Get a closer look at some of Hollywood's perfect pairs.

Hollywood Power Couples

Get a closer look at some of Hollywood&#39;s perfect pairs.

"The Gentlemen" and "Slow Horses" return this fall, while the "Reacher" spin-off series "Neagley" makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

2026 Fall TV and Streaming Watch Guide

&quot;The Gentlemen&quot; and &quot;Slow Horses&quot; return this fall, while the &quot;Reacher&quot; spin-off series &quot;Neagley&quot; makes its debut. See our guide of the biggest Fall TV and streaming releases.

Get a closer look at these actors from their many TV and streaming series roles.

Streaming Stars, Then and Now

George was born in Wales of a Northern family with several generations of architects, including his own son, Christopher. There is also a long family link to Shakespearean actor/manager Sir Frank Benson. After seeing Shakespearean productions in Western Super Mar, his boyhood home, and determined to be an actor, he was taken to see Sir Frank. George was trained at RADA, after which he gained much early stage experience in Charlot Revues, with the Cambridge Festival Theatre in Cambridge and The Gate Theatre in London. He toured the Middle East and Australia where he would return in a Shakespeare group headed by Katherine Hepburn. Just before WWII, he achieved his ambition of joining a top theatre company at the Old Vic, being directed by Tyrone Guthrie in such plays as She Stoops to Conquer. On the outbreak of war, he joined the Royal Artillery,, then on demob played in Bettergate at Londons Garrick Theatre then The Winslow Boy which toured America. On his return, he appeared in Hamlet at the Old Vic in 49/50. He studied theatrical history and was a member of an organisation to preserve important old buildings. He was made Chairman of the organisation of Theatre Research.

RADA-trained British character actor, who played Shakespearean roles by the age of eighteen. On screen from 1932, usually seen in affable, timid or ineffectual roles. Busy in television roles from the mid-1950&#39;s, often as comic support.

Served for six years with the Royal Artillery.

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