Edward Rigby(1879-1951)

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Edward Rigby

Edward Rigby was born on 5 February 1879 in Ashford, Kent, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950), The Stars Look Down (1940) and Young and Innocent (1937). He was married to Phyllis [Muriel Mary] Austin (novelist). He died on 5 April 1951 in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK.

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Known for

Margaret Rutherford and Alastair Sim in The Happiest Days of Your Life (1950)

The Happiest Days of Your Life

7.2

Rainbow

1950

The Stars Look Down (1940)

The Stars Look Down

7.0

Robert Fenwick

1940

Mary Clare, Derrick De Marney, Pat Fitzpatrick, John Longden, George Merritt, Nova Pilbeam, and Edward Rigby in Young and Innocent (1937)

Young and Innocent

6.8

Old Will

1937

A Canterbury Tale (1944)

A Canterbury Tale

7.3

Jim Horton

1944

Credits

Actor

Circle of Danger
6.5
- Idwal Llewellyn
- 1951
BBC Sunday-Night Theatre
6.9
TV Series
- Engstrand
- Morten Kiil
- 1950–1951
Man in the Dinghy
6.5
- Bill, the Skipper
- 1950
The Mudlark
6.9
- The Watchman (uncredited)
- 1950
What the Butler Saw
5.3
- The Earl
- 1950
Tony Draws a Horse
5.1
- Grandpa
- 1950
Double Confession
6.4
- The Fisherman
- 1950
The Happiest Days of Your Life
7.2
- Rainbow
- 1950
Rover and Me
- Mr. Maggott
- 1949
A Run for Your Money
6.4
- Beefeater
- 1949
Don't Ever Leave Me
6.5
- Harry Denton
- 1949
Christopher Columbus
6.0
- Pedro
- 1949
All Over the Town
6.6
- Grimmett
- 1949
It's Hard to Be Good
5.5
- Parkinson
- 1948
The Silk Noose
6.1
- Slush
- 1948

Personal details

Born
- February 5, 1879
- Ashford, Kent, England, UK
Died
- April 5, 1951
- Richmond, Surrey, England, UK(undisclosed)
Spouse
- Phyllis [Muriel Mary] Austin (novelist)February 4, 1912 - April 5, 1951 (his death, 1 child)
Other works
Active on Broadway in the following productions:
Publicity listings
- 4 Articles

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Solidly-built veteran British character actor, on stage from 1900. Toured Australia, Canada and the U.S. with various theatrical companies and had entered films by at least 1910. Busier on screen from 1934 to 1950, usually cast as benevolent, crusty or wily old men, or as hard-working, cloth-capped lower-class types. During the First World War, Rigby was awarded the Military Cross while serving with the Royal Field Artillery.

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