Years active 1932-1969 Name Naunton Wayne | Role Character actor | |
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Full Name Henry Wayne Davies Died November 17, 1970, Surbiton, United Kingdom Movies The Lady Vanishes, Night Train to Munich, The Titfield Thunderbolt, Crook's Tour, It's Not Cricket Similar People Sidney Gilliat, Frank Launder, Charles Crichton, Ken Annakin, Louis Levy | ||
Nonchalant Nonsense - Naunton Wayne
Naunton Wayne (22 June 1901 – 17 November 1970), was a British character actor, born Henry Wayne Davies in Llanwonno, Glamorgan, Wales. He was educated at Clifton College.
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His first London stage roles were in Streamline at the Palace in 1934 and in 1066 and All That at the Strand in 1935 (where he provided comic continuity for other performers). His first full role was as Norman Weldon in Wise Tomorrow at The Lyric in 1937. He played Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace at the Strand for four years. He was a leading member of The Stage Golfing Society.
He became best known for his role as a supporting character, Caldicott, in the 1938 film version of The Lady Vanishes, a role he repeated in three further films, alongside Basil Radford as his equally cricket-obsessed friend, Charters. The two would go on to appear in other films together, often playing similar characters. Their other joint credits include Night Train to Munich (1940), Crook's Tour (1941), Millions Like Us (1943), Dead of Night (1945), Quartet (1948), It's Not Cricket (1949), and Passport to Pimlico (1949).
Wayne also appeared alone in other films including the Ealing comedy The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) and Obsession (1949).
Personal life
Wayne married Gladys Dove, a concert pianist, in 1927 and they had two sons, Peter and John.