Garard Green
Actor, Film actor
1924 – 2004
Who was Garard Green?
Garard Green was a British actor and commentator.
Green was born in Madras, India in 1924 where his father was superintendent of the government press. When his father died in 1933 the family returned to the United Kingdom and Green finished his education at Watford Grammar School. He developed an interest in acting at Watford but when he left the school he returned to India and the Military Academy and was commissioned into the 2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles.
At the end of the war he was demobilised and won a Sir Alexander Korda scholarship to Royal Academy of Dramatic Art. On leaving RADA he worked in the theatre in London. In 1953 he married the actress Margaret Tansley. He developed mobility problems caused by severe arthritis which stopped his stage career and he concentrated on films and television, appearing in over 40 films including Hour of Decision, Horrors of the Black Museum and The Hand.
As well as radio work where his talent at voices was in demand, Green recorded nearly 250 audio-books many for the Royal National Institute for the Blind.
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- Born
- Jul 31, 1924
Chennai - Also known as
- Gerard Green
- Garrard Green
- Gerrard Green
- Spouses
- Margaret Tansley
(1953 - )
- Margaret Tansley
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- India
- Profession
- Education
- Watford Grammar School for Boys
- Died
- Dec 26, 2004
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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