Most Recent Role: Show Guest on The Generation Game
Birthplace: Dumfries,Dumfriesshire,Scotland,UK
Birthday: 3-25-1897
Date of Death: 6-23-1980
Cause of Death: Details of Death and Location Chalfont St Peter,Buckinghamshire,England,UK (emphysema & lung ailment)
Birthplace: Dumfries,Dumfriesshire,Scotland,UK
Birthday: 3-25-1897
Date of Death: 6-23-1980
Cause of Death: Details of Death and Location Chalfont St Peter,Buckinghamshire,England,UK (emphysema & lung ailment)
Spouse: Oona V Todd-(? 23 June 1980 his death. One Child Naylor.
Trivia:He was a noted Shakespearean actor.
Most Recent Appearance
Larry Grayson's Generation Game
Monday 31 December 1979 on BBC-1
In a series of tasks set by professionals, four teams of two, spanning two generations compete to win over the jury for the chance to take on the conveyor belt challenge.
Before becoming an actor, Laurie was a mill worker.
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After World War I he set his sights in a different direction, training to become an actor by attending the Central School of Speech and Drama in London.
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Height: 5' 10½" (1.79 m)
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He was a noted Shakespearean actor.
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Other Appearances
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Dad's Army
Private James Frazer |
Tales of Mystery
Algernon Blackwood |
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Alcoa Hour
The Small Servant Sampson Brass |
Colonel March of Scotland Yard
Present Tense Dr. Brandon |
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Detective
The Golden Dart Commodore Gill |
Disneyland
Treasure Island (2) Blind pew |
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Disneyland
Kidnapped (1) Ebenezer Balfour |
Disneyland
Treasure Island (1) Blind pew |
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