Harold Warrender

Harold Warrender
Warrender in 1930s
Born
Harold John Warrender

15 November 1903
Died6 May 1953(1953-05-06) (aged 49)
Occupationactor
Years active19281953

Harold John Warrender (15 November 1903 – 6 May 1953) was a British stage, film and television actor, and radio presenter.[1][2][3][4]

His father was Sir George Warrender, 7th Baronet. His mother was Lady Ethel Maud Ashley Cooper, a singer and patron of music, and personal friend of the composer Edward Elgar and his wife Caroline Alice Roberts.

Warrender became well-known in the 1940s for his part in the popular radio variety show 'Merry-Go-Round' in which he conducted a cash quiz called 'Double or Quits.' The show started as a Forces entertainment which after the war continued in the BBC Light Programme.

  1. ^ "Harold Warrender". Archived from the original on 16 January 2009.
  2. ^ "Harold Warrender - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
  3. ^ "Harold Warrender - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
  4. ^ McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.

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