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He was born 27 June 1911 in the Hillsborough district of Sheffield, Yorkshire, England.

He moved to London where he became a Shakespearean actor.

At some point he moved to Los Angeles, California and moved into film, specialising in Horror film.

Back in London, he married Thelma Crawshaw in 1949, then returned to Holywood.

His films include . . .

• 1936 - Strangers on a Honeymoon
• 1937 - The High Command
• 1938 - South Riding
• 1939 - The Spy in Black
• 1939 - Torture Ship
• 1941 - Diamond Frontier
• 1943 - The Ghost Ship
• 1943 - Heading for God's Country
• 1943 - None But the Lonely Heart
• 1944 - The Invisible Man's Revenge
• 1944 - The Lodger
• 1945 - The Picture of Dorian GrayThe Picture of Dorian Gray is a novel by Oscar Wilde first published in 1890. In his preface to this, the only novel that he ever wrote, Wilde remarked "There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That i
• 1945 - Isle of the DeadArnold Bocklin's Isle of the Dead Isle of the Dead (or Island of the Dead Toteninsel in the original German) is one of the best known paintings by Swiss-German artist Arnold Bocklin, as well as a piece of music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, a film by Val Lewton
• 1945 - House of Dracula
• 1946 - Terror by Night
• 1946 - Bedlam
• 1946 - Scandal in Paris
• 1946 - Dick Tracy vs Cueball
• 1947 - Dick Tracy Meets Gruesome
• 1947 - Forever AmberForever Amber is a romance novel by Kathleen Winsor, which tells the story of orphaned Amber St. Clair, who makes her way through 16th century English society by sleeping with more and more important men. The book was roundly condemned by decency watchdog
• 1948 - The Paleface
• 1949 - Masterminds
• 1949 - Dick Tracy's Amazing Adventure
• 1951 - Captain Video
• 1952 - Blackbeard the Pirate
• 1953 - Rogue's March
• 1953 - Botany BayBotany Bay is a bay in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, a few kilometers south of the central business district. It was the site of a landing by James Cook of the HMS Endeavour that marked the beginning of Great Britain's interest in, and eventual colo
• 1954 - Casanova's Big Night
• 1955 - MoonfleetMoonfleet is a tale of smuggling by the writer J. Meade Falkner, first published in 1898. The novel is set in Dorset during the late 18th century. The story concerns a boy who becomes friends with an older man who turns out to be the leader of a gang of s

He died in Los Angeles, California 30 April 1955.