Born September 7, 1913· Ainsdale, Southport, Lancashire, England, UK
† Died October 20, 1989
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Emerging from a Manx family in Southport, he completed his schooling at Abberley Hall and Rugby before a year of training at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where a holiday performance in The Ghost Train marked his professional debut and led to his joining the Old Vic in 1932. He later directed the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre (1948-56), laying groundwork for the Royal Shakespeare Company and t…
