Personable, good-looking British leading man and supporting player equally comfortable in comedic and dramatic roles. Bitten by the acting bug in the mid 1930s (after working as a fur trapper and engineer's assistant), More logged screen time in several films, beginning with 1935's Look Up and Laugh before interrupting his career to serve with His Majesty's Navy during World War 2...more
After years of playing in support, More landed costarring parts in two smash hits: the carrace comedy Genevieve (1953) and the hilarious Doctor in the House (1954). Their successes made him an "overnight" film star at age 40.
He quickly became one of England's most popular leading men, following his comedy successes with solid dramatic performances in films like The Deep Blue Sea (1955), A Night to Remember (1958), and Sink the Bismarck! (1960). He took more lighthearted leads in The Admirable Crichton (1957), The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1959), and a remake of Hitchcock's The 39 Steps (1959).
By the mid 1960s, his starring career was waning in films, and he spent more time on stage and television, returning to movies mainly in allstar ensembles such as Oh! What a Lovely War (as Kaiser Wilhelm!) and Battle of Britain (both 1969). He appeared as The Ghost of Christmas Present in the 1970 musical Scrooge and made a charming chamberlain in the Cinderella musical The Slipper and the Rose (1976). He gave one of his most endearing performances in the landmark BBC series "The Forsyte Saga." More's autobiography, "More or Less," was published in 1978
OTHER FILMS INCLUDE: 1948: Scott of the Antarctic 1950: Chance of a Lifetime, The Clouded Yellow 1951: The Galloping Major, No Highway in the Sky 1952: Brandy for the Parson, The Yellow Balloon 1953: The Adventures of Sadie, Never Let Me Go 1954: Raising a Riot 1956: Reach for the Sky 1956: Next to No Time 1959: Flame Over India 1960: Man in the Moon 1961: Loss of Innocence 1962: The Longest Day 1963: The Comedy Man 1968: Dark of the Sun 1978: Leopard in the Snow Where Time Began 1979: Unidentified Flying Oddball
He died of Parkinson's Disease 12 July 1982 in London. He was cremated at Putney Vale Cemetery, South London.
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A Night to Remember | Genevieve |
The Slipper and the Rose | Father Brown
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Longest Day
Reach for the Sky | Sink the Bismarck
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Sink the Bismarck / Enemy Below Double UK DVD Set
Scott of the Antarctic Movie Review |
Kenneth More Collection DVD 7 Disc Set
Father Brown - The Man With Two Beards And Other Stories |
Father Brown - The Mirror Of The Magistrate And Other Stories
Father Brown - The Hammer Of God And Other Stories
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Joan O'Brien Actress June 1962
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Reach for the Sky (1956
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