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Autographs: actors  A - Ba

   

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Joss Ackland - born 1928, prolific British stage and screen actor (Evita) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Good luck, Joss Ackland". £12   [ref: JA1] 

     

 

above: detail of Joss Ackland autograph

 

   

   

  

    

   

    
Joss Ackland - born 1928, prolific British stage and screen actor (Evita) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Good luck, Joss Ackland". £12   [ref: JA3] 

      

 

above: detail of Joss Ackland autograph

  

 

   

   

  

    
Carlito Ackroyd - British actress of the 1920s and 30s, and star of It's All Wrong (1920), The Love Race (1930), The Beloved Vagabond (1927); She toured Australia in the late 1920s - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, with dedication, signed: "To, Mr Moody, all best wishes, Carlito Ackroyd". £10 

 

 

 

 

  

  
Polly Adams - born 1939, British stage actress, also TV (Upstairs Downstairs, The Camomile Lawn, Just William) and films (Kisna, A Woman of the North) - 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 9 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Good wishes, Polly Adams". £12    

  

 

   

  

  

  

John Agar - 1921-2002; prolific American actor who starred alonside John Wayne in Sands of Iwo Jima, Chisum and She Wore a Yellow Ribbon, and with Lucille Ball in The Magic Carpet, and with his one-time wife, Shirley Temple in Fort Apache - 4.75 x 7.5 inches (12 x 19 cm) autographed photo, signed: "God bless, John Agar". Nice younger signed photo. £25      

 

 

 

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above: detail of Henry Ainley autograph

Henry Ainley - 1879-1945; British actor, who had a long and distinguished stage career. He first gained fame in Herbert beerbohm Tree's theatre company as Paolo in Paolo and Francesca, and later in Shakespeare roles including Mark Antony (Julius Caesar), Macbeth, Prospero, Malvolio and Hamlet. He was Otello opposite John Gielgud's Iago in a 1932 BBC radio production. He appeared in a number of films, including: Henry VIII, The Prisoner of Zenda, As You Like It and The First Mrs Fraser. Although married three times, letters from him to a young Laurence Olivier show that he was deeply enamoured with the young actor, although Olivier's family have always denied that the two had a sexual relationship - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard. £25

 

 

 

 

 

             

 

above: detail of Maria Aitken autograph

Maria Aitken - born 1945; British actress and director. On stage she is famous for playing Noel Coward roles, and her production of The 39 Steps ran for five years in the West End and three years on Broadway. Her film career includes roles in A Fish Called Wanda, Strange Creatures, Mary Queen of Scots, The Moon Street and Asylum - 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 9 cm) autographed photo, signed: "To Ian - with best wishes, Maria Aitken" in blue biro. £10

 

 

 

 

 

    

 

above: detail of Elizabeth Allan autograph

Elizabeth Allan - 1908-1990; British actress, who worked both in Britain and Hollywood and appeared in over fifty films, including: A Tale of Two Cities, Mark of the Vampire, The Citadel, Went the Day Well? and No Highway. In later years she was hugely popular as a panelist on TV and radio shows, most notably What's My Line?; in 1952 she won Top Female TV Personality - 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 9 cm) autographed photo, showing her with Ronald Coleman in David Copperfield. £15   [ref: EA1]

 

 

 

 

 

                    

 

above: detail of Elizabeth Allan autograph

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Elizabeth Allan - 1908-1990; British actress who worked in both Britain and Hollywood, and appeared in over fifty films, including: A Tale of Two Cities, Mark of the Vampire, The Citadel, Went the Day Well? and No Highway. In later years she was hugely popular as a panelist on TV and radio shows, most notably What's My Line?, and in 1952 she won Top Female TV Personality - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Elizabeth Allan" in blue ink. Condition: slight surface creases at top of photo. £20   [ref: EA2]

 

 

 

 

            

Fred Allandale - 1872-1921, British actor, singer and song composer. He starred in musical comedies including The Girl Behind the Counter, Jack and Jill, A Pantomime Rehearsal and Miss Hook of Holland. He was married to actress Maie Ash, who famously played the title role in Monkton and Talbot's Our Miss Gibbs at the Crystal Palace Theatre in 1911. He wrote a number of songs including "All the time is summertime with you" and "My Honey dear" - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, signed: "With all best wishes, Fred Allandale". He has dated it "1907-08" on reverse. £15     

 

 

 

 

  

  

