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- John Rudling was born on 31 August 1907 in South Norwood, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for To the Manor Born (1979), The Man in the White Suit (1951) and Middlemarch (1968). He died on 18 December 1983 in Leytonstone, London, England, UK.
- Actor
- Stunts
- Producer
Peter Grant was born on 5 April 1935 in South Norwood, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and producer, known for Aladdin and His Wonderful Lamp (1966), The Song Remains the Same (1976) and Yardbirds (1992). He was married to Gloria Grant. He died on 21 November 1995 in Eastbourne, England, UK.- Director
- Cinematographer
- Writer
Cyril Montague Pennington-Richards was born in London. He began his film career producing religious films for J. Arthur Rank's Religious Film Society. He entered the "mainstream" film industry as a cinematographer with Ireland's Border Line (1938), a low-budget vehicle for Irish comic actor Jimmy O'Dea. During World War II Richards was attached to the renowned documentary unit The Crown Film Unit, and was the cinematographer on Humphrey Jennings famous Fires Were Started (1943). After the war ended he continued as a cinematographer, working on many films directed by his former colleagues in the CFU, such as Brian Desmond Hurst's Theirs Is the Glory (1946), Jack Lee's The Wooden Horse (1950) and Pat Jackson's White Corridors (1951).
He was the cinematographer on Hurst's A Christmas Carol (1951), considered by many to be the definitive version of the famous Charles Dickens novel. He worked with noted American director Edward Dmytryk, who was making films in England due to his being blacklisted during the notorious McCarthy "Red Scare" era in the US. Richards made his directorial debut with the comedy The Horse's Mouth (1953), and made his reputation with a series of modest, somewhat whimsical comedies over the next 20+ years. He made his final film, the modestly budgeted adventure Sky Pirates (1980), in 1977, after which he retired.- Stella Freeman was born on 26 April 1910 in South Norwood, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for The House of the Arrow (1930). She was married to Godfrey Tearle. She died on 13 May 1936 in Tring, Hertfordshire, England, UK.
- Esme Melville was born on 23 July 1918 in Norwood, South Australia, Australia. She was an actress, known for Romulus, My Father (2007), Forbidden (2003) and Blue Heelers (1994). She died on 14 September 2006 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia.
- Actor
- Director
Harry Carpenter was born on 17 October 1925 in South Norwood, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor and director, known for The Prince Who Is King (1999), 101 Greatest Knockouts: Round 2 (2006) and Vendetta (1966). He was married to Phyllis Barbara Matthews. He died on 20 March 2010 in Denmark Hill, London, England, UK.- H. Saxon-Snell was born on 7 August 1889 in South Norwood, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Luck of the Navy (1927), The Return of Bulldog Drummond (1934) and Smashing Through (1928). He was married to Kathleen Boutall. He died on 8 August 1956 in Westminster, London, England, UK.
- Fabian Smith was born on 25 January 1908 in South Norwood, Surrey, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Beggar's Opera (1946), The Beggar's Opera (1948) and The Policeman's Serenade (1947). He died on 12 February 1998 in Croydon, Surrey, England, UK.
- J. McLaren Ross was born on 7 July 1912 in South Norwood, London, England, UK. J. McLaren was a writer, known for Life at Stake (1957), Female Fiends (1958) and The Electronic Monster (1958). J. McLaren was married to Molllie Bella Bromely and Elise Gott. J. McLaren died on 6 November 1964 in Kensington, London, England, UK.
- Actress
Hetty Payne was born on 21 March 1883 in South Norwood, London, England, UK. She was an actress, known for Paula (1915) and Kent, the Fighting Man (1916). She was married to John Tomkies. She died on 10 March 1976 in Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England, UK.- Maxwell Knight was born on 9 July 1900 in South Norwood, London, England, UK. He was married to Susi Barnes, Lois Coplestone and Gwladys Poole. He died on 24 January 1968.
- Mary Dibley starred in mostly melodrama and crime dramas in the theatre from the 1890s and starred in many popular British films, first with the London (Cosmo) Film Company in 1912, she was best remembered in crime thrillers such as Aurele Sydney's 'Ultus' film series in the mid 1910s, later she most often appeared as a support in many drama films through the 1920s last seen in a 1928 drama 'The Blue Peter' playing opposite Matheson Lang for the British Filmcraft (W&F) Film Company.