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1516:1870 births
1313:The Referee
999:Uncredited
963:Prosecution
883:Called Back
741:Easy Virtue
712:Cruickshank
533:White Cargo
442:White Cargo
408:Richard III
375:At the Barn
216:Henry James
178:Early years
155:Shakespeare
1510:Categories
1425:The Herald
1366:1542777119
1155:References
1054:All at Sea
827:Max Levine
808:The Ringer
780:Rupert Gay
724:Duke's Son
655:Queen Mary
623:Papa Haydn
609:The Ringer
599:The Ringer
585:in Essex.
562:The Ringer
527:, and for
511:Last years
454:The Ringer
90:Occupation
74:8 May 1950
55:1870-02-03
1483:297602022
1300:The Times
1059:Dr. Stolk
1037:Mr. Satan
783:Producer
763:John Rool
731:Director
628:The Miser
558:The Frog,
504:Peter Pan
458:Wyndham's
446:Playhouse
434:The Times
321:Valentine
247:Ben Greet
184:Liverpool
143:Ben Greet
100:Spouse(s)
63:Liverpool
1466:10013159
911:No Satan
758:Atlantic
651:Tennyson
579:Worthing
541:West End
116:Children
82:Worthing
1450:Sources
1282:The Era
1269:The Era
1240:The Era
1227:The Era
1214:The Era
946:BlĂĽcher
515:At the
472:Henry V
413:Henry V
282:The Era
276:Macbeth
265:at the
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1011:Newton
841:Disher
697:Short
690:Esther
680:Notes
674:Title
567:Trilby
397:Hamlet
271:Hamlet
267:Lyceum
236:Hamlet
43:(1920)
1108:Notes
1042:Billy
801:film
790:Alibi
677:Role
671:Year
661:Films
387:, by
359:Magic
325:Ibsen
163:Ibsen
94:Actor
1501:IMDb
1479:OCLC
1462:OCLC
1361:ISBN
1083:1948
1066:1943
1049:1940
1032:1938
1025:Sing
987:1937
970:1936
953:1935
922:1934
878:1933
848:1932
799:Lost
770:1931
753:1929
736:1928
719:1920
702:1919
685:1916
560:and
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149:and
71:Died
49:Born
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595:2LO
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