George Relph

George Relph, CBE (27 January 1888 – 24 April 1960) was an English actor. He acted in more than a dozen films, and also many plays. He served in the British Armed Forces in the First World War, and was shot in the leg, hindering his return to acting. But Relph eventually got back on stage, and his career continued. His son, Michael, became a producer in the British film industry. His last role was Tiberius in the 1959 film version of Ben Hur which was released five months before Relph's death.

Contents

• George relph tribute
• Whos Who
• Filmography
• References

Who's Who

Entry in Who's Who, 1960 edition:

RELPH, George actor born 1888

of George and Elizabeth Relph

married 1st 1911 Deborah Nanson 1 son Michael Relph

marriage dissolved

2nd 1925 married Mercia Swinburne

Educated High School, Whitley Bay, Northumberland

First appearance on stage, Grimsby 1906

First London appearance Hamlet 1909

Toured Australia 1910

Kismet, Garrick Theatre 1911

First appearance New York, Romeo in Romeo & Juliet 1912 for Herbert Beerbohm Tree

New York, The Yellow Jacket

New York, The Garden of Paradise

Joseph in Joseph and his Brethren at Her Majesty's Theatre for Beerbohm Tree, 1914

The Darling of the Gods 1914

Served European War 3rd Yorkshire Regiment

Wounded 1917

Toured South Africa 1924

Has appeared in The Man Who Came Back

Caesar's Wife

The Bat

The Green Goddess

Hamlet

The Squeaker

In recent years has played Blenkinsop in The Doctors Dilemma

joined Old Vic co at New Theatre in 1944

played wide range of parts: Clarence, Telyegin, Pistol, Worcester, Gloucester,

Sublet, Dangle, Grumio. Sir Oliver Surface, Creon in Jean Anouilh's Antigone

Played also in continental, Australian and New York seasons with Old Vic co.

and at the Comédie-Française in Peer Gynt and Richard III

in Fading Mansion 1949

Reedbeck in Venus Observed St James's Theatre 1950

The General in Ardele at The Vaudeville Theatre 1951

The Duke of Applecross in The Mortimer Touch 1952

The Dean in The Bad Samaritan 1953

Mortmain in I Capture the Castle 1954

Abbe Martignon in The Little Glass Clock 1955

Old Ekdal in The Wild Duck 1955

Peter Sorin in The Seagull 1956

Billy Rice in The Entertainer 1957 at Royal Court Theatre

and in New York 1958

Films include I Believe in you 1952

Titfield Thunderbolt 1952

Davy 1957

Lived at 18 Argyll Mansions Kings Road, Chelsea SW3

Clubs the Garrick Club and the Green Room Club