Elwyn Brook-Jones | |
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Born | |
Died | 4 September 1962 | (aged 50)
Occupation(s) | Actor Pianist |
Years active | 1922–1962 |
Elwyn Brook-Jones (11 December 1911 – 4 September 1962) was a British theatre, film and television actor. [1]
Brook-Jones was born in Kuching, Sarawak, on the island of Borneo. After a private education, he attended Jesus College, Oxford.
His public debut was in Australia, aged 11, as a concert pianist; he later made cabaret appearances in the US and the Far East. [2] He was a repertory actor, first appearing in London in 1943 in Hedda Gabler as Judge Brack, before going on to appear in many productions in the West End, films and television. [3] [4]
In the BBC children's series Garry Halliday, he was the hero's opponent "The Voice". [5] His most prominent film role was arguably Tober in Carol Reed's Odd Man Out (1947). [2] He was also Gladwin in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's The Small Back Room (1949) and the Emir in The Pure Hell of St Trinian's (1960). [6]
He died in Reading, Berkshire, aged 50. [1]
(The Deadly Capsule) (1959) as Mr Scheye