Danny Green | |
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![]() Green in The Ladykillers (1955) | |
Born | 26 May 1903 London, England |
Died | 1973 (aged 69–70) |
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1929–1969 |
Danny Green (26 May 1903 – 1973) was an English character actor. He was best known for his role as the slow-witted ex-boxer "One-Round" Lawson in The Ladykillers . [1]
He worked regularly in film, television and on the stage, including playing comic gangsters in the original London productions of Guys and Dolls (1953) and Do Re Mi (1961). [2] [3]
One of his last roles was as Lord Surrey in the Randal and Hopkirk episode Just for the Record in 1969. [4]
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