Roll Of Honour
From the inception of the Catholic Stage Guild in 1919, the group has been a beacon in the acting community. Here are some of the famous faces you may recognise that have been members…
Sir Alec Guinness
Sir Alec Guinness (born Alec Guinness de Cuffe; 2 April 1914 – 5 August 2000) was an English actor. After an early career on the stage, Guinness was featured in several of the Ealing Comedies, including Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), in which he played eight characters; The Lavender Hill Mobs (1951), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination; and The Ladykillers (1955). He also portrayed Obi-Wan Kenobi in George Lucas’s original Star Wars trilogy which brought him further recognition
Danny La Rue
Danny La Rue, OBE (born Daniel Patrick Carroll, 26 July 1927 – 31 May 2009) was an Irish-English singer and entertainer, best known for his on-stage drag persona. He performed in drag and also as himself in theatrical productions, television shows and film.
Michael Williams
Michael Leonard Williams KSG (9 July 1935 – 11 January 2001) was a British actor who played both classical and comedy roles. He was best known for co-starring in the sitcom A Fine Romance with his wife Dame Judi Dench , and for voicing Dr Watson in the long-running Sherlock Holmes adaptations for BBC Radio
Ian Bannen
Ian Edmund Bannen (29 June 1928 – 3 November 1999) was a Scottish character actor and occasional leading man. He was nominated for an Academy Award for his role in ‘The Flight of the Phoenix’ (1965)
Eamonn Andrews
Eamonn Andrews CBE (19 December 1922 – 5 November 1987) was an Irish radio and television presenter, based in the United Kingdom from the 1950s. He hosted the game show ‘What’s My Line?’ and the long-running ‘This Is Your Life’
Lionel Jeffries
Lionel Charles Jeffries (10 June 1926 – 19 February 2010) was an English actor, screenwriter, and film director. He appeared primarily in films of the 1950s and 1960s, including ‘Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’ and ‘The Railway Children’
Stratford Johns
Stratford Johns (22 September 1925 – 29 January 2002) was a South African-born British stage, film and television actor who is best remembered for his role as Detective Inspector Charlie Barlow in the police series ‘Z-Cars’ and ‘Softly, Softly’
Sir Ralph David Richardson
Sir Ralph David Richardson (19 December 1902 – 10 October 1983) was an English actor who, with John Gielgud and Laurence Olivier, was one of the trinity of male actors who dominated the British stage for much of the 20th century. He worked in films throughout most of his career, and played more than sixty cinema roles
Moira Lister
Moira Lister de Gachassin-Lafite, Vicomtesse d’Orthez (6 August 1923 – 27 October 2007) was a South African-born, British film, stage, and television actress and writer. Lister began working in films in 1943, and appeared in a number of films over several decades. The most notable of these being for Ealing Studios, such as Another Shore (1948), A Run for Your Money (1949), Pool of London (1951) and The Cruel Sea (1953).