Charles Victor
Biography
Charles Victor was a British actor who appeared in film and television from 1931 to 1965. He was born in Southport, Lancashire, into a fourth-generation music hall family. He left school at fifteen and spent five years in a song-and-dance routine with his father, then briefly worked with his brother at an automobile agency before moving into English musical comedy. In 1929 he joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre under Barry Jackson and remained for ten years. His screen credits numbered just over one hundred, from 1938 to 1966, in widely varied roles. In 1957 he took the lead and top billing in There's Always a Thursday, a comedy, while the same year he had only a small part in the biopic After the Ball. Later he toured as Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady and played the part on The Ed Sullivan Show in a 1961 tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe. He died in 1965.
69years old at death
- Born Southport
- Died Putney
- Star sign: AquariusThe sign runs January 20 to February 18
Movie Career
- Films
- 8
- Career span
- 17 years1940 to 1957
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Early training
Victor became a member of the Birmingham Repertory Theatre in 1929, when Barry Jackson was its head, and he stayed with the company for 10 years.
Beyond film
Late in his life, Victor toured internationally as Alfred Doolittle in My Fair Lady. On 19 March 1961, he played the part on The Ed Sullivan Show during a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.
Charles Victor movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Michael Powell directed two of these films, Anthony Asquith two. Raymond Lovell appears in three of them, more than any other actor. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
Raymond Lovell's page
Laurence Olivier's page
Dirk Bogarde's page
Richard Wattis's page
Sam Kydd's page
Stanley Holloway's page
All films by Michael Powell
All films by Anthony Asquith
Also two films together5 more actors
- Leo GennCaesar and Cleopatra (1945) and Contraband (1940)
- Esmond KnightThe Prince and the Showgirl (1957) and Contraband (1940)
- Ian FlemingThe Saint's Return (1953) and The Woman in Question (1950)
- Jean KentThe Prince and the Showgirl (1957) and The Woman in Question (1950)
- Olga EdwardesCaesar and Cleopatra (1945) and Contraband (1940)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.