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'''Charles Victor''' (10 February 1896 &ndash; 23 December 1965) was a [[UK|British]] [[actor]] who appeared in a number of film and television roles between 1931 and 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/160112|title=Charles Victor|work=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/charles-victor-p73465|title=Charles Victor - Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He was born '''Charles Victor Harvey'''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Room|first1=Adrian|title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed.|date=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786457632|page=493|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&pg=PA493&dq=%22Charles+Victor+Harvey%22+actor&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwi64eTgsKDUAhUrwYMKHUylDkcQ6AEIKDAA#v=onepage&q=%22Charles%20Victor%20Harvey%22%20actor&f=false|accessdate=3 June 2017|language=en}}</ref>
'''Charles Victor''' (10 February 1896 &ndash; 23 December 1965) was a [[UK|British]] [[actor]] who appeared in a number of film and television roles between 1931 and 1965.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/160112|title=Charles Victor|work=BFI}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/charles-victor-p73465|title=Charles Victor - Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He was born '''Charles Victor Harvey'''.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Room|first1=Adrian|title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed.|date=2010|publisher=McFarland|isbn=9780786457632|page=493|url=https://books.google.com/?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&pg=PA493&dq=%22Charles+Victor+Harvey%22+actor#v=onepage&q=%22Charles%20Victor%20Harvey%22%20actor&f=false|accessdate=3 June 2017|language=en}}</ref>


Born in Southport, Lancashire, England,<ref>{{cite news |title=Charles Victor to Repeat In Alfred P. Doolittle Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21631470/charles_victor/ |work=The News Journal |date=February 22, 1962 |location=Delaware, Wilmington |page=25|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = July 6, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> Victor was a fourth-generation English music hall entertainer. He left school when he was 15 to team with his father in a song-and-dance act for five years. After leaving that act, he briefly worked with his brother in an automobile agency before going into English musical comedy. In 1929, he joined the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], which was headed by [[Barry Jackson (director)|Barry Jackson]], and stayed with it for 10 years.<ref name="bs">{{cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=R.H. |title=Doolittle Gives A Lift To 'My Fair Lady' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21630580/the_baltimore_sun/ |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=November 27, 1960 |location=Maryland, Baltimore |page=46|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = July 6, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>
Born in Southport, Lancashire, England,<ref>{{cite news |title=Charles Victor to Repeat In Alfred P. Doolittle Role |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21631470/charles_victor/ |work=The News Journal |date=February 22, 1962 |location=Delaware, Wilmington |page=25|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = July 6, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref> Victor was a fourth-generation English music hall entertainer. He left school when he was 15 to team with his father in a song-and-dance act for five years. After leaving that act, he briefly worked with his brother in an automobile agency before going into English musical comedy. In 1929, he joined the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], which was headed by [[Barry Jackson (director)|Barry Jackson]], and stayed with it for 10 years.<ref name="bs">{{cite news |last1=Gardner |first1=R.H. |title=Doolittle Gives A Lift To 'My Fair Lady' |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/21630580/the_baltimore_sun/ |work=The Baltimore Sun |date=November 27, 1960 |location=Maryland, Baltimore |page=46|via = [[Newspapers.com]]|accessdate = July 6, 2018}} {{Open access}}</ref>


Late in life, Victor toured internationally in the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', performing the role on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' on 19 March 1961 during a tribute to [[Alan Jay Lerner]] and [[Frederick Loewe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/my-fair-lady/|title=My Fair Lady - Ed Sullivan Show|publisher=}}</ref> <ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jp8xJxrfipEC&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=charles+victor+actor+toured+in+my+fair+lady&source=bl&ots=mLskp7sgA_&sig=7EvrTAgPwYYvxd9ooewwXmnh9zM&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ydVnVN2LDfDksASJyICgAQ&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=charles%20victor%20actor%20toured%20in%20my%20fair%20lady&f=false|title=Loverly: The Life and Times of My Fair Lady|publisher=}}</ref>
Late in life, Victor toured internationally in the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in ''[[My Fair Lady]]'', performing the role on ''[[The Ed Sullivan Show]]'' on 19 March 1961 during a tribute to [[Alan Jay Lerner]] and [[Frederick Loewe]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edsullivan.com/artists/my-fair-lady/|title=My Fair Lady - Ed Sullivan Show}}</ref> <ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/?id=jp8xJxrfipEC&pg=PA179&lpg=PA179&dq=charles+victor+actor+toured+in+my+fair+lady#v=onepage&q=charles%20victor%20actor%20toured%20in%20my%20fair%20lady&f=false|title=Loverly: The Life and Times of My Fair Lady|isbn=9780199968145|last1=McHugh|first1=Dominic|date=2012-06-08}}</ref>


==Selected filmography==
==Selected filmography==

Revision as of 22:26, 15 March 2019

Charles Victor
in Fast and Loose (1954)
Born
Charles Victor Harvey

10 February 1896
Southport, Lancashire, England
Died23 December 1965 (aged 69)
Putney, London, England
OccupationActor
Years active1938–1965

Charles Victor (10 February 1896 – 23 December 1965) was a British actor who appeared in a number of film and television roles between 1931 and 1965.[1][2] He was born Charles Victor Harvey.[3]

Born in Southport, Lancashire, England,[4] Victor was a fourth-generation English music hall entertainer. He left school when he was 15 to team with his father in a song-and-dance act for five years. After leaving that act, he briefly worked with his brother in an automobile agency before going into English musical comedy. In 1929, he joined the Birmingham Repertory Theatre, which was headed by Barry Jackson, and stayed with it for 10 years.[5]

Late in life, Victor toured internationally in the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady, performing the role on The Ed Sullivan Show on 19 March 1961 during a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.[6] [7]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ^ "Charles Victor". BFI.
  2. ^ "Charles Victor - Movies and Filmography". AllMovie.
  3. ^ Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 493. ISBN 9780786457632. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Charles Victor to Repeat In Alfred P. Doolittle Role". The News Journal. Delaware, Wilmington. February 22, 1962. p. 25. Retrieved July 6, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  5. ^ Gardner, R.H. (November 27, 1960). "Doolittle Gives A Lift To 'My Fair Lady'". The Baltimore Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. p. 46. Retrieved July 6, 2018 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon
  6. ^ "My Fair Lady - Ed Sullivan Show".
  7. ^ McHugh, Dominic (2012-06-08). Loverly: The Life and Times of My Fair Lady. ISBN 9780199968145.

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