- Stage and vaudeville actor.
- Comedy star of music hall and London's West End stage in the 1940's. His stock-in-trade character was the perennial Cockney spiv.
- Father of Nicholas Field.
- A memorial service was held for him at St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London on 20 February 1950.
- He died of a heart attack a few hours after a performance of Harvey at the Prince of Wales Theatre in London where he'd made his West End debut 7 years earlier.
- He was married to Lonnie had daughters Dianne and Elaine and a son, John who was later known as Nicholas.
- He was born in the Sparkbrook district of Birmingham.
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