... OBITUARIES JOHN FERNALD, who has died in Lon don aged 79, was a distinctive man of the theatre in being a director of im agination and sensitivity as well as strength and a teacher of both directing and acting who could communicate his lessons with a ...

... OBITUARIES Pianist and bandleader CLAUDE HOP KINS, known to jazz fans from his many recordings in the thirties, died aged 80 on February 19 in Riverside, New York. He was in Europe during the twenties as musical director for Josephine Baker, returning ...

... Obituaries JANET DA VIES, who was best known as Mrs Pike in the BBC television comedy series, Dad's Army, died on 22nd September, from lung cancer. Born in Yorkshire, she commenced her professional career by appearing in weekly repertory throughout the ...

... OBITUARIES ROWENA CADE, founder of the Minack Theatre at Porthcurno, Cornwall, died on March 26 aged 89. The theatre came into being in 1932, when she levelled a grass platform halfway down the cliffs on her land and staged a production of The Tempest ...

... OBITUARIES JOAN REES died tragically as a result of an accident on July 29. I first met Joannie as she preferred to be called when she came to the Players' Theatre to see the original production of The Boy Friend. At a time when no London management ...

... OBITUARIES WILLIAM STICKLAND, the only magi cian to be honoured with the MBE for his services to magic, died aged 82 on May 25 Despite a protracted illness, he was working to the last on arrangements for the forthcoming convention of the Brit ish Ring ...

... OBITUARIES SIR EMILE LITTLER, who died at his home in Ditchling on January 23 aged 81, was one of the great names in the theatre, both West End and the pro vinces, for 50 years, though not as powerful, in business terms, as his elder brother Prince, who ...

... probably his membership of the British Society of Cinematographers restricted to Light ing Cameramen thai he enjoyed most. Obituaries ...

... OBITUARIES MUSAIRE (J. Forrest Whiteley) died at his North-West London home on February 23. three weeks short of his 90th birthday. Born in Leeds, he was taken to Canada as a boy, developing his talents as an entertainer while in the forces during the ...

... OBITUARIES PAT O'BRIEN, the archetypal Irish American actor, died aged 83 at Santa Monica, California on October 15. having kept working almost to the end of his life. spending most of the last 20 years in his first love, the theatre. Born in Milwaukee ...

... Obituary Agent TIM WILSON died aged 51 on August 4. He trained as an actor in Bradford but ill- health prevented him from following this career, and after a season as front-of-houx manager at Pitiochry he joined the Music Corporation of America. More ...

... Obituaries MARTIN WYLDECK. well-known charac- ter actor, always in demand for playing figures of authority, often in uniform, has died aged 74. Son of a journalist, he was educated at Mercers School and served as an officer with the Queen's Regiment in ...