Walter Amner - British comic actor; star of stage and pantomime in the 1920s-40s; he appeared in half a dozen films, most notably starring in Music Hall in 1934 - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Yours aye, Walter Amner". £10     

  

   

  

  

 

  

  

Charlotte Ander - 1902-1969, German actress, star of dozens of silent films in the 1920s, best known for playing opposite Joseph Schmidt in A Song Goes Around the World - 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 9 cm) autographed postcard. Condition: paper stuck to reverse where item has been glued into album. £10   

  

   

 

  

 

Dusty Anderson - born 1919, American actress and famous WW2 pin-up girl - 4 x 5 inches (10 x 13 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "To Anne, best wishes, Dusty Anderson". £10 

 

 

above: detail of Dusty Anderson autograph

 

  

   

  

  

    
Rona Anderson - born 1926, British (Scottish) actress, best known for film roles in The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, The Devils of Darkness, Scrooge, and as the widow of actor Gordon Jackson - 3.5 x 6 inches (6 x 15 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "To Joyce - with best wishes, Rona Anderson". £10 

       

 

 

above: detail of Rona Anderson autograph

  

  

 

   

  

    
Avril Angers - 1918-2005, British comedienne and actress, one of the first stand-up comics in variety and on radio, known as "the English Lucille Ball"; later comic actress in TV sitcoms (Dad's Army, Are You Being Served) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "To Joyce Crundwell, best wishes, Always Avril Angers". £12   [ref: AA1] 

    

 

above: detail of Avril Angers autograph

  

   

 

  

  

    
Avril Angers - 1918-2005, British comedienne and actress, one of the first stand-up comics in variety and on radio, known as "the English Lucille Ball"; later comic actress in TV sitcoms (Dad's Army, Are You Being Served) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "For Albert, best wishes, Always Avril Angers 1967". £10   [ref: AA2] 

     

 

above: Avril Angers autograph detail

  

 

   

 

 

    
Jean-Jacques Annaud - born 1943, French film director (The Name of the Rose, Seven Years in Tibet, Enemy at the Gates) - 6 x 4 inches (15 x 10 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "On the set of Enemy at the Gates, J J Annaud, for F. Roberts". £15  

  

 
  

  

 

    

  

 

    
Yvonne Arnaud - 1892-1950, French-born pianist, singer and actress: initially a concert-hall singer and star of musical comedy, a botched throat operation robbed her of her singing voice and she turned to acting. She starred in hundreds of plays and was a major star of the British stage 1925-50, also appearing in half a dozen films; a long-term resident of Guildford, there is now a theatre there named after her - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo. £10    [ref: YA1]
 

     

 

Yvonne Arnaud autograph detail

  

  

 

 

   

    
Yvonne Arnaud - 1892-1950, French-born pianist, singer and actress: initially a concert-hall singer and star of musical comedy, a botched throat operation robbed her of her singing voice and she turned to acting. She starred in hundreds of plays and was a major star of the British stage 1925-50, also appearing in half a dozen films; a long-time resident of Guildford, there is now a theatre there named after her - 3.5 x 5 inches (9 x 13 cm) autographed photo, signed: " Yvonne Arnaud, 1946". £12   [ref: Ya2] 

 

 

 

   

  
Bea Arthur - American actress, most famous for her role in long-running American TV sitcom The Golden Girls - 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 18 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "To Frank, Best! Bea Arthur". £15  

  

 

 

   

  

  
Paul Arthur and George Carroll - popular leading man and comic actor respectively, in Edwardian musical comedy - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed (by both) postcard showing them in Lady Madcap, postally-used in 1905. Condition: item rather dirty and worn, but with two unusual and highly collectible autographs. £8  

   

 

 

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Leslie Ash - born 1960, British actress (Quadrophenia, Men Behaving Badly) - 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Leslie Ash". £15 

   

 

above: detail of Leslie Ash autograph

  

 

    

    

 

    
Jane Asher - born 1946, British actress - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "To Catherine, love Jane Asher". £10 

          

 

above: detail of Jane Asher autograph

  

 

   

  

    

  

Mary Astor - 1906-1987, American movie actress who became a star playing opposite John Barrymore in Beau Brummel and Don Juan, and later starred in talkies such as Red Dust, The Prisoner of Zenda and The Great Lie for which she won an Academy Award. Her most famous role was as Brigid O'Shaughnessy in The Maltese Falcon, a role which she reprised in Across The Pacific. Scandal surrounding a messy divorce brought a temporary halt to her career, but it took off again with major roles in Meet Me in St. Louis, Act of Violence and Stranger in My Arms - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo. Excellent later autograph dating from the 1970s. £75

