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Naunton Wayne
Welsh actor (–)
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| Born | Henry Wayne Davies ()22 June Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales |
| Died | 17 November () (aged&#;69) Tolworth, Greater London, England |
| Years&#;active | – |
Naunton Wayne (born Henry Wayne Davies,[1] 22 June – 17 November ), was a Welsh character actor, born in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales.[2] He was educated at Clifton College.
His name was changed by deed poll in [3]
Stage actor
His first London stage roles were in Streamline at the Palace in and in and All That at the Strand in (where he provided comic continuity for other performers).[4] His first full role was as Norman Weldon in Wise Tomorrow at The Lyric in He played Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace at the Strand for four years.[5] He was a leading member of The Stage Golfing Society.[6]
In , he starred in Young Wives' Tale, at the Savoy Theatre.
From November he appeared in the long-running farce The Bride and the Bachelor at the Duchess Theatre.
Film actor
He became best known for his role as a supporting character, Caldicott, in the film version of The Lady Vanishes,[7] a role he repeated in three further films, alongside Basil Radford as his equally cricket-obsessed friend, Charters.
The two would go on to appear in other films together, often playing similar characters.[8][9] Their other joint credits include Night Train to Munich (), Crook's Tour (), Millions Like Us (), Dead of Night (), Quartet (), It's Not Cricket (), and Passport to Pimlico ().[10]
Wayne also appeared alone in other films including the Ealing comedyThe Titfield Thunderbolt () and Obsession ().[11]
Personal life
Wayne married Gladys Dove, a concert pianist, in and they had two sons, Peter and John.[12]
Death
Wayne died in Tolworth, in the county of Surrey on 17 November , at the age of [7]
Filmography
References
- ^"Obituary: Naunton Wayne – The Times (18 November )".
The Alfred Hitchcock Wiki. Retrieved 19 February
- ^"Wayne, Naunton [formerly Henry Wayne Davies] (–)".Internet Movie Database Know-All Highly Dangerous as Mr. Toggle the table of contents. Oxford University Press. All All.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online&#;ed.). Oxford University Press. doi/ref:odnb/
(Subscription or UK public library membership required.) - ^Room, Adrian (). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13, Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed.Wikipedia In other projects. Wayne married Gladys Dove, a concert pianist, in and they had two sons, Peter and John. Edit page. Oxford University Press.
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- ^"Naunton Wayne – Theatricalia". .
- ^Wearing, J. P. (). The London Stage – A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
- ^"Naunton Wayne: Guardian Obituary".Naunton wayne biography books His first big success came in and All That , the musical adaptation of Sellers and Yeatman's perversion of schoolbook English history in which it was Naunton Wayne's function, performed with entire ease and an apparent delight in punning, to give a semblance of continuity to a series of detached sketches. U Published online: 01 December Contribute to this page Suggest an edit or add missing content. Recently viewed.
Britmovie. Archived from the original on 19 February Retrieved 19 February
- ^ ab"Nauton Wayne, 69, British actor, dies". The New York Times. United Press International. 19 November Retrieved 2 October
- ^Vagg, Stephen (1 December ).
"Forgotten British Film Moguls: Ted Black".
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- Naunton Wayne - Biography - IMDb
Filmink. Retrieved 1 December
- ^"Naunton Wayne – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^Sweet, Matthew (29 December ). "Mustard and cress".Charters and Caldicott The two would go on to appear in other films together, often playing similar characters. Edit page. After his successful partnership with Basil Radford as two cricket-loving Englishmen in Alfred Hitchcock 's The Lady Vanishes they were teamed together, playing a variation of the same characters, in a further ten films, until Radford's early death brought the partnership to an end. Authority control databases.
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- ^"Naunton Wayne". Archived from the original on 11 March
- ^"Film cricketer turns to crime". Retrieved 11 March