Biography

John Dalby(1929-2017)

Actor
Writer
Music Department

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John Dalby was born on 22 April 1929 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for A Passage to India (1984), Tales from a Flying Trunk (1979) and Evil Under the Sun (1982). He died on 13 July 2017 in London, England, UK.

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Known for

A Passage to India (1984)

A Passage to India

7.3

Soundtrack("God Save the King", uncredited, "Freely Maisie")

1984

Tales from a Flying Trunk (1979)

Tales from a Flying Trunk

6.5

Queen Victoria

1979

James Mason, Jane Birkin, Roddy McDowall, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Nicholas Clay, Sylvia Miles, and Denis Quilley in Evil Under the Sun (1982)

Evil Under the Sun

7.0

Music Department(additional arrangements)

1982

Dudley Moore and Sheila Hancock in But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (1972)

But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock

TV Series

Various Characters

Credits

Actor

The Fool
6.2
- Stage Actor
- 1990
Little Dorrit
7.2
- Mr. Jobling
- 1987
Biddy
4.5
- Mr. Tove
- 1983
The Nightingale
- Death
- 1981
Roger Doesn't Live Here Any More
7.4
TV Series
- Music master
- 1981
The Mirror Crack'd
6.2
- Bandmaster (uncredited)
- 1980
Tales from a Flying Trunk
6.5
- Queen Victoria
- 1979
But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock
TV Series
- Various Characters
- 1972

Writer

Music Department

Personal details

Official site
- Official Site
Born
- April 22, 1929
- Bristol, England, UK
Died
- July 13, 2017
- London, England, UK
Other works
He composed the music for William Wycherley's play, "The Gentleman Dancing Master", at the Pembroke Theatre in Croydon, Surrey, England, with Athene Seyler, Valentine Dyall, Alan MacNaughtan and Hazel Penwarden in the cast. James Gillhouley was the director.

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