Harold Scott (actor)

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Harold Scott
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Scott in Trottie True (1949)
Born
Harold Ernest Scott

(1891-04-21)21 April 1891
Kensington, London, England
Died15 April 1964(1964-04-15) (aged 72)
London, England
OccupationActor
Spouse
Florence Alice Mackey
(m. 1917)

Harold Scott (21 April 1891 – 15 April 1964) was an English actor of stage and screen. [1] [2] [3]

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His stage work ran from the 1910s to the 1960s, and included the original West End productions of The Constant Nymph (1926–1927), Grand Hotel (1931–1932), Waters of the Moon (1951–1953) and Agatha Christie's Spider's Web (1954–1956). [1]

Scott's television appearances included The Children of the New Forest , ITV Television Playhouse , BBC Sunday Night Theatre , The New Adventures of Charlie Chan , William Tell , Armchair Theatre , Maigret , Dixon of Dock Green , The Avengers and Martin Chuzzlewit . [4] [2]

Filmography

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References

  1. 1 2 "Harold Scott | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  2. 1 2 "Harold Scott". BFI. Archived from the original on 9 February 2019.
  3. "Harold Scott | Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  4. "Harold Scott". www.aveleyman.com.