The Australian born British actor Joss Ambler was born 23rd June 1900.  He usually played somewhat pompous and irascible figures of authority, excelling in comedy films. He was an effective foil to George Formby in both Trouble Brewing 1939 (as Lord Redhill) and 1937’s Come On George! (as Sir Charles); and similarly to Will Hay in The Black Sheep of Whitehall in 1942.

He appeared in several periods during his relatively short acting career including captain’s Orders 1937, One Night in Paris 1938, Murder in the Night 1939, Blackout 1940, as Mr Vernon in Ealing Studios  WW2 propaganda film Next of Kin, The Big Blockade 1942, Much Too Shy 1942, as Cornelis Smit in The Silver Fleet 1943 (pictured), The Halfway House 1944, A Canterbury Tale 1944, Battle for Music 1945, The Magnet 1950, Ghost Ship 1952 and The Captain’s Paradise 1953.
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He died in 1959.

Bernard Farrel the actor was born 22nd June in 1926 in Paris.  He was an actor and also an Assistant Director.  His first film role was in an un-credited role in the Ealing Studios film Passport to Pimlico in 1949.

Other films that he appeared in include Not Any Weekend for our Love 1950, Dear Caroline 1951, Three Women 1952, Beauties of the Night 1952 and The Respectful Whore 1952.

His direction/production credits include Black Tights 1961, The Longest Day 1962, The Christmas Tree 1969 and White Fang 1973.
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He died April 10th 1999.

​The actress Renee Gadd was born 22nd June in 1908.  The Argentinian born actress mostly appeared in British films during the 1930’s and 1940’s.  One of her latter films was in Ealing studios Dead of Night in 1945 where she played the part of Mrs Craig (pictured).

She started her career at the age of 14 as a chorus girl in Brighton which developed in to a successful stage career which included becoming a member of a Shakespearian company at Stratford-on-Avon, a series of successful West End roles and acting together with Fred Astaire (in Funny Face) with whom she had an affair.

She appeared in several films, including The Bad Companions 1932, White Face alongside Hugh Williams in 1932, Happy 1933, Letting in the Sunshine, in 1933, which possibly the first British sex comedy, The Love Captive 1934, Tomorrow We Live 1936, The Crimson Circle 1936, Brief Ecstasy 1937, Murder in Soho 1939, Unpublished Story 1942, They Came to a City 1944, Frieda 1946, Good Time Girl 1948 and her final film in 1950, The Blue Lamp.
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She died at the age of 97 in 2003.

The English actress Dame May Whitty was born in Liverpool on 19th June 1865; she was the first film and stage actress to receive a dame-hood in 1918.

In addition to her stage career she had a very successful film career appearing in productions on either side of the Atlantic.  Her first appearance in a talking film was in George Formby’s Keep Your Seats, Please in 1936.  The following year in 1937 she appeared in the Hollywood film production of Night Must Fall where she received a nomination for an Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress.

In 1938 she appeared as Miss Froy (pictured) in the title role of Hitchcock’s The Lady Vanishes.

Other films that she appeared in include, amongst many others, Raffles 1939, One Night in Lisbon 1941, Suspicion 1941, Mrs Miniver 1942, The Constant Nymph 1943, Madame Curie 1943, Gaslight 1944, The White Cliffs of Dover 1944, Devotion 1946, This Time For Keeps 1947 and The Sign of the Ram 1948.
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She died on 29th May 1948.

​Peter Jones the British actor was born 12th June 1920 in Wem, England. He has appeared in film and TV as well as on stage; his first stage appearance was at the age of 16.

One of his first film appearances was in the Ealing Studios horror film,  Dead of Night which was released in 1945- he played the part of Fred the barman (pictured) in the Golfing segment alongside Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne .

Other films that he appeared in include Fanny by Gaslight 1944, I See a Dark Stranger 1946, Vice Versa 1948, Chance of a Lifetime 1950, Cairo Road 1950, The Browning Version 1951,Time Gentlemen Please! 1951, Miss Robin Hood 1952, A Day to Remember 1953, Private 's Progress 1956, School for Scoundrels 1960 and A Stitch in Time 1963. He also appeared in two Carry On films - Carry On Doctor and Carry On England.

On TV he was best known for his portrayal of Mr Fenner in The Rag Trade; but he also appeared in Minder, The Goodies, Rumpled of the Bailey and Man About the House. He starred opposite Sheila Hancock in Mr Digby, Darling and also opposite Millicent Martin in From A Bird's Eye View.

He died 10th April  2000.

Joy Shelton the actress was born 3rd June in 1911. The beautiful British actress appeared on TV, radio as well as several films mainly released during the 1940's and 1950's.

In 1944, she married the actor Sydney Tafler; they remained married until his death in 1979. The couple acted together in a total of six films.

One of her earliest appearances was as Phyllis Crowson (pictured) in Millions Like Us 1943 – she was the sister to Patricia Roc’s character.  The film was also the the fourth outing of the comedy duo Charters and Caldicott played by Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne.

Other films that she appeared in include Bees in Paradise 1944, Waterloo Road 1945, Send for Paul Temple 1946, No Room At The Inn 1948, Once A Sinner 1950, Emergency Call 1952, Impulse 1954, Five Golden Hours 1960 and HMS Defiant 1962. Her TV appearances include Z Cars and Dixon of Dock Green.

She was also a popular radio personality playing the part of Joan Carr in The Adventures of PC 49; this was a BBC series which ran from 1947 until 1953, totalling 112 episodes. She also appeared in the film version, A Case for PC 49 (1950).

She died on 28th January 2000.

The French born actor Paul Bonifas was born 3rd June 1904.

He made his first film appearance in 1935 but his acting career was severely disrupted by the start of WW2.  He was badly injured at Dunkirk and evacuated to Britain where he joined the Free French and worked for Radio Londres broadcasting to occupied France.

Whilst in Britain during WW2 he resumed his acting career with minor parts in a number of British films before returning to France in 1946.  One of these films was the Ealing studios horror film Dead of Night released in 1945 - he played the part of a French night club patron (pictured).

Other films that he appeared in include The Big Blockade 1942, The Foreman Went To France 1942, Candlelight in Algeria 1944, English Without Tears 1944, Chmagne charlie 1944, The Man from Morocco 1945, Johnny Frenchman 1945 and Bedlia 1946. 

He returned to France after the war where he resumed his acting career regularly appearing in films until his death in November 1975.