About Hugh Pryse
Lived 1910 – 1955 (aged 44). Hugh Pryse was a British actor and television actor.
Hugh Pryse (1910–1955) was a British character actor. He was born on 11 November 1910 with the name John Hwfa Pryse, and was billed as Hwfa Pryse in the films Penn of Pennsylvania and "Pimpernel" Smith.
His stage work included Peter Brook's production of Dark of the Moon in 1948–9 at the Ambassadors Theatre in London and John Gielgud's 1954 staging of The Cherry Orchard at the Lyric, Hammersmith.
Selected filmography School for Secrets (1946) Jassy (1947) The Woman in the Hall (1947) Easy Money (1948) The Story of Shirley Yorke (1948) Calling Paul Temple (1948) Christopher Columbus (1949) Dark Secret (1949) The Broken Horseshoe (1953) Botany Bay (1953) Marilyn (1953) The Happiness of Three Women (1954) Three Cases of Murder (1955) Port of Escape (1956)
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Who was Hugh Pryse?
British actor (1910-1955)
When was Hugh Pryse born?
Hugh Pryse was born on 11 November 1910 in London.
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Hugh Pryse died on 11 August 1955 in Hammersmith.
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Hugh Pryse was an actor and television actor.
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Hugh Pryse was British.
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