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Leonard Cheshire(1917-1992)

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Leonard Cheshire was born on 7 September 1917 in Chester, Cheshire, England, UK. He died on 31 July 1992 in Suffolk, England, UK.
BornSeptember 7, 1917
DiedJuly 31, 1992(74)
BornSeptember 7, 1917
DiedJuly 31, 1992(74)
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Known for

Evil (1988)
Evil
TV Mini Series
  • Self(as Gp. Capt. Leonard Cheshire V.C.)
Everyman (1977)
Everyman
6.8
TV Series
  • Self(as Group Captain Leonard Cheshire)
Eamonn Andrews in This Is Your Life (1955)
This Is Your Life
6.4
TV Series
  • Self(as Group Captain Leonard Cheshire)
It Could Happen to You (1981)
It Could Happen to You
Short
  • Self
  • 1981

Credits

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Thanks

  • Sean Astin, Matthew Modine, Eric Stoltz, D.B. Sweeney, Billy Zane, Harry Connick Jr., Tate Donovan, Reed Diamond, Courtney Gains, and Neil Giuntoli in Memphis Belle (1990)
    Memphis Belle
    6.9
    • acknowledgment (as Group Captain Leonard Cheshire)
    • 1990

Self

  • This Is Your Life (Highlights from the 1950's and 1960's)
    TV Movie
    • Self
    • 1991
  • The Wall: Live in Berlin (1990)
    The Wall: Live in Berlin
    8.5
    Video
    • Self - Introduction (as Group Captain Leonard Cheshire)
    • 1990
  • Evil (1988)
    Evil
    TV Mini Series
    • Self (as Gp. Capt. Leonard Cheshire V.C.)
    • 1988
  • It Could Happen to You (1981)
    It Could Happen to You
    Short
    • Self
    • 1981
  • Everyman (1977)
    Everyman
    6.8
    TV Series
    • Self (as Group Captain Leonard Cheshire)
    • 1977
  • Pathfinder
    TV Movie
    • Self
    • 1960
  • Eamonn Andrews in This Is Your Life (1955)
    This Is Your Life
    6.4
    TV Series
    • Self (as Group Captain Leonard Cheshire)
    • 1960

Archive Footage

  • D-Day and the Dambusters (2020)
    D-Day and the Dambusters
    8.3
    • Self (archive footage, uncredited)
    • 2020
  • The Last Days of World War II (2005)
    The Last Days of World War II
    7.9
    TV Series
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 2005
  • Winston Churchill in The 1940's: Music, Memories & Milestones (1988)
    The 1940's: Music, Memories & Milestones
    5.5
    Video
    • Self (archive footage)
    • 1988

Personal details

  • Alternative names
    • Group Captain Leonard Cheshire
  • Born
    • September 7, 1917
    • Chester, Cheshire, England, UK
  • Died
    • July 31, 1992
    • Suffolk, England, UK(motor neurone disease)

Did you know

  • Trivia
    Appointed to be the British observer of the American nuclear attacks on Japan. Witnessed the dropping of the second atomic bomb on Nagasaki.
  • Quotes
    Unless we all - passionately I am tempted to say - believe in change, a change that leads to improvement and the gradual building of a better world, we are swimming against the tide of life

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