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person_profile-Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello Died at age: 58

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Ivor Novello

Date of Birth:

Jan 15, 1893

Country of birth:

UK

Died:

Mar 06, 1951

Biography of

Ivor Novello

    Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century, on both screen and stage.

    He was born into a musical Cardiff family and his mother, Clara Novello Davies, was an internationally known singing teacher and choral conductor. As a child, Novello was a successful singer in various eisteddfodau throughout the country. He was educated privately in Cardiff and then in Gloucester and later won a scholarship to Magdalen College School in Oxford.

    The family moved to London in 1913 and here Novello's career flourished. In 1914, at the start of World War II, he wrote the words to his most popular song, "Keep the Home Fires Burning".

    Novello lived in a flat above the Strand Theatre, where he remained until his death in 1951.

    Since 1955 the internationally prestigious The Ivor Novello Awards ("The Ivors") for songwriting and composing are annually awarded by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).

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Ivor Novello

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Filmography of

Ivor Novello

Found 18 Movies in total

Autumn Crocus

Andreas Steiner ( Actor )

... 1934

I Lived with You

Prince Felix Lenieff ( Actor )

Theatre Play

... 1933

Sleeping Car

Gaston ( Actor )

... 1933

The Lodger

Michel Angeloff ( Actor )

... 1932

Once a Lady

Bennett Cloud ( Actor )

... 1931

Symphony in Two Flats

David Kennard ( Actor )

Theatre Play

... 1930

The Return of the Rat

Pierre Boucheron ( Actor )

Theatre Play

... 1929

The Vortex

Nicky Lancaster ( Actor )

... 1928

The Constant Nymph

Lewis Dodd ( Actor )

... 1928

Downhill

Roddy Berwick ( Actor )

Original Story

... 1927

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

The Lodger Jonathan Drew ( Actor )

... 1927

The Triumph of the Rat

Pierre Boucheron, 'the Rat' ( Actor )

... 1926

The Rat

Pierre Boucheron ( Actor )

Writer

... 1925

The Man Without Desire

Count Vittorio Dandolo ( Actor )

Producer

... 1923

Bonnie Prince Charlie

Prince Charles Stuart ( Actor )

Music

... 1923

The White Rose

Joseph ( Actor )

... 1923

The Bohemian Girl

Thaddeus ( Actor )

... 1922

The Call of the Blood

Maurice Delarey ( Actor )

... 1919