The British actor Howard Marion-Crawford was born 17th January in 1914. He was probably best remembered for his role as Dr. Watson in the 1954 TV production of Sherlock Holmes and for his portrayol of Dr. Petrie in the Fu Manchu films during the late 1960's. One of his earliest films was in the 1935 production of Brown on Resolution but his acting career was disrupted by military service during WW2. He played an active part in WW2 but was invalided out of the the army due to a major leg injury. On leaving the army one of his first film roles was playing an SS Officer in Carol Reed's Night Train To Munich 1940 (pictured) which starred Rex Harrison, Margaret Lockwood, Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne. Other films that he appeared in include Freedom Radio 1941, The Rakes Progress 1945, Man on the Run 1949, The Man in the White Suit 1951, War and Peace 1956, Ill Met by Moonlight 1957, Gideon's Day 1958, Northwest Frontier 1959, Carry on Regardless 1961 where he played the part of the Wine Tasting Organiser, as the Medical Officer in Lawrence of Arabia 1962 as well as the aforementioned Fu Manchu films. |
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AuthorYorkshire born Peter Storey is the author of Charters and Caldicott: As War begins Archives
June 2021
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