(1893-1951)
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Birth name: David Ivor Davies
Date of birth: 15 January 1893
Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Height: 5' 11" (1.80 m)
Date of death: 6 March 1951
Place of death: London, UK
Cause of death: Coronary thrombosis
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Ivor Novello, the son of the singer and music teacher, Clara Novello Davies, was born in Cardiff, Wales, on 15th January, 1893. After being educated at Magdalen College School, Oxford, he became an actor and songwriter. His first big hit was Keep the Home Fires Burning (1914), a song that was hugely popular during the First World War. Another hit was the novelty number, And Her Mother Came Too (1921).
Novello also made films and appeared in Bonnie Prince Charlie (1923) and Hitchcock's The Lodger(1926). His first play, The Rat, was produced in 1924. Novello, who usually appeared in his own plays, also wrote Symphony in Two Flats (1930), The Truth Game (1934), Proscenium (1934), Glamorous Nights (1935), Careless Rapture (1936), Full House (1936), Crest of a Wave (1937), Comedienne (1938) and The Dancing Years (1939).
Ivor Novello, The Lodger (1926)
