Felix Aylmer

Infobox Person
name=Sir Felix Aylmer


caption=
birth_date=birth date|1889|2|21|df=y
birth_place=Corsham, Wiltshire, England
death_date=death date and age|1979|9|2|1889|2|21|df=y
death_place=Surrey, England

Sir Felix Aylmer, OBE (February 21, 1889–September 2, 1979), born Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, was a distinguished English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television.

Aylmer was born in Corsham, Wiltshire, England.cite web|url=http://www.oxforddnb.com/view/article/30776|title=‘Aylmer, Sir Felix (1889–1979)’|first=Derek|last=Nimmo|authorlink=Derek Nimmo|work=Oxford Dictionary of National Biography|publisher=Oxford University Press|year=2004, online edition, January 2006|doi=10.1093/ref:odnb/30776|accessdate=2007-11-26] He often worked with Sir Laurence Olivier in Shakepearean films, and often played old wise men, such as Merlin in "Knights of the Round Table" (1953). He also memorably played the Archbishop of Canterbury in the film adaptation of "Becket" (1964), with Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole.

Aylmer was President of Equity from 1950-1969. He was made an Officer of the British Empire (OBE) [LondonGazette|issue=38929|supp=yes|startpage=2784|endpage=2786|date=2 June 1950|accessdate=2008-02-18] in the 1950 Queen's Birthday Honours and knighted [LondonGazette|issue=43667|supp=yes|startpage=5471|date=4 June 1965|accessdate=2007-11-26] [LondonGazette|issue=43720|startpage=7029|date=23 July 1965|accessdate=2008-02-18] in the 1965 Queen's Birthday Honours. His last major screen role was as the Abbot in the 1960s sitcom "Oh, Brother!", opposite Derek Nimmo. He died in a nursing home in Pyrford, Surrey.

Partial filmography

*"Tudor Rose" (1936)
*"As You Like It" (1936)
*"The Citadel" (1938)
*"Night Train to Munich" (1940)
*"The Ghost of St. Michael's" (1941)
*"The Black Sheep of Whitehall" (1942)
*"The Young Mr Pitt" (1942)
*"The Demi-Paradise" (1943)
*"Henry V" (1944)
*"The Way to the Stars" (1945)
*"The Wicked Lady" (1945)
*"The October Man" (1947)
*"Hamlet" (1948)
*"Quartet" (1948)
*"Christopher Columbus" (1949)
*"Prince of Foxes" (1949)
*"So Long at the Fair" (1950)
*"Trio" (1950)
*"Quo Vadis" (1951)
*"Ivanhoe" (1952)
*"The Man Who Watched the Trains Go By" (1952)
*"Knights of the Round Table" (1953)
*"The Master of Ballantrae" (1953)
*"Anastasia" (1956)
*"Saint Joan" (1957)
*"Separate Tables" (1958)
*"The Mummy" (1959)
*"From the Terrace" (1960)
*"Exodus" (1960)
*"The Road to Hong Kong" (1962)
*"Becket" (1964)
*"The Chalk Garden" (1964)

Publications

* "Dickens Incognito" (1959)

* "The Drood Case" (1964)

References

External links

*imdb|id=0043875|name=Felix Aylmer
* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays_all?forename=Felix&surname=AYLMER&job=Actor&pid=440&image_view=Yesamp;x=19amp;y=17 performances in the theatre archive, University of Bristol]
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* [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11447717 Felix Aylmer] at Find-A-Grave

Persondata
NAME= Aylmer, Sir Felix
ALTERNATIVE NAMES=
SHORT DESCRIPTION=Actor
DATE OF BIRTH=1889-2-21
PLACE OF BIRTH=Corsham, Wiltshire, England
DATE OF DEATH=1979-9-2
PLACE OF DEATH=Surrey, England