20 October 1934 " 12 November 2024The star of stage and screen, one half of a reluctant showbiz couple, is recalled by his son as an actor who excelled at playing famous people while remaining anything but grand Read the Observer's obituaries of 2024 in full Four King Lears, three Churchills, two Macbeths, Stalin, Gorbachev, Thomas Beecham, Edward VII; Danny Dyer's dad in EastEnders the same year as a stint in Corona…
SOURCE: The Guardian at 05:42AM on January 1, 2025