About

Known credits:
36
Birthday:
1893-01-15
Place of birth:
Cardiff, Wales, UK
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Ivor Novello

Overview

Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) 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).

Known for

Acting
1934 Autumn Crocus Actor Andreas Steiner 59
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1933 I Lived with You Actor Prince Felix Lenieff 58
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1933 Sleeping Car Actor Gaston 58
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1932 The Lodger Actor Michel Angeloff 58
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1931 Once a Lady Actor Bennett Cloud 58
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1930 Symphony in Two Flats Actor David Kennard N/A
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1929 The Return of the Rat Actor Pierre Boucheron 58
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1928 The Gallant Hussar Actor Lieutenant Stephen Alrik / Feri von Noszty N/A
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1928 A South Sea Bubble Actor Vernon Winslow N/A
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1928 The Vortex Actor Nicky Lancaster 59
Average
1928 The Constant Nymph Actor Lewis Dodd N/A
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1927 Downhill Actor Roddy Berwick 58
Average
1927 The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog Actor The Lodger Jonathan Drew 63
Fair
1926 The Triumph of the Rat Actor Pierre Boucheron, 'the Rat' 58
Average
1925 The Rat Actor Pierre Boucheron N/A
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1923 The Man Without Desire Actor Count Vittorio Dandolo 59
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1923 Bonnie Prince Charlie Actor Prince Charles Stuart N/A
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1923 The White Rose Actor Joseph 59
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1922 The Bohemian Girl Actor Thaddeus 59
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1921 Carnival Actor Count Andrea Scipione N/A
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1919 The Call of the Blood Actor Maurice Delarey N/A
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Writing
1955 King's Rhapsody Writing Writer 58
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1950 The Dancing Years Writing Theatre Play 58
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1941 Free and Easy Writing Theatre Play 58
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1937 The Rat Writing Theatre Play 59
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1937 Glamorous Night Writing Theatre Play 59
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1933 I Lived with You Writing Theatre Play 58
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1932 But the Flesh Is Weak Writing Theatre Play 59
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1932 But the Flesh Is Weak Writing Writer 59
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1932 Tarzan the Ape Man Writing Writer 60
Fair
1930 Symphony in Two Flats Writing Theatre Play N/A
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1929 The Return of the Rat Writing Theatre Play 58
Average
1927 Downhill Writing Original Story 58
Average
1925 The Rat Writing Writer N/A
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Production
1923 The Man Without Desire Production Producer 59
Average

Sound
1923 Bonnie Prince Charlie Sound Music N/A
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