People
Ivor Novello
Biography:
Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century, on both screen and stage.
He was born into a musical Cardiff family and his mother, Clara Novello Davies, was an internationally known singing teacher and choral conductor. As a child, Novello was a successful singer in various eisteddfodau throughout the country. He was educated privately in Cardiff and then in Gloucester and later won a scholarship to Magdalen College School in Oxford.
The family moved to London in 1913 and here Novello's career flourished. In 1914, at the start of World War... Read More
Movies:
Title | Release date |
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Autumn Crocus as Andreas Steiner | 1934-02-01 |
I Lived with You as Prince Felix Lenieff | 1933-06-13 |
Sleeping Car as Gaston | 1933-06-06 |
The Lodger as Michel Angeloff | 1932-09-08 |
Once a Lady as Bennett Cloud | 1931-11-07 |
Symphony in Two Flats as David Kennard | 1930-07-16 |
The Return of the Rat as Pierre Boucheron | 1929-05-30 |
The Gallant Hussar as Lieutenant Stephen Alrik / Feri von Noszty | 1928-08-29 |
A South Sea Bubble as Vernon Winslow | 1928-08-03 |
The Vortex as Nicky Lancaster | 1928-03-25 |
The Constant Nymph as Lewis Dodd | 1928-02-20 |
Downhill as Roddy Berwick | 1927-10-24 |
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog as The Lodger Jonathan Drew | 1927-02-14 |
The Triumph of the Rat as Pierre Boucheron, 'the Rat' | 1926-03-21 |
The Rat as Pierre Boucheron | 1925-09-07 |
The Man Without Desire as Count Vittorio Dandolo | 1923-12-01 |
Bonnie Prince Charlie as Prince Charles Stuart | 1923-11-01 |
The White Rose as Joseph | 1923-05-21 |
The Bohemian Girl as Thaddeus | 1922-07-27 |
Carnival as Count Andrea Scipione | 1921-06-26 |
The Call of the Blood as Maurice Delarey | 1919-12-20 |