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Patric Curwen is a Actor born on 14 december 1884

Patric Curwen

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Birth 14 december 1884
Death 31 may 1949 (at 64 years) at Rondebosch (South africa)

Patric Curwen (14 December 1884 – 31 May 1949) was a British stage and film actor.

Biography

Curwen, son of John Spencer Curwen of the music publishing company, and grandson of John Curwen, founder of the Tonic sol-fa system, was educated at Abbotsholme School in Derbyshire, then New College, Oxford. He studied acting under Rosina Filippi and started his career at the Haymarket Theatre in London in 1907, appearing in productions of The Lyons Mail, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde and The Bells, among others.

During World War I he joined the Artists Rifles, then received a commission in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve. He served with the armoured car unit in France, but was moved to Naval Intelligence Division for health reasons, where he continued until 1920.

He spent four years in India learning tea and coffee planting, then returned to work in England with the Birmingham Repertory Theatre. From 1926 to 1928 he undertook an overseas tour, including visits to Australia and New Zealand, and on his return to England he continued to work as an actor in London in the years leading up to moving into film in 1931 and the start of his broadcasting career in 1934. He became well known as compère of the BBC programmes Scrapbook and Those were the days.

He died in 1949 at Rondebosch, Cape Town at the age of 64.

Usually with

John Baxter
John Baxter
(4 films)
Gordon Begg
Gordon Begg
(3 films)
Norman Walker
Norman Walker
(1 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Patric Curwen (18 films)

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The Grand Escapade
Directed by John Baxter
Actors Patric Curwen, Peter C. Bull, Edgar Driver, Ernest Sefton, Ivor Barnard
Roles Author

Three boys join an old traveller on his journey through Southern England, eventually helping to expose and capture some smugglers.
The Echo Murders, 1h15
Directed by John Harlow
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller
Actors David Farrar, Dennis Price, Cyril Smith, Ferdy Mayne, Kynaston Reeves, Danny Green
Roles Dr. Grey
Rating50% 2.545792.545792.545792.545792.54579
A man's life is threatened and he seeks the assistance of Sexton Blake.
The Rake's Progress, 2h
Directed by Sidney Gilliat
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama
Actors Rex Harrison, Lilli Palmer, Godfrey Tearle, Griffith Jones, Margaret Johnston, Guy Middleton
Rating65% 3.290943.290943.290943.290943.29094
The plot follows the career of upper-class cad Vivian Kenway (Rex Harrison). He is sent down from Oxford University for placing a chamber pot on the Martyrs' Memorial. Sent to South America, he rebels against plantation life, eventually becoming a car racing driver. He descends to a life of woman-chasing and drunkenness, which causes the death of his father, Colonel Kenway (Godfrey Tearle). The plot diverges from the theme of the Rake's Progress paintings by having him redeem himself by a hero's death in World War II.
Medal for the General, 1h40
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War
Themes Political films
Actors Godfrey Tearle, Petula Clark, Morland Graham, Mabel Constanduros, John Laurie, Patric Curwen
Roles Dr. Sargeant
Rating66% 3.3183.3183.3183.3183.318
The title character is Victor Church, a World War I veteran who becomes despondent when his advancing age prevents him from playing an active role in the battles of World War II. Feeling unwanted and useless, he retreats to his country estate and plans his suicide. He finds a new purpose in life when he opens his home to six rambunctious Cockney children evacuated from the London slums and tries to keep the mischievous group under control.
The Man in Grey, 1h56
Directed by Leslie Arliss
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Historical, Romance
Actors Margaret Lockwood, James Mason, Phyllis Calvert, Stewart Granger, Martita Hunt, Helen Haye
Roles Doctor (uncredited)
Rating64% 3.2441253.2441253.2441253.2441253.244125
In 1943, a WREN (Phyllis Calvert) and an RAF pilot (Stewart Granger) meet at an auction of Rohan family heirlooms, now all being sold off after the last of the Rohan male line was killed at Dunkirk. After the RAF pilot inadvertently casts aspersions on the Rohan family, the WREN reveals that the last male Rohan was in fact her brother. The RAF man apologises, and reveals that his family are connected to the Rohans in a way, and so they arrange to meet for lunch and at the auction the following day.
The Lamp Still Burns, 1h27
Directed by Maurice Elvey
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, War, Documentary, Romance
Themes Political films
Actors Rosamund John, Stewart Granger, Godfrey Tearle, Cathleen Nesbitt, Margaret Vyner, John Laurie
Roles Mr. Lavery
Rating61% 3.090983.090983.090983.090983.09098
During the Second World War, Laurence Rains (Stewart Granger) is annoyed when female architect Hilary Clarke (Rosamund John) insists he must enlarge the first aid room in his factory to satisfy government regulations, despite having the best safety record in the country. He encounters her once again, now a nurse trainee assisting a doctor treat one of his employees. He finds out that Clarke only became an architect to please her father, who had no sons to follow in his profession. When she saw how her young assistant at her firm, seriously injured in a traffic accident, was tended to by the nurses, she found her true vocation. Pamela Siddell (Margaret Vyner), a violinist and Rains' fiancee, sees his attraction to Clarke.
Return to Yesterday, 1h9
Directed by Robert Stevenson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films based on plays
Actors Clive Brook, Anna Lee, May Whitty, Hartley Power, Milton Rosmer, Olga Lindo
Roles The Guard
Rating62% 3.1401753.1401753.1401753.1401753.140175
A British Hollywood star disappears and returns to the small seaside town where he had once worked as a struggling actor at the local theatre. Without anyone realising who he is, he agrees to appear in the theatre's latest production and falls in love with the leading lady.