Harold John Warrender (15 November 1903 – 6 May 1953) was a British stage, film and television actor, and radio presenter.[1][2][3][4]
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 Warrender in 1930s | |
| Born | Harold John Warrender 15 November 1903 |
| Died | 6 May 1953 (aged 49) |
| Occupation | actor |
| Years active | 1928–1953 |
His father was Sir George Warrender, 7th Baronet. His mother was Lady Ethel Maud Ashley Cooper, a singer and patron of music, and personal friend of the composer Edward Elgar and his wife Caroline Alice Roberts.
Warrender became well-known in the 1940s for his part in the popular radio variety show 'Merry-Go-Round' in which he conducted a cash quiz called 'Double or Quits.' The show started as a Forces entertainment which after the war continued in the BBC Light Programme.
Family
editIn 1942 Warrender married Constance Elizabeth Fowles, daughter of John Fowles vicar of Rye, East Sussex. They had no children.
Filmography
edit| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1934 | Leave It to Blanche | Guardee | |
| 1934 | I Spy | NBG | |
| 1934 | Lady in Danger | Clive | |
| 1935 | Lazybones | Lord Melton | |
| 1935 | Mimi | Marcel | |
| 1935 | Invitation to the Waltz | Duke of Wurtemburg | |
| 1940 | Contraband | Lt. Cmdr. Ellis, RN | |
| 1940 | Convoy | Lt. Commander Martin | |
| 1940 | Sailors Three | Pilot's Mate | |
| 1948 | Under the Frozen Falls | Mr. Carlington | |
| 1948 | Scott of the Antarctic | Dr. E.A. Wilson | |
| 1949 | Warning to Wantons | Count Anton Kardak | |
| 1949 | Conspirator | Col. Hammerbrook | |
| 1951 | Pandora and the Flying Dutchman | Geoffrey Fielding | |
| 1951 | The Six Men | Holroyd | |
| 1951 | Where No Vultures Fly | Mannering | |
| 1952 | Ivanhoe | Locksley | |
| 1953 | Time Bomb | Sir Evelyn Jordan | |
| 1953 | Intimate Relations | George |
References
edit- ^ "Harold Warrender". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
- ^ "Harold Warrender - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "Harold Warrender - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.
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