Biography
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise". Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit, have remained in the regular theatre repertoire. He composed hundreds of songs, in addition to well over a dozen musical theatre works (including the operetta Bitter Sweet and comic revues), poetry, several volumes of short stories, the novel Pomp and Circumstance, and a three-volume autobiography. Coward's stage and film acting and directing career spanned six decades, during which he starred in many of his own works. At the outbrea…
Movies & TV Shows
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The Italian Job (1969) — Mr. Bridger
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Brief Encounter (1945) — Train Station Announcer (uncredited)
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Around the World in 80 Days (1956) — Roland Hesketh-Baggott
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Bunny Lake Is Missing (1965) — Wilson
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Paris When It Sizzles (1964) — Alexander Meyerheim
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Blithe Spirit (1945) — Narrator (uncredited)
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Our Man in Havana (1960) — Hawthorne
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In Which We Serve (1942) — Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D'
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Boom! (1968) — The Witch of Capri
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What's My Line? (1950) — Self - Mystery Guest
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Hearts of the World (1918) — The Man with the Wheelbarrow / A Villager in the Streets
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
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The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
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Men Are Not Gods (1936) — Passer-by (uncredited)
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The Scoundrel (1935) — Anthony Mallare
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Omnibus (1967) — Self
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Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story (2023) — Self (archive footage)
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Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker (1991) — actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
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The Astonished Heart (1950) — Dr. Christian Faber
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Surprise Package (1960) — King Pavel II
- Small World (1958) — Self
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Blithe Spirit (1956) — Charles Condomine
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Ken Russell's ABC of British Music (1988) — Self (archive)
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Androcles and the Lion (1967) — Caesar
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A Choice of Coward (1964) — Self
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Tony Awards (1956) — Self - Recipient