Ivor Novello
Age: 58 | From: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Person Details
Birthday: 1893-01-15 15:01:05
Death: 1951-03-06 15:01:05
Aliases: David Ivor Davies
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Cardiff, Wales, UK
Homepage: http://www.ivornovello.com/
Movie Involvements: 31
TV Involvements: 1
Most Famous Work
Biography
Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies) was a Welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century, on both screen and stage. He was born into a musical Cardiff family and his mother, Clara Novello Davies, was an internationally known singing teacher and choral conductor. As a child, Novello was a successful singer in various eisteddfodau throughout the country. He was educated privately in Cardiff and then in Gloucester and later won a scholarship to Magdalen College School in Oxford. The family moved to London in 1913 and here Novello's career flourished. In 1914, at the start of World War II, he wrote the words to his most popular song, "Keep the Home Fires Burning". Novello lived in a flat above the Strand Theatre, where he remained until his death in 1951. Since 1955 the internationally prestigious The Ivor Novello Awards ("The Ivors") for songwriting and composing are annually awarded by the British Academy of Songwriters, Composers and Authors (BASCA).
Most Famous Work
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
(1955) The Lodger (archive footage) (uncredited)
The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog
(1927) The Lodger Jonathan Drew
Downhill
(1927) Roddy Berwick
The Lodger
(1932) Michel Angeloff
Carnival
(1921) Count Andrea Scipione
The Vortex
(1928) Nicky Lancaster
The Rat
(1925) Pierre Boucheron
Autumn Crocus
(1934) Andreas SteinerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | The Lodger (archive footage) (uncredited) | |
| 1934 | Andreas Steiner | |
| 1933 | Prince Felix Lenieff | |
| Gaston | ||
| 1932 | Michel Angeloff | |
| 1931 | Bennett Cloud | |
| 1930 | David Kennard | |
| 1929 | Pierre Boucheron | |
| 1928 | Lieutenant Stephen Alrik / Feri von Noszty | |
| Vernon Winslow | ||
| Nicky Lancaster | ||
| Lewis Dodd | ||
| 1927 | Roddy Berwick | |
| The Lodger Jonathan Drew | ||
| 1926 | Pierre Boucheron, 'the Rat' | |
| 1925 | Pierre Boucheron | |
| 1923 | Count Vittorio Dandolo | |
| Prince Charles Stuart | ||
| Joseph | ||
| 1922 | Thaddeus | |
| 1921 | Count Andrea Scipione | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1955 | Writer | |
| 1950 | Theatre Play | |
| 1941 | Theatre Play | |
| 1937 | Theatre Play | |
| Theatre Play | ||
| 1933 | Theatre Play | |
| 1932 | Theatre Play | |
| Writer | ||
| Writer | ||
| 1930 | Theatre Play | |
| 1929 | Theatre Play | |
| 1927 | Original Story | |
| 1925 | Writer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Sound
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1923 | Music | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |