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- Actor
- Director
- Producer
Comedy farceur Tom Walls is indelibly associated with the popular Aldwych Theatre farces of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in 1883, this English gent was a former constable and jockey before making his stage debut in 1905. As the star and producer of a succession of witty spoofs typically denigrating society's uppercrust, he often played the slick cad. Written expertly by Ben Travers and in tandem with fellow comic extraordinaires Ralph Lynn and Robertson Hare, the shows were chock full of sight gags, puns, double entendres and slapstick.
With Walls at the helm as director, a number of their successes were transferred to the 30s silver screen, beginning with One Embarrassing Night (1930). The madcap nonsense seemed to be just what the doctor ordered, so an assembly-line of their classic stage shows were filmed, including Plunder (1930), A Night Like This (1932), Thark (1932), Turkey Time (1933), A Cuckoo in the Nest (1933), Dirty Work (1934) (directed only), and A Cup of Kindness (1934), more or less all of them presented as photographed plays. His career waned following the decade, but he was still seen in a number of films, both comedic and touchingly dramatic, until his death in 1949.- Varley Thomas was born on 29 November 1901 in Wandsworth, Surrey, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Goldfinger (1964), Jack the Ripper (1973) and Our Mister Ambler (1961). She died on 29 January 1983 in Ewell, Surrey, England, UK.
- George Bolton was born on 12 June 1896 in Portsea Island, Hampshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Bob's Your Uncle (1942), Mrs Thursday (1966) and Knock on Any Door (1965). He died on 16 October 1981 in Ewell, Surrey, England, UK.
- Stephen Manton was born on 14 April 1908 in Holbeck, Leeds, Yorkshire, England, UK. He was an actor, known for A Christmas Carol (1962), Hands Across the Sky (1960) and The Rose Affair (1968). He died on 6 September 1970 in Ewell, Surrey, England, UK.
- Thomas Thurban was born on 3 January 1874 in Holloway, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Splinters in the Navy (1931). He died on 26 November 1967 in West Ewell, Surrey, England, UK.
- Composer
- Music Department
- Soundtrack
Freddie Phillips was a composer, known for Peeping Tom (1960), Man in a Suitcase (1967) and BBC Sunday-Night Play (1960). He died on 4 October 2003 in Ewell, Surrey, England, UK.- Anne de Nys was born on 11 December 1907 in France. She died on 24 February 1993 in Ewell, Surrey, England, UK.
- Basil Moss was born in 1908 in Chorlton, Manchester, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Hobson's Choice (1931) and Follow the Lady (1933). He died on 8 June 1935 in Ewell, Surrey, England, UK.