary family. He joined the Royal Shakespeare Company in 1948, but it was as a radio actor that he first became widely known, playing Jet Morgan in Charles Chilton's "Journey into Space" on the BBC. In 1959, he and his wife were among those providing hospitality for the black-listed Paul Robeson during the latter's season at Stratford. It was Robeson who, recognising his friend's deep anti-racist convictions, persuaded him to go into politics, thus starting Faulds' second career. Labour MP for Smethwick from 1966-1974, and for Warley East from 1974-1997, he would no doubt have attained ministerial office if his outspoken support for the Palestinian cause had not been mis-construed as anti-Jewishness.- Rodney Drake was born on 5 May 1908 in Redhill, Surrey, England, UK. He was married to Mary Lloyd 'Molly' Drake. He died in 1988 in Tanworth-in-Arden, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK.
- Marie Corelli was born on 1 May 1855 in London, England, UK. She was a writer, known for Leaves From Satan's Book (1920), The Treasure of Heaven (1916) and Innocent (1921). She died on 21 April 1924 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK.
- Mary Lloyd 'Molly' Drake was born on 5 November 1915 in Rangoon, Burma. She was married to Rodney Drake. She died on 4 June 1993 in Tanworth-in-Arden, Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK.
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Randle Ayrton born in Chester in 1869. Educated at Geneva University. became a highly well-known performer in classical theatre, making his acting debut at the Old Avenue Theatre in London in 1890, and has been successful in London's West End and in America until the late 1930's. sophisticated gentleman in English silent and sound films. first starred under the direction of A.V. Bramble as Jenkins in 'Profit and the Loss' for the London Film Company in 1917, perhaps he will be best remembered as Charles II in 'Nell Gwynne' co-starring Dorothy Gish in 1926 and as Caesar Cregeen in Alfred Hitchcock's 'The Manxman' in 1929 and also later as King Louis XIV in 'Me and Marlborough' starring Cicely Courtneidge in 1935. Founder of the College of drama in Stratford-on-Avon in 1937.- Director
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Roy was the son of a music hall comedy pair, Rich and Robey known as 'The Swell and the Skivvy' , his father, Charlie Rich, after leaving the stage settled down in Halifax and with his wife, Elsie ran the Royal Oak pub in the town centre for many years. Following the end of the 1935 repertory season in Leeds Roy joined the BBC then with the outbreak of the second world war in 1939 he joined the Royal Air Force where he gained the rank of a Flight Lieutenant. After the war he joined Sydney Box at Gainsborough Studios where he co directed My Brothers Keeper, which had his wife, Brenda Bruce in the cast, followed by It's Not Cricket in 1948. His last film was Double Profile in 1954. After more stage work he, like is father became a publican running the Kings Head at Wellesbourne in Warwickshire.- Ted Valentine was born on 22 August 1927 in Liverpool, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Midsummer Night's Dream (1968), The Wars of the Roses (1965) and The Love School (1975). He was married to Irene. He died on 21 December 2007 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK.
- Alfred Barrett was born in 1870 in Streatham, London, England, UK. Alfred was a writer, known for Cash on Delivery (1926). Alfred died on 16 November 1945 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK.
- Waldo Lanchester was born on 6 May 1897 in Lambeth, London, England, UK. He was married to Muriel Bell. He died on 15 December 1978 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK.
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Bryan Cowgill was born on 27 May 1927 in Clitheroe, Lancashire, England, UK. He was a producer and director, known for Sportsview (1954), Panorama (1953) and Grandstand (1958). He died on 14 July 2008 in Stratford-on-Avon, Warwickshire, England, UK.