Biography

Joined the army during WWII. In 1939 he was commissioned in the Welsh Guards as a tank squadron commander and was demobbed as a Major.

In civilian life, he preferred to be called "Major Bushell".

Close friend and business associate of Laurence Olivier.

His Will was signed on 27th January, 1995 and was Probated at The Principal Registry on 22nd May, 1997. It was £21,072 Gross. There is no suggestion of family in the Will so he may not have had issue.

British leading actor, later associate producer, on stage from 1924. An Oxford University and RADA graduate, he spent most of his early career in the U.S., starring on Broadway in "Her Cardboard Lover", opposite Jeanne Eagels. In Hollywood from 1929, he had key roles in Journey's End (1930), Five Star Final (1931) and Vanity Fair (1932), before returning to England. A cultured performer with a penchant for playing military men, he had several more noteworthy roles, including that of King Arthur in The Black Knight (1954), and as captain of the Carpathia in an early version of the Titanic disaster, A Night to Remember (1958). He directed a number of television episodes until his retirement in 1964, settling down as director of the Monte Carlo Golf Club.