Anthony Edward Lowry Britton (9 June 1924 â€" 22 December 2019) was an
English actor. He appeared in a variety of films (including The Day of
the Jackal) and television sitcoms (including Don't Wait Up and
Robin's Nest).He is the father of presenter Fern Britton, scriptwriter
Cherry Britton and actor Jasper Britton.Britton was born in a room
above the Trocadero public house in Temple Street, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, the son of Doris Marguerite (née Jones) and Edward
Leslie Britton. He attended Edgbaston Collegiate School, Birmingham
and Thornbury Grammar School, Gloucestershire. During the Second World
War he served in the Army and he also worked for an estate agent and
in an aircraft factory. He joined an amateur dramatics group in
Weston-super-Mare and then turned professional, appearing on stage at
the Old Vic and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.He appeared in
numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, including Operation
Amsterdam (1959), 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.
English actor. He appeared in a variety of films (including The Day of
the Jackal) and television sitcoms (including Don't Wait Up and
Robin's Nest).He is the father of presenter Fern Britton, scriptwriter
Cherry Britton and actor Jasper Britton.Britton was born in a room
above the Trocadero public house in Temple Street, Birmingham,
Warwickshire, the son of Doris Marguerite (née Jones) and Edward
Leslie Britton. He attended Edgbaston Collegiate School, Birmingham
and Thornbury Grammar School, Gloucestershire. During the Second World
War he served in the Army and he also worked for an estate agent and
in an aircraft factory. He joined an amateur dramatics group in
Weston-super-Mare and then turned professional, appearing on stage at
the Old Vic and with the Royal Shakespeare Company.He appeared in
numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, including Operation
Amsterdam (1959), 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.
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