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John Dalby(1929-2017)

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  • Writer
  • Music Department
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John Dalby was born on 22 April 1929 in Bristol, England, UK. He was an actor and writer, known for A Passage to India (1984), Tales from a Flying Trunk (1979) and Evil Under the Sun (1982). He died on 13 July 2017 in London, England, UK.
BornApril 22, 1929
DiedJuly 13, 2017(88)
BornApril 22, 1929
DiedJuly 13, 2017(88)
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Known for

A Passage to India (1984)
A Passage to India
7.3
  • Soundtrack(uncredited)
  • 1984
Tales from a Flying Trunk (1979)
Tales from a Flying Trunk
7.1
  • Queen Victoria
  • 1979
James Mason, Jane Birkin, Roddy McDowall, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Nicholas Clay, Sylvia Miles, and Denis Quilley in Evil Under the Sun (1982)
Evil Under the Sun
7.1
  • Music Department
  • 1982
Dudley Moore and Sheila Hancock in But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (1972)
But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock
TV Series
  • Various Characters

Credits

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Actor

  • The Fool (1990)
    The Fool
    6.0
    • Stage Actor
    • 1990
  • Alec Guinness, Derek Jacobi, Joan Greenwood, Robert Morley, and Sarah Pickering in Little Dorrit (1987)
    Little Dorrit
    7.1
    • Mr. Jobling
    • 1987
  • Biddy (1983)
    Biddy
    4.4
    • Mr. Tove
    • 1983
  • The Nightingale (1981)
    The Nightingale
    • Death
    • 1981
  • Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore (1981)
    Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore
    6.6
    TV Series
    • Music master
    • 1981
  • Elizabeth Taylor, Tony Curtis, Geraldine Chaplin, Rock Hudson, Angela Lansbury, Kim Novak, and Edward Fox in The Mirror Crack'd (1980)
    The Mirror Crack'd
    6.2
    • Bandmaster (uncredited)
    • 1980
  • Tales from a Flying Trunk (1979)
    Tales from a Flying Trunk
    7.1
    • Queen Victoria
    • 1979
  • Dudley Moore and Sheila