The Australian actor Ian Fleming was born in Melbourne on 10th September in 1888 as Ian Macfarlane.  He is probably best known for his role as Dr Watson opposite Arthur Wontner in the 1930’s series of Sherlock Holmes.

For fans of Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne he appeared alongside the two actors in three of their films – in 1940 he played the part of a Home Office Official (1st photo) in Night Train to Munich, in 1949’s Quartet and in 1949 he played the part of a Naval officer in Stop Press Girl.
 
Other notable films that he appeared in include The Third Clue 1934, The Nursemaid Who Disappeared 1939, Men Without Honour 1939, They Flew Alone 1942, Life and Death of Colonel Blimp 1943, Wings of Danger 1952, Black Orchid 1953, Your Money or Your Wife 1960, Bluebeard’s Ten Honeymoons 1960 and Return of a Stranger 1961.
 
He also appeared in three George Formby films - Let George Do It 1940, Bell Bottom George 1944 and George in Civvy Street 1946.

The actor died 1st January 1969.

The English actor Stephen Murray was born 6th September 1912 in Lincolnshire.

One of his first appearances was in 1938’s Pygmalion; some of his many other film appearances include The Prime Minister in 1941, Undercover 1943, The Master of Bankdam 1947 – he played the part of Zebediah Crowther, London Belongs to Me 1948, The Magnet 1950, Four Sided Triangle 1953, At the Stroke of Nine 1957 and A Tale of Two Cities 1958.

For fans of Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne – he appeared alongside the two actors in the 1942 WW2 propaganda film Next of Kin – he played the part of Mr Barratt (pictured).

He died 31st march 1983 at the age of 70.

Johnny Briggs, most notably famous for his role as Mike Baldwin in Coronation Street, was born 5th September 1935 secured a scattering of film and TV parts as a teenager before he was called to do National Service in The Royal tank Regiment.  Two of these film roles in his early career were in films that featured Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne – in 1948 he appeared in Quartet as the ‘boy on the common’ in the Kite segment and in the following year in 1949 in the film Helter Skelter he played the uncredited part of a BBC Page Boy .
 
Other films from that era that he appeared in include Hue and Cry 1947, The Lavender Hill Mob 1951, The Magic Box 1951 and The Cosh Boy 1953.

Films that he appeared in during the 1960’s include: Sink the Bismarck! 1960, The Bulldog Breed 1960 (pictured), HMS Defiant 1962, Doctor in Distress 1963, The Leather Boys 1964, The Intelligence Men 1965 and Carry on up the Khyber 1968.

Throughout the 1960’s and early 1970’s he made dozens of TV appearances in a wide range of TV series including The Younger Generation, as Detective Sgt Russell in No Hiding place, as Quick in 1970’s Wreckers at Dead Eye , Thick as Thieves 1974 and as Clifford Leytin in Crossroads during 1974.  Shortly after he started his appearances in Coronation Street as Mike Baldwin – some 639 episodes in total.

Frank Phillips was born 24th August 1901 in Sidmouth Devon.  He was a radio announcer and newsreader, both on TV and film from the 1940’s onward although he started his career as a singer in 1923.

During WW2 he was recognised by millions as he announced the twists and turns of the war against Germany in his unflappable baritone voice.  It was in his role as an announcer and newsreader that he appeared in several films – many of them classics.  His film credits include: The Rakes Progress 1945, Born of the Sea 1949, The Runaway Bus 1954, The Dam Busters 1955, The Quatermass Xperiment in 1955, I’m Alright Jack 1959 and Sammy Going South in 1963.  He also played the part of the BBC Home Service Newsreader in the 1974 TV series of Colditz.

For fans of Basil and Radford his voice was heard as the radio announcer in 1949’s Passport to Pimlico.
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He died at the age of 78 in 1980.
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