Wilfred Lawson

• Born: Jan 14, 1900 in Bradford, Yorkshire, England, UK
• Died: Oct 10, 1966 in London, England, UK
• Occupation: Actor
• Active: '30s-'60s
• Major Genres: Drama, Comedy
• Career Highlights: Pygmalion, The Prisoner, The Long Voyage Home
• First Major Screen Credit: East Lynne on the Western Front (1931)

Biography

A stage actor from the age of 16, Briton Wilfrid Lawson made his film debut in the 1931 comedy East Lynne on the Western Front. Lawson was unforgettable as Alfred P. Doolittle ("I'm one of the undeserving poor...and I means to go on being undeserving") in Pygmalion (1938), no less impressive in the title role in The Great Mr. Handel (1942), and exquisitely eccentric as Black George Seagrim in Tom Jones (1963). His handful of American films includes John Wayne's Allegheny Uprising (1939) and The Long Voyage Home (1940). No matter how busy he became in films, Lawson never severed his ties with the theatre; his biggest stage success was the 1954 production The Wooden Dish. In one of his last film appearances as doddering manservant Peacock The Wrong Box (1966), the 66-year-old Wilfrid Lawson looked closer to 90. ~ Hal Erickson, All Movie Guide

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