Harold John Warrender (15 November 1903 – 6 May 1953) was a British stage, film and television actor, and radio presenter.[1][2][3][4]

Harold Warrender
Warrender in 1930s
Born
Harold John Warrender

15 November 1903
Died6 May 1953(1953-05-06) (aged 49)
Occupationactor
Years active19281953

His father was Sir George Warrender, 7th Baronet. His mother was Lady Ethel Maud Ashley Cooper, a singer and patron of music, and personal friend of the composer Edward Elgar and his wife Caroline Alice Roberts.

Warrender became well-known in the 1940s for his part in the popular radio variety show 'Merry-Go-Round' in which he conducted a cash quiz called 'Double or Quits.' The show started as a Forces entertainment which after the war continued in the BBC Light Programme.

Family edit

In 1942 Warrender married Constance Elizabeth Fowles, daughter of John Fowles vicar of Rye, Sussex. They had no children.

Filmography edit

Year Title Role Notes
1934 Leave It to Blanche Guardee
1934 I Spy NBG
1934 Lady in Danger Clive
1935 Lazybones Lord Melton
1935 Mimi Marcel
1935 Invitation to the Waltz Duke of Wurtemburg
1940 Contraband Lt. Cmdr. Ellis, RN
1940 Convoy Lt. Commander Martin
1940 Sailors Three Pilot's Mate
1948 Under the Frozen Falls Mr. Carlington
1948 Scott of the Antarctic Dr. E.A. Wilson
1949 Warning to Wantons Count Anton Kardak
1949 Conspirator Col. Hammerbrook
1951 Pandora and the Flying Dutchman Geoffrey Fielding
1951 The Six Men Holroyd
1951 Where No Vultures Fly Mannering
1952 Ivanhoe Locksley
1953 Time Bomb Sir Evelyn Jordan
1953 Intimate Relations George

References edit

  1. ^ "Harold Warrender". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Harold Warrender - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. ^ "Harold Warrender - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. ^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.

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