- He was a noted Shakespearean actor.
- He played Ebenezer Balfour in both Kidnapped (1956) and Kidnapped (1960).
- He made six films with Laurence Olivier: As You Like It (1936), Q Planes (1939), Adventure for Two (1943), Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955). Olivier also directed the latter three films.
- Daughter Veronica, with Oonah, born 1939.
- Along with Esmond Knight and Russell Thorndike, he is one of only three actors other than Laurence Olivier himself to appear in all three Shakespearean films that Olivier directed: Henry V (1944), Hamlet (1948) and Richard III (1955).
- Like both his The Life and Death of Colonel Blimp (1943) character John Montgomery Murdoch and his Dad's Army (1968) character Private James Frazer, he served in the Home Guard during World War II.
- Son of William (1856-1903) and Jessie Ann Laurie (née Brown) (1858-1935).
- A memorial service was held for him at St. Paul's Church, Covent Garden on 3rd November 1980.
- Although he played Edward Chapman's son in Juno and the Paycock (1929), he was four years older than him in real life.
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