Ross Kemp
IMDB entry: Ross Kemp was born on July 21, 1964 in Barking, Essex, England. His mother, Jean, was a hairdresser and his father, John, was a policeman with the Metropolitan Police f
Rex Harrison
“In an interview once, Rex Harrison referred to Alan Jay Lerner, the writer of ‘My Fair Lady’:’ I owe that man such a great deal’. Few actors are s
MacKenzie Crook
Despite being far from a household name, Mackenzie Crook continued to win over audiences on both sides of the Atlantic with his quirky comic turns in film and on television. Crook
Martin Clunes
TCM overview: Martin Clunes rose to the top of the U.K.’s comedy scene in the 1990s on the groundbreaking situation comedy “Men Behaving Badly” (ITV/BBC, 1992-99)
James Mason
Article from 2009 in “The Guardian” by David Thomson: James Mason had good friends, and sometimes that is the measure of a man, especially in the picture business, wher
Bill Nighy
TCM overview: Despite decades on the British dramatic stage and in small, offbeat comedies, Bill Nighy remained one of England’s best kept secrets until scene-stealing suppor
Art Carney
Ronald Bergan’s 2003 obituary in “The Guardian”: Two of the greatest comic characters of popular American culture in the mid-20th century were Ed Norton and Felix
Michael Caine
TCM overview: Prolific British film actor Michael Caine rose to fame as an icon of London’s ‘swinging ’60s,’ but four decades later, having contribut
Stewart Granger
“ When Stewart Granger was the hottest male property around the British studios he was seldom taken seriously. He was just too good-looking, involved in too many ju