Lloyd Pearson
English actor (1897–1966)
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::summary English actor (1897–1966) ::
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| Field | Value |
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| image | Actor_Lloyd_Pearson.jpg |
| caption | Pearson's 1939 Spotlight picture (sketch by Kay Stewart) |
| name | Lloyd Pearson |
| birth_name | Lloyd Mawson Pearson |
| birth_place | Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England |
| birth_date | 13 December 1897 |
| death_place | London, England |
| death_date | 2 June 1966 (aged 68) |
| occupation | Stage and screen actor |
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|image= Actor_Lloyd_Pearson.jpg |caption =Pearson's 1939 Spotlight picture (sketch by Kay Stewart) |name =Lloyd Pearson |birth_name = Lloyd Mawson Pearson |birth_place = Cleckheaton, Yorkshire, England |birth_date = 13 December 1897 |death_place = London, England |death_date = 2 June 1966 (aged 68) |occupation = Stage and screen actor
Lloyd Mawson Pearson (13 December 1897 – 2 June 1966) was an English actor, who appeared mostly in character roles on stage and screen. He created the roles of Rat in Toad of Toad Hall in 1929 and Alderman Helliwell in the West End production of J. B. Priestley's When We Are Married in 1938, a role he reprised in the film version in 1943.
Life and career
Pearson was born in Cleckheaton, near Batley in the West Riding of Yorkshire, the son of William Edward Pearson and his wife Ada, né Farrar. He was educated at Whitcliffe Mount Grammar School and Owen's College. He then became a clerk in the Midland Bank. After serving in the armed forces in the First World War he studied for the stage at Lady Benson's Dramatic School and made his first appearance on the stage at the Palace Pier, Brighton in 1919 as the Police Officer in Diana of Dobson's.
He returned to London in 1937 and appeared as Viscount Pascal in The Switchback, Tubby Pearson in Dodsworth, Harper in Nanny, and at the St Martin's in October 1938 he played Alderman Helliwell in the premiere of When We Are Married. In the later 1930s and 1940s he played mostly in modern comedies, including Arsenic and Old Lace (1944). At the Phoenix Theatre in May 1949 he made a rare excursion into costume drama, playing Gibbet in The Beaux' Stratagem, which ran for over a year. Later West End appearances included Mr Marsland in a revival of The Private Secretary (1954) and the Fire Brigade Captain in The Bald Prima Donna. In 1957 he took over the role of the Tramp in Salad Days for two and a half years.
Pearson died in London on 2 June 1966 aged 68.
Films
In addition to his stage career, Pearson acted in films from 1938 to 1964: ::data[format=table]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1938 | Incident in Shanghai | ||
| 1938 | The Challenge | Seiler | |
| 1938 | Penny Paradise | ||
| 1940 | Let George Do It! | Hotel Manager | Uncredited |
| 1940 | Tilly of Bloomsbury | Uncredited | |
| 1941 | Kipps | Shalford | |
| 1942 | Banana Ridge | Mr. Bingley | |
| 1942 | The Day Will Dawn | Wettau's Assistant | Uncredited |
| 1942 | Uncensored | Cabaret Manager | Uncredited |
| 1942 | The Goose Steps Out | Train Passenger | Uncredited |
| 1942 | The Young Mr. Pitt | Minor Role | Uncredited |
| 1943 | When We Are Married | Joe Helliwell | |
| 1943 | Rhythm Serenade | Mr. Simkins | |
| 1943 | Schweik's New Adventures | Josef Schweik | |
| 1943 | My Learned Friend | Col. Chudleigh | |
| 1944 | Time Flies | Publican | Uncredited |
| 1944 | The Way Ahead | Thyrtle | |
| 1945 | The Agitator | Derek Cunlyffe | |
| 1948 | The Three Weird Sisters | Solicitor | |
| 1948 | Bond Street | Drunken Client | Uncredited |
| 1948 | Mr. Perrin and Mr. Traill | Mr. Dormer | |
| 1949 | Passport to Pimlico | Fawcett | |
| 1949 | Dear Mr. Prohack | Mr. Bishop | Uncredited |
| 1949 | Under Capricorn | Land Agent | Uncredited |
| 1950 | Portrait of Clare | Sir Joseph Hingston | |
| 1952 | Private Information | Mayor | |
| 1952 | Hindle Wakes | Tim Farrer | |
| 1957 | The Good Companions | Mr. Tarvin | |
| 1960 | The Angry Silence | Howarth | |
| 1964 | A Jolly Bad Fellow | Dr. Rossiter | |
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References
Sources
References
- Gaye, pp. 1054–1055
- He made his first appearance in London at the [[St Martin's Theatre]] on 21 January 1920, as Lentulus in ''Pompey the Great,'' with [[Frank Benson (actor)
- Gillan, Don. (24 July 2007). "Bingley Little Theatre".
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