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- Birth nameMeyrick Edward Clifton James
- Served in WWI, and was badly gassed. After the war, took up acting, and was on the London stage in WWII, where he came to the attention of MI5 (British Military Intelligence) by accident. At the end of one nightly performance, he couldn't find the hat that he would normally wear, and so he donned a beret and walked onstage; the audience, thinking that he was Bernard L. Montgomery, promptly stood and cheered.- IMDb Mini Biography By: David Ferstat <dferstat@iinet.net.au>
- ParentsJohn Charles Horsey JamesRebecca Catherine Clifton
- Acted as a Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery decoy to spread misinformation during WWII Operation Copperhead.
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