Harcourt Williams
Actor, Film actor
1880 – 1957
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Who was Harcourt Williams?
Ernest George Harcourt Williams was an English actor and director. After early experience in touring companies he established himself as a character actor and director in the West End. From 1929 to 1934 he was director of the Old Vic theatre company; among the actors he recruited were John Gielgud and Ralph Richardson. After directing some fifty plays he resigned the directorship of the Old Vic but continued to appear in the company's productions throughout the rest of his career. He appeared in thirty cinema and television roles during his later years.
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- Born
- Mar 30, 1880
Croydon - Also known as
- Ernest George Harcourt Williams
- E G Harcourt Williams
- Parents
- Spouses
- Jean Sterling MacKinlay
(1908 - )
- Jean Sterling MacKinlay
- Children
- Nationality
- United Kingdom
- Profession
- Died
- Dec 13, 1957
London
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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