- Tony Britton
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name = Tony Britton
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birthname = Anthony Edward Lowry Britton
birthdate = Birth date and age|1924|6|9|df=y
location =Birmingham ,England
yearsactive = 1952-present
awards = Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actor 1975 "The Nearly Man "Tony Britton (born Anthony Edward Lowry Britton,
9 June 1924 inBirmingham ), is a veteran Englishfilm andtelevision actor . He is the father ofpresenter Fern Britton , scriptwriter Cherry Britton and actorJasper Britton .He attended Edgbaston Collegiate School, Birmingham and Thornbury Grammar School, Gloucestershire. During
World War II he served in the Army and he also worked for an estate agents and in an aircraft factory. He joined an amateur dramatic Group inWeston-super-Mare and then turned professional, appearing atThe Old Vic and with theRoyal Shakespeare Company on stage.He has appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, including such classics as "Sunday Bloody Sunday" (1971) and "The Day of the Jackal" (1973). Britton won the
Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actor in 1975 for "The Nearly Man ". [ [http://www.broadcastingpressguild.org/index.php?s=tony+britton Broadcasting Press Guild official site] , retrievedMay 5 ,2008 ]From 1983 to 1990, he starred with
Nigel Havers andDinah Sheridan in the popular BBCsitcom , "Don't Wait Up ". His other sitcoms appearances include "...And Mother Makes Five " and "Robin's Nest ".Personal life
Britton has married twice. First to Ruth Britton (nee Hawkins). They had two children, scriptwriter Cherry Britton and TV presenter
Fern Britton . Cherry is married to TV childrens presenterBrian Cant , Fern is married toPhil Vickery (chef) .Britton's second wife is Danish Sculptor and member of the World War II Danish Resistance Eva Castle Britton (nee Skytte Birkfeldt). They have one son, actor
Jasper Britton .References
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