| Biography | Kenneth Gilbert More CBE (20 September 1914, Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire, England 12 July 1982, London, England) was an English film and stage actor, who had a high profile during the 1950s, when he was one of the most popular film stars in the country, receiving several international awards.
Raised to stardom by the vintage car based film-comedy Genevieve (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. His biggest hits from this period include Raising a Riot (1955), Reach for the Sky (1956) and The Admirable Crichton (1958).
Although his career declined in the early 1960s, two of his own favourite films date from this time - The Comedy Man (1964) and The Greengage Summer (1961) with Susannah York, "one of the happiest films on which I have ever worked." He also enjoyed a revival in the much-acclaimed TV adaptation of The Forsyte Saga (1967) and the Father Brown series. |