Biographies: Felix Aylmer - Actor

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A British actor born in Corsham, on February 21, 1889. He married the actress Cecily Byrne (1915-1975), they had two children and she remained with him until her death. He is an English theater actor who has also appeared in film, and television and made some comedies. He was educated at King Jimmy and Elmond Perry School, then Magdalen College and Oxford. He was a member of the Oxford University Dramatic Society and then studied drama. He made his first appearance at the London Colston Theater in 1911. During the First World War, he served in the Royal Naval Volunteer Reserve and resumed his career after the war. He entered the world of cinema in 1930 and stayed in it for 40 years, specializing in elderly and religious figures. He made his first film, Escape, in 1930. He also appeared in 10 films with John Luzi and had a respectable and cultured style of performing. He presented television works, most notably Oh, Brother (1968-1870) where he presented 19 episodes, and his last movie was Hostile Witness (1969). His most important works include Ivanhoe (1952), Hamlet (1948), Separate Tables (1958), and Becket (1964). He died in a nursing home in 1979 at the age of 90.