 

     

 

 

 

 

  

    

Effie Atherton - 1907-2009, British stage and screen actress/singer, who appeared on stage with Noel Coward - 5 x 7 inches (13 x 17.5 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Sincerely yours, Effie Atherton". £12     

   

  

 

   

  

  

Eileen Atkins - born 1934, British actress, with illustious career on stage, and also in film (Gosford Park, Vanity Fair) and TV (Cranford, Talking Heads, David Copperfield) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo. £20                

   

 

   

 

  

         

 

             

 

above: detail of Richard Attenborough autograph

Richard Attenborough - 1923-2014, British actor, film director and producer, and elder brother of Sir David Attenborough. From the 1950s onwards he was a prolific actor in films, including I'm All Right Jack, Brighton Rock, The Great Escape, 10 Rillington Place, Miracle on 34th Street and Jurassic Park. He produced several films including Whistle Down the Wind before becoming a director: Young Winston, A Bridge Too Far, Chaplin and Shadowlands, and in 1982 he won the Oscar for Best Director with his film Ghandi. He was a man of great principle and huge energy and was a great philanthropist, giving away huge sums of money to help arts projects and charitable institutions; in 1993 he was given a peerage, becoming Lord Attenborough - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Richard Attenborough '95". £35

 

 

 

  

 

     

             

 

above: detail of Jean Pierre Aumont autograph

Jean Pierre Aumont - 1911-2007, notable French movie actor; being a jew, he fled occupied France in WW2, fought for the Free French, and was decorated for gallantry. He starred in many films including: The Cross of Lorreine, Affairs of a Rogue and Last Meeting - 6 x 9 inches (15.5 x 23 cm) large autographed photo, with dedication: "To Peter, Jean Pierre Aumont". Condition: slight crease top left corner. £25

 

 

 

 

        

Gene Autry - 1907-1998, American movie actor, a huge star of dozens of Hollywood Westerns - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, with nice firm autograph in black ink. £70 

   

 

above: detail of Gene Autry autograph

  

  

  

 

    

 

              

 

above: detail of Dorothea Baird autograph

Dorothea Baird - 1875-1933, British stage and film actress. Married to actor H.B. Irving, she made her London debut as Hippolyta in A Midsummer Night's Dream in 1894, and went on to play numerous Shakespeare roles. In 1895 she played the lead role in Herbert Beeerbohm Tree's play Trilby, and played Mrs Darling in the original 1904 production of Peter Pan - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed Rotary postcard, showing her as Iolanthe in King Réné's Daughter, signed in black ink. £20

 

 

 

 

           

George Baker - 1931-2011, British actor, most famous as TV detective Wexford - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "To Lawrence, best wishes, George Baker". £12      

   

  

 

   

  

      

   

 

above: detail of Kenny Baker autograph

Kenny Baker - born 1934; British dwarf actor, best known for playing R2-D2 in the Star Wars - 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 18 cm) autographed photo of R2-D2, signed "R2-D2, Kenny Baker". £20     [ref: KB1]

 

[N.B. He is not to be confused with Kenny Baker the American actor (see below), or Kenny Baker the British jazz musician.]

 

 

 

 

 

 

      

 

above: detail of Kenny Baker autograph

Kenny Baker - 1912-1985; American actor, singer and comedian, who had an excellent tenor voice. He frequently appeared on the radio with Jack Benny with comedy sketches and songs, and he appeared in 17 films, including King of Burlesque, Mr Dodd Takes the Air, The Calendar Girl, The Harvey Girls, and the 1939 film version of Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado, in which he played the role of Nanki-Poo. On Broadway he starred with Mary Martin in the musical One Touch of Venus - 5 x 7 inches (13 x 18 cm) autographed photo. Condition: slight wear to lower corners. £30   [ref: KB2] 

 

[N.B. He is not to be confused with Kenny Baker the British actor (see previous item), or Kenny Baker the British jazz musician.]

 

 

 

 

         

Stanley Baker - 1928-1976, British (Welsh) actor, best remembered for playing Chard in Zulu; also film producer (Robbery, The Italian Job) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Stanley Baker". Scarce autograph, and very scarce as a signed photo. £120     

         

 

above: detail of Stanley Baker autograph

   

   

  

  

    

 

Peter Baldwin - born 1933, British actor who played stage roles with the West of England Theatre Company then at the Old Vic and the Bristol Old Vic. He played small parts on TV in the early 1970s, then in 1976 joined the TV soap opera Coronation Street, playing the part of Derek Wilton until the character was killed-off in 1997 - 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Peter Baldwin". £8     

 

 

 

 

  

   

 

 

above: detail of Leslie Banks autograph

Leslie Banks - 1890-1952, British actor; a large imposing man who had suffered facial injuries in WW1 which gave him a menacing look. He is best remembered for playing gruff/evil characters in black and white films, including The Most Dangerous Games, The Man Who Knew Too Much, Henry V and Madeleine - 5.25 x 7 inches (14 x 18 cm) autographed photo. Condition: slight surface-creasing around the edge of the photo, with a tiny tear on mid-left edge; also fragments of paper stuck to reverse where item has been in album. £18

 

 

 

 

               

 

 

above: detail of Margaret Bannerman autograph

Margaret Bannerman - 1896-1976; Canadian actress with a successful West End stage career, then in films (The Gay Lord Quex, Her Secret, Royal Cavalcade) - 7.75 x 9.75 inches (19.5 x 25 cm) large autographed photo, with dedication: "To Mr Walters with best wishes from Margaret Bannerman". £15  

  

 

 

   

 

Thelma Barlow - British actress, most famous for playing Mavis Wilton in the long-running TV soap-opera Coronation Street. She left the show in 1997 and has since appeared in Dinner Ladies, Fat Friends and Where the Heart Is, as well as appearing in Agatha Christie's Marple, Midsomer Murders and Doctor Who  - 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Thelma Barlow". Condition: slight discolouration top-right corner (as shown on scan). £8      

 

 

 

 

  

       

Barry K. Barnes - 1906-1965, British actor who appeared in sixteen films including The Midas Touch, Spies of the Air, Law and Disorder, and most famously played Sir Percy Blakeney in Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Good luck, Barry K. Barnes 1939". Condition: fragments of black paper stuck to reverse where item has been in album. £10    

    

 

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Lynda Baron - born 1942, British actress; played Nurse Gladys Emanuel in BBC TV sitcom Open All Hours (also Crossroads, Carry On Columbus, Dr Who, The Upper Hand ) - 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm) autographed photo. £15         

   

  

  

 

  

         

Sydney Barraclough - British singer and actor; leading-man in many Edwardian musical comedies (Floradora, Morocca Bound, The Little Duchess) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard showing him in Floradora, signed: "Sincerely yours, Sydney Barraclough". £12          

   

  

  

 

  

       

Amanda Barrie - born 1935, British film and TV actress, famous as Cleopatra in Carry On Cleo - 3.75 x 5.75 inches (9.5 x 14.5 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Love, Amanda Barrie". £18          

   

  

  

   

  

        

         

Alan Bates - 1934-2003; major British actor of stage (Look Back in Anger, The Entertainer) and film (Whistle Down the Wind, Women in Love, The Go-Between, Gosford Park), nominated for Oscar for Best Actor (The Fixer, 1968) - 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm) autographed photo. £15   [ref: AB1]             

   

  

   

      

  

     

Alan Bates - 1934-2003; major British star of stage (Look Back in Anger, The Entertainer) and films (Whistle Down the Wind, Women in Love, The Go-Between, Gosford Park), nominated for Oscar for Best Actor (The Fixer, 1968) - 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Alan Bates". £15   [ref: AB2]       

   

 

   

  

  

 

Beryl Baxter - born 1926, British actress. After success on the stage there were hopes that she was going to be a huge star, the natural successor to Margaret Lockwood in films; but after the success of Idol of Paris, the others (including Counterspy in 1953) were not successful. Her stage appearances continued into the 1960s - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, nicely signed in dark blue ink. £18       

 

 

 

 

  

       

Henry Baynton - 1892-1951, British actor and theatre-manager, famous for his Shakespeare roles including Hamlet, Demetrius, Romeo, Orlando, Shylock, Henry V, Lear, Othello and Bottom amongst others. Had a notable career in London before touring with his theatrical company in the 1920s - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, signed: "Best wishes, Henry Baynton 1926". £15   [ref: HB1]
 

     

  

  

  

  

  

     

Henry Baynton - 1892-1951, British actor and theatre-manager, famous for his Shakespeare roles including Hamlet, Demetrius, Romeo, Orlando, Shylock, Henry V, Lear, Othello and Bottom amongst others. Had a notable career in London before touring with his theatrical company in the 1920s - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard. £15   [ref: HB2]     

   

  

  

   

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