埃尔罗·弗林出生在澳大利亚的霍巴特市,父亲是一个卓有成就的生物学家。母亲则是一个富有冒险精神的女子。少年时的弗林是一个惹事不断的麻烦精。当他们全家移居到伦敦后,弗林被每一所他上过的学校退学。稍大一点后他决定自己去淘金,但找到的只是一份份奇怪的工作。包括士兵、清洁工、消防员、淘金者、牧羊人等。最后他返回伦敦,开始从事表演,他的第一部影片是由名导演查尔斯·肖维尔执导的影片《慷慨的觉醒》(1933),他以其天生的运动天赋和英俊的外表一炮而红,被好莱坞所看中而来到美国。
Basil Rathbone was born in Johannesburg, South Africa, in 1892, but three years later his family was forced to flee the country because his father was accused by the Boers of being a British spy at a time when Dutch-British conflicts were leading to the Boer War. The Rathbones escaped to England, where Basil and his two younger siblings, Beatrice and John, were raised. Their mother, Anna Barbara (George), was a violinist, who was born in Grahamstown, South Africa, of British parents, and their father, Edgar Philip Rathbone, was a mining engineer born in Liverpool.
生于伦敦一个贵族家庭,父亲曾任军官。少年时期就读于桑赫斯特军事学校,毕业后参加苏格兰轻骑兵团,6年后退伍,从事记者等多种职业。后到好莱坞当临时演员,因出众的才华和优雅的风度,逐渐升至一号主角。50年代是他艺术生涯的鼎盛时期,其中以《环球世界八十天》最为出名。1958年以《分离...
唐纳德·克里斯普(Donald Crisp)是美国著名的演员兼导演,电影、戏剧、歌剧三栖。1880年7月27日生于苏格兰艾伯菲尔迪。
巴里·菲茨杰拉德(Barry Fitzgerald)是好莱坞著名的性格演员,影、剧两栖。 他1888年3月10日生于英国兰都柏林。原名威廉·约瑟夫·希尔兹。早年就读于都柏林大学,毕业后即在当地一家著名的阿比剧院里担任演员。