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Ivor Novello

Ivor Novello

Actor, Writer, Music Department

Born January 15, 1893 in Cardiff, Wales, UK

Died March 6, 1951

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Biography

Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century, on both screen and stage.

He was born into a musical Cardiff family and his mother, Clara Novello Davies, was an internationally known singing teacher and choral conductor. As a child, Novello was a successful singer in various eisteddfodau throughout the country. He was educated privately in Cardiff and then in Gloucester and later won a scholarship to Magdalen College School in Oxford.

The family moved to London in 1913 and here Novello's career flourished. In 1914, at the start of World War II, he wrote the words to his most popular song, "Keep the Home Fires Burning".

Novello lived in a flat above the Strand Theatre, where he remained until his death in 1951.

Since 1955 the internationally prestigious The Ivor Novello Awards ("The Ivors") for songwriting and composing are annually awarded by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).

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Filmography

Actor

25

Type

Year

Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock Poster

Paul Merton Looks at Alfred Hitchcock Documentary2009The Lodger

Van Kerslig tot Kollig TV Series1982Self

Starlight TV Series1936Self - Performer

Autumn Crocus Poster

Autumn Crocus Feature Film1934Andreas Steiner

I Lived with You Poster

I Lived with You Feature Film1933Prince Felix Lenieff

Sleeping Car Poster

Sleeping Car Feature Film1933Gaston Bray

The Phantom Fiend Poster

The Phantom Fiend Feature Film1932Angeloff

Once a Lady Poster

Once a Lady Feature Film1931Bennett Cloud

Symphony in Two Flats Poster

Symphony in Two Flats Feature Film1930David Kennard

The Return of the Rat Poster

The Return of the Rat Feature Film1929Pierre Boucheron

A South Sea Bubble Feature Film1928Vernon Winslow

The Bold Dragoon Poster

The Bold Dragoon Feature Film1928Lieutenant Stephen Alrik

The Constant Nymph Poster

The Constant Nymph Feature Film1928Lewis Dodd

The Vortex Poster

The Vortex Feature Film1928Nicky Lancaster

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog Poster

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog Feature Film1927The Lodger

When Boys Leave Home Poster

When Boys Leave Home Feature Film1927Roddy Berwick

The Triumph of the Rat Poster

The Triumph of the Rat Feature Film1926Pierre Boucheron

The Rat Feature Film1925Pierre Boucheron

Bonnie Prince Charlie Poster

Bonnie Prince Charlie Feature Film1923Prince Charles Stuart

The Man Without Desire Poster

The Man Without Desire Feature Film1923Count Vittorio Dandolo

The White Rose Poster

The White Rose Feature Film1923Joseph Beaugarde

The Bohemian Girl Poster

The Bohemian Girl Feature Film1922Thaddeus

Carnival Poster

Carnival Feature Film1921Count Andrea Scipione

The Call of the Blood Poster

The Call of the Blood Feature Film1921Maurice Delarey

Miarka, the Child of the Bear Poster

Miarka, the Child of the Bear Feature Film1920Ivor

Writer

20

Type

Year

The Dancing Years Poster

The Dancing Years TV Movie1976

Musical Playhouse TV Series1959

King's Rhapsody TV Movie1957

King's Rhapsody Poster

King's Rhapsody Feature Film1955

Gay's the Word TV Movie1952

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre Poster

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre TV Series1950

The Dancing Years Poster

The Dancing Years Feature Film1950

Kraft Theatre Poster

Kraft Theatre TV Series1947

Free and Easy Poster

Free and Easy Feature Film1941

Glamorous Night Poster

Glamorous Night Feature Film1937

The Rat Feature Film1937

I Lived with You Poster

I Lived with You Feature Film1933

-But the Flesh Is Weak Poster

-But the Flesh Is Weak Feature Film1932

Tarzan the Ape Man Poster

Tarzan the Ape Man Feature Film1932

The Phantom Fiend Poster

The Phantom Fiend Feature Film1932

Symphony in Two Flats Poster

Symphony in Two Flats Feature Film1930

The Return of the Rat Poster

The Return of the Rat Feature Film1929

When Boys Leave Home Poster

When Boys Leave Home Feature Film1927

The Triumph of the Rat Poster

The Triumph of the Rat Feature Film1926

The Rat Feature Film1925

Music Department

8

Type

Year

Song by Song TV Series1978

Musical Playhouse TV Series1959

Alan Melville Takes You from A-Z TV Series1956

King's Rhapsody Poster

King's Rhapsody Feature Film1955

The Dancing Years Poster

The Dancing Years Feature Film1950

Glamorous Night Poster

Glamorous Night Feature Film1937

Elstree Calling Poster

Elstree Calling Feature Film1930

The Man Without Desire Poster

The Man Without Desire Feature Film1923

Composer

6

Type

Year

Below the Row Documentary2013

Song by Song TV Series1978

The Dancing Years Poster

The Dancing Years TV Movie1976

Musical Playhouse TV Series1959

Gay's the Word TV Movie1952

Bonnie Prince Charlie Poster

Bonnie Prince Charlie Feature Film1923

Producer

2

Lovers in Araby Feature Film1924

The Man Without Desire Poster

The Man Without Desire Feature Film1923

Thanks

1

That's Entertainment, Part II Poster

That's Entertainment, Part II Documentary1976

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