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Mustachioed, latterly balding British comic character actor of solid pipe-smoking, plummy-voiced comportment. The son of Edmund and Kathleen Marion (née Brook), he was educated at Clifton College and made his debut on the London stage in a 1931 production of Sport of Kings. Rarely out of work for the remainder of the decade, he also sidelined as a newsreel commentator for British Movietone News and segued into screen acting with ABPC Elstree in 1938. Sumner's specialty act was the archetypal bumbling 'silly ass', which included a staple of supercilious army officers and clubroom types. Best of these caricatures was his utterly inept Major Upshott-Bagley of I Only Arsked! (1958) and the resulting spin-off series The Army Game (1957). Between 1958 and 1962, Sumner took on a new line of work as writer and producer of documentaries. In 1973, he headlined on Broadway in the comedy play The Jockey Club Stakes as Lord Coverly de Beaumont. He retired from acting in 1980 and died nine years later on the island of Alderney.- Actor
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David Blagden was born on 8 February 1944. He was an actor, known for Kidnapped (1971), The Adventurer (1972) and Swallows and Amazons (1974). He died on 10 September 1978 in Alderney, Channel Islands.- Additional Crew
John Arlott was a talented author, broadcaster, journalist, poet, policeman, politician and the wine correspondent of "The Guardian" newspaper. However, he will be remembered for his cricket commentaries for BBC Radio between 1946 and 1980. His rich Hampshire accent, imaginative turn of phrase and ability to bring to life the characters of the game, turned him into a broadcasting legend. He was awarded the C.B.E.- Writer
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Elisabeth Beresford was born on 6 August 1926 in Paris, France. She was a writer and actress, known for The Adventures of Dawdle the Donkey (1996), The Chinese Dagger (1958) and Domestic Forum (1956). She was married to Max Robertson. She died on 24 December 2010 in Alderney, Channel Islands, UK.- Wilfred Johns was born in 1919 in Wellington, Somerset, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Passing Show (1951), Derby Day (1948) and 1066 and All That (1952). He died on 16 July 1978 in Alderney, Channel Islands, UK.
- Clarence Wright was born on 20 July 1908 in Portsmouth, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Place of One's Own (1945), Dual Alibi (1947) and It's That Man Again (1943). He died on 13 March 1992 in Alderney, Channel Islands, UK.