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George Benson (actor) (George Frederick Percy Benson) was born on 11 January, 1911 in Cardiff, Wales, is a British actor. Discover George Benson (actor)'s Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 72 years old?

Popular As George Frederick Percy Benson
Occupation Actor
Age 72 years old
Zodiac Sign Capricorn
Born 11 January 1911
Birthday 11 January
Birthplace Cardiff, Wales
Date of death 17 June, 1983
Died Place London, England
Nationality Wales

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1911

George Frederick Percy Benson (11 January 1911 – 17 June 1983) was a British actor of both theatre and screen, whose career stretched from the 1930s to the early 1970s.

1920

He was on stage from the late 1920s, and made his film debut in 1932 in Holiday Lovers written by Leslie Arliss.

The family moved to Weston-super-Mare around 1920 and to Bristol around 1925.

He began acting at school in the Latin plays mounted annually at the school.

1930

He trained for the stage at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (where he was the Silver Medallist in 1930).

Much of Benson's early work was in revue, particularly those mounted in the 1930s by Andre Charlot.

1932

In 1932-3 he toured Australia with the company of Athene Seyler and Nicholas Hannen and on the tour met Seyler's daughter, Jane Anne Sterndale Bennett, who would become his first wife.

1936

In 1936 he achieved his first real success, as Edward Gill in Herbert and Eleanor Farjeon's musical The Two Bouquets.

1937

His most notable work as a comic actor included supporting roles with George Formby (Keep Fit - 1937) and Ronnie Barker (A Home of Your Own - 1964).

Benson was born in Cardiff and educated at Blundell's School, the son of Leslie Bernard Gilpin Benson and his wife Isita.

1940

He continued to work with Herbert Farjeon until he was called up for war service in 1940, appearing in the revues Nine Sharp and The Little Revue.

He served with the Royal Artillery for six years, mostly in anti-aircraft units.

1947

After the war, he played the part of the solicitor Desmond Curry in Terence Rattigan's The Winslow Boy on an extensive tour of the US (1947–1948), before returning to revue in the highly successful Lyric and Globe Revues.

1950

During the late 1950s he cemented his reputation as skilled comedy actor in a succession of stage roles, perhaps notably that of Arthur Groomkirby in N. F. Simpson's 'Theatre of the Absurd' play One Way Pendulum.

1955

in 1955 he joined the Old Vic Company (with Robert Helpmann and Katharine Hepburn) on a tour of Australia, playing the clown roles in Measure for Measure, The Merchant of Venice and The Taming of the Shrew.

1960

Although still noted as a comedy actor, during the 1960s he showed he could also excel in darker and more serious roles.

1961

In 1961 he played the murderer Dr Crippen in Wolf Mankowitz's musical Belle, or the Ballad of Dr Crippen, and Boss Mangan in Bernard Shaw's Heartbreak House.

1968

Benson took a keen interest in theatre history, and was Chairman of the Society for Theatre Research from 1968-72.

1970

In the early 1970s he appeared in several plays with Bernard Miles at the Mermaid Theatre, notably as the Inquisitor in St Joan.

1973

In 1973, while appearing as Polonius in Hamlet, he suffered a stroke which affected his speech and ended his career.

He married, first, Jane Ann Sterndale Bennett, a granddaughter of the composer William Sterndale Bennett.

They had two daughters, Caroline and Elizabeth.

His second wife was Pamela Enid White, also (briefly) an actor.

They had one son, Christopher.