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RADIO WHO'S WHO
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at the University of Nottingham. Directed a film with Harold Purcell for Latin America, the first to be shot in England with a South American cast drawn mainly from the B.B.C. staff. Hobby: Washing-up! Sports: Football (played as goalkeeper) and twice played in the Spanish football cup competition.
ARCHDALE, ALEXANDER.
Actor, b. Jhansi, India, 26th November, 1905. Usually appears as a light character actor. Address: c/o Spotlight. Left his studies in chemical engineering at McGill University, Montreal, when he was seized with desire to go on the stage. In England he went on tour with Henry Ainley in 1927, and then toured the Continent and South Africa where he went on the air for the first time singing and playing the ukelele. Played his first real West End part in 1932 in " Behold We Live," at the St. James's, with Sir Gerald du Maurier and Gertrude Lawrence, and appeared often in the West End until the beginning of the war. Started broadcasting on the Empire programmes, then joined the Navy, and returned to go on tour with Evelyn Laye and Frank Lawton in " Elusive Lady," prior to its London pro
duction. One of the early performers at the Player's Club as a singer, he taught acting at the Westminster Masque Theatre School, produced several plays, and hopes to produce more. Has played golf and cricket for the Stage Societies. Club : Savage.
ARDEN, ERIC HUBERT.
Dance Band Producer, b. Hawick, Scotland, 1905. Did the first dance band broadcast from 2LS (Leeds). Address: 180, Adelaide Road, Swiss Cottage, London, N.W.3. Worked in insurance office
ALEXANDER ARCHDALE
ERIC H. ARDEN
for two years while he played the piano in his own semi-pro dance band. Went to India in the tea business, contracted fever and returned to England in 1930. Became a professional pianist, his first engagement being at the Grand Hotel, Llandudno. Had his own string quintet in 1935 and went to the Royal Exeter Hotel, Bournemouth, as resident orchestra and did regular broadcasts until the outbreak of war. Became a major in West Yorkshire Regiment, captured in Greece, and spent four years as P.O.W. Lost his right arm ten days before V.E. day in