Kenneth Gilbert More, CBE (20 September 1914 â€" 12 July 1982) was an
English film and stage actor.Initially achieving fame in the comedy
Genevieve (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree,
happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period include Doctor in the
House (1954), Raising a Riot (1955), The Admirable Crichton (1957),
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) and Next to No Time (1958). He
also played more serious roles as a leading man, beginning with The
Deep Blue Sea (1955), Reach for the Sky (1956), A Night to Remember
(1958), North West Frontier (1959), The 39 Steps (1959) and Sink the
Bismarck (1960).Although his career declined in the early 1960s, two
of his own favourite films date from this time â€" The Comedy Man
(1964) and The Greengage Summer (1961) with Susannah York, "one of the
happiest films on which I have ever worked." He also enjoyed a revival
in the much-acclaimed TV adaptation of The Forsyte Saga (1967) and the
Father Brown series (1974).
English film and stage actor.Initially achieving fame in the comedy
Genevieve (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree,
happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period include Doctor in the
House (1954), Raising a Riot (1955), The Admirable Crichton (1957),
The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw (1958) and Next to No Time (1958). He
also played more serious roles as a leading man, beginning with The
Deep Blue Sea (1955), Reach for the Sky (1956), A Night to Remember
(1958), North West Frontier (1959), The 39 Steps (1959) and Sink the
Bismarck (1960).Although his career declined in the early 1960s, two
of his own favourite films date from this time â€" The Comedy Man
(1964) and The Greengage Summer (1961) with Susannah York, "one of the
happiest films on which I have ever worked." He also enjoyed a revival
in the much-acclaimed TV adaptation of The Forsyte Saga (1967) and the
Father Brown series (1974).
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