Charles Ellsworth Grapewin was an American vaudeville and circus performer, a writer, and a stage and film actor. He worked in over 100 motion pictures during the silent and sound eras, most notably portraying Uncle Henry in Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's The Wizard of Oz (1939), "Grandpa" William James Joad in The Grapes of Wrath (1940), Jeeter Lester in Tobacco Road (1941), Uncle Salters in Captains Courageous (1937), Gramp Maple in The Petrified Forest (1936), Wang's Father in The Good Earth (1937), and California Joe in They Died With Their Boots On (1941).
Edwin Maxwell was an Irish character actor in Hollywood movies of the 1930s and 1940s, frequently cast as businessmen and shysters, though often ones with a pompous or dignified bearing. Prior to that, he was an actor on the Broadway stage and a director of plays.
Anthony Martin Kimmins, OBE was an English director, playwright, screenwriter, producer and actor.
Helen Haye was a British stage and film actress.
Wilfrid Lawson was an English character actor of screen and stage.
Arthur Crabtree was a British cinematographer and film director. He directed films with comedians such as Will Hay, the Crazy Gang and Arthur Askey and several of the Gainsborough melodramas.
Bernard Knowles was an English film director, producer, cinematographer and screenwriter. Born in Manchester, Knowles worked with Alfred Hitchcock on numerous occasions before the director emigrated to Hollywood.
Alex Vetchinsky was a BAFTA nominated British film art director and production designer. He worked on more than a hundred productions during a career that lasted between 1928 and 1974. Vetchinsky was employed for many years at Gainsborough Pictures. He later worked frequently for Rank, including on several Carry On films.
Wallis Hensman Clark was an English stage and film actor.
Richard Carle was an American stage and film actor as well as a playwright and stage director. He appeared in more than 130 films between 1915 and 1941.
Edward Coke MC, known professionally as Edward Rigby, was a British character actor.
Robert Dearing, usually credited as R. E. Dearing, was an English film editor. Known affectionately as "Pop" Dearing, he worked on many comedies for Gainsborough Pictures, including many featuring Will Hay, and some of director Carol Reed's early films.
Morgan Wallace was an American actor. He appeared in more than 120 films between 1914 and 1946, including W.C. Fields' It's a Gift (1934) where he persistently asks Fields for some "Kumquats". He supported Fields again in My Little Chickadee (1940).
Herbert Halliwell Hobbes was an English actor.
Laurence Hanray, sometimes credited as Lawrence Hanray, was a British film and theatre actor born in London, England. He is also credited as the author of several plays and music hall songs.
Allan John Jeayes was an English stage and film actor.
Oliver Burchett Clarence was an English actor.
Minnie Rayner was a British stage and film actress.
Frederick Roger Imhof was an American film actor, vaudeville, burlesque and circus performer, sketch writer, and songwriter.
Bradley Page was an American film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films from 1931 to 1943.
