Born March 5, 1908· Huyton, Lancashire, England, UK
† Died June 2, 1990
21Roles★ 6.7Average rating
Emerging from a modest Lancashire upbringing, he attended Birkdale preparatory school and Liverpool College before beginning his stage work at the Liverpool Playhouse in 1924, where repertory experience shaped his technique. A West End breakthrough arrived with French Without Tears (1936), and he later earned Tony Awards for Henry VIII in Anne of the Thousand Days and for Henry Higgins in the orig…
