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Edward Rigby(1879-1951)

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Edward Rigby
Edward Rigby was born on 5 February 1879 in Ashford, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Stars Look Down (1940), Young and Innocent (1937) and The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950). He was previously married to Phyllis [Muriel Mary] Austin (novelist). He died on 5 April 1951 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.
BornFebruary 5, 1879
DiedApril 5, 1951(72)
BornFebruary 5, 1879
DiedApril 5, 1951(72)
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Margaret Lockwood, Nancy Price, Michael Redgrave, and Edward Rigby in The Stars Look Down (1940)
Robert Taylor, Griffith Jones, and Edward Rigby in A Yank at Oxford (1938)

Known for

The Stars Look Down (1940)
The Stars Look Down
7.0
  • Robert Fenwick
  • 1940
Mary Clare, Derrick De Marney, Pat Fitzpatrick, John Longden, George Merritt, Nova Pilbeam, and Edward Rigby in Young and Innocent (1937)
Young and Innocent
6.8
  • Old Will
  • 1937
Margaret Rutherford and Alastair Sim in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
The Happiest Days of Your Life
7.2
  • Rainbow
  • 1950
The Remarkable Mr. Kipps (1941)
The Remarkable Mr. Kipps
6.5
  • Buggins
  • 1941

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  • Ray Milland and Patricia Roc in Circle of Danger (1951)
    Circle of Danger
  • BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)
    BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
  • Constance Cummings, Jack Hulbert, Edward Rigby, Odile Versois, and Michael Wilding in Man in the Dinghy (1950)
    Man in the Dinghy
  • The Mudlark (1950)
    The Mudlark
    • (uncredited)
  • What the Butler Saw (1950)
    What the Butler Saw
  • Tony Draws a Horse (1950)
    Tony Draws a Horse
  • Double Confession (1950)
    Double Confession
  • Margaret Rutherford and Alastair Sim in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)
    The Happiest Days of Your Life
  • Rover and Me
  • A Run for Your Money (1949)
    A Run for Your Money
  • Don't Ever Leave Me (1949)
    Don't Ever Leave Me
  • Christopher Columbus (1949)
    Christopher Columbus
  • Sarah Churchill and Norman Wooland in All Over the Town (1949)
    All Over the Town
  • It's Hard to Be Good (1948)
    It's Hard to Be Good
  • The Silk Noose (1948)
    The Silk Noose

Personal details

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    • February 5, 1879
    • Ashford, Kent, England, UK
    • April 5, 1951
    • Richmond, Surrey, England, UK(undisclosed)
    • February 4, 1912 - April 5, 1951 (his death, 1 child)
  • Other works
    Active on Broadway in the following productions:
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    • 4 Articles

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    Solidly-built veteran British character actor, on stage from 1900. Toured Australia, Canada and the U.S. with various theatrical companies and had entered films by at least 1910. Busier on screen from 1934 to 1950, usually cast as benevolent, crusty or wily old men, or as hard-working, cloth-capped lower-class types. During the First World War, Rigby was awarded the Military Cross while serving with the Royal Field Artillery.

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