Stephen Haggard

Stephen Hubert Avenel Haggard (21 March 1911 – 25 February 1943) was a British actor, writer and poet.

Early life A member of the Haggard family, he was born on 21 March 1911 in Guatemala City, Guatemala, to Sir Godfrey Digby Napier Haggard, a British diplomat, and his wife Georgianna Ruel Haggard. He was the great-nephew of author H. Rider Haggard, and the brother of photographer and author Virginia Haggard, the companion of the painter Marc Chagall. Haggard was educated at Haileybury College, where he became close to the artist-schoolmaster Wilfrid Blunt.

Training and career After an initial foray into journalism, and determined to obtain some overseas experience, Haggard moved to Munich, where he studied for stage at the Munich State Theatres under Frau Magda Lena. and was hailed as one of the most promising and handsome classical actors of the era. and another is the director Piers Haggard. His granddaughter is actor Daisy Haggard.

In 1938, Haggard returned to New York to reprise his role as Finch in Whiteoaks, which he also directed. and subsequently appeared as Lord Nelson in the Carol Reed film The Young Mr. Pitt (1942).

Second World War At the outbreak of the Second World War Haggard joined the British Army, serving as a captain in the Intelligence Corps. Haggard was posted to the Middle East and worked for the Department of Political Warfare.

The manner of Haggard's death was hushed up and is not mentioned in the biography of Haggard written by Christopher Hassall and published in 1948.

Filmography

Works Haggard, S. (1938). Nya. London: Faber and Faber Limited Haggard, S. (1944). I’ll Go to Bed at Noon: A Soldier’s Letter to His Sons. London, Faber and Faber Haggard, S. (1945). The Unpublished Poems of Stephen Haggard. Salamander Press Athene Seyler with Stephen Haggard (1946). The Craft of Comedy. New York : Theatre Arts