Kenneth More - Definition and Overview

Kenneth Gilbert More CBE, (20 September 1914-12 July 1982) was a successful British cinema, television and theatre actor. He was born in Gerrard's Cross, Buckinghamshire and educated at Victoria College in Jersey.

The two roles for which he became best known were that of real-life war hero Douglas Bader in Reach for the Sky (1956) and that of "young Jolyon" in the BBC's landmark 1967 dramatisation of The Forsyte Saga.

More was married to the actress Beryl Johnstone(1939-1946) (one daughter Susan b.1941), Bill Barkby (1958-1968)(one daughter Sarah b.1954) and the actress Angela Douglas(17 March 1968-12 July 1982), who was nicknamed as "Shrimp". He died in London from Parkinson's disease on 12 July 1982, aged 67.

Other notable films include:

• Genevieve (1953)
• Doctor in the House (1954)
• The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
• A Night to Remember (1958)
• The Thirty-Nine Steps (1959)
• The Longest Day (1962)
• Oh! What a Lovely War (1969)

External link

• http://www.kennethmore.fsnet.co.uk/kennethmore.html
• Kenneth More (http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0603336/) at the Internet Movie Database