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Julian Somers

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John Julian Somers (12 November 1903 – 11 November 1976), known as Julian Somers, was a prolific English stage and screen actor.

Career

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By 1934, Somers was appearing in rep at Croydon.[1] In 1937, he was on stage in Jeffrey Dell's play Night Alone at the Embassy Theatre with Alexander Archdale.[2] In 1944, he appeared as the White Rabbit in a stage production of Alice in Wonderland.[3]

Early film roles came in The Peterville Diamond (1942) and Caravan (1946). Outside his developing screen career as a supporting actor, Somers continued to be heard in BBC Radio productions and to appear in West End theatre plays and reviews.[4] In 1952 he appeared in the West End in Raymond Massey's Hanging Judge.

Private life

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In October 1939, Somers was living with his mother, Ethel M. Somers, at Wolnoth, Park Lane, Leatherhead, and was registered as an actor.[5] In the summer of 1950, he married Betty Margaret Newcombe at Finsbury.[6] They had three sons and a daughter.

Death

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Somers died in London in 1976, aged 72. At the time of his death, he was living at 33, Wharton Street, Clerkenwell.[7] He was cremated at Islington.[8]

Filmography

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Film

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Television

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Notes

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  1. ^ “LONDON THEATRES: CROYDON REPERTORY” in The Stage (London), Thursday 28 June 1934, p. 10
  2. ^ “LONDON THEATRES: THE EMBASSY” in The Stage, Thursday 4 February 1937, p. 10
  3. ^ “LEWIS CARROLL'S AND TENNIEL'S MAGIC STAGED: ALICE IN WONDERLAND” in The Sketch, Wednesday 26 January 1944, pp 14–15
  4. ^ Frances Stephens Rockliff, Theatre World Annual (London): A Pictorial Review of West End Productions with a Record of Plays and Players, Issue 15 (1964), p. 30
  5. ^ National Registration Act 1939, Park Lane, Leatherhead, ancestry.co.uk, accessed 26 January 2021 (subscription required)
  6. ^ “SOMERS John J / NEWCOMBE Finsbury 5c 1320” in General Register Office Index to Marriages in England and Wales (1950, 3rd Quarter)
  7. ^ ”SOMERS John Julian of 33 Wharton Street WC1 died 11 November 1976” in Probate Index for England and Wales (1976), p. 7814
  8. ^ Cremation register summary Somers John Julian, deceasedonline.com, accessed 26 January 2021: “Somers John Julian cremation date 17 November 1976 location Islington”
  9. ^ Howard Maxford, Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company (2019), p. 302
  10. ^ Jump up to: a b Nik Havert, The Golden Age of Disaster Cinema: A Guide to the Films, 1950-1979 (McFarland, 2019), p. 31
  11. ^ Paul J. Niemeyer, Seeing Hardy: Film and Television Adaptations of the Fiction of Thomas Hardy (McFarland, 2015), p. 256
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