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.
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 (Movies)
Autumn Crocus
Character:Andreas Steiner
Release Date:01/02/1934
I Lived with You
Character:Prince Felix Lenieff
Release Date:13/06/1933
Sleeping Car
Character:Gaston
Release Date:06/06/1933
The Lodger
Character:Michel Angeloff
Release Date:08/09/1932
Once a Lady
Character:Bennett Cloud
Release Date:07/11/1931
Symphony in Two Flats
Character:David Kennard
Release Date:16/07/1930
The Return of the Rat
Character:Pierre Boucheron
Release Date:30/05/1929
The Gallant Hussar
Character:Lieutenant Stephen Alrik / Feri von Noszty
Release Date:29/08/1928
A South Sea Bubble
Character:Vernon Winslow
Release Date:03/08/1928
The Vortex
Character:Nicky Lancaster
Release Date:25/03/1928
The Constant Nymph
Character:Lewis Dodd
Release Date:20/02/1928
Downhill
Character:Roddy Berwick
Release Date:24/10/1927
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
Character:The Lodger Jonathan Drew
Release Date:14/02/1927
The Triumph of the Rat
Character:Pierre Boucheron, 'the Rat'
Release Date:21/03/1926
The Rat
Character:Pierre Boucheron
Release Date:07/09/1925
The Man Without Desire
Character:Count Vittorio Dandolo
Release Date:01/12/1923
Bonnie Prince Charlie
Character:Prince Charles Stuart
Release Date:01/11/1923
The White Rose
Character:Joseph
Release Date:21/05/1923
The Bohemian Girl
Character:Thaddeus
Release Date:27/07/1922
Carnival
Character:Count Andrea Scipione
Release Date:26/06/1921
Miarka, la fille à l'ourse
Character:Ivor
Release Date:19/10/1920
The Call of the Blood
Character:Maurice Delarey
Release Date:20/12/1919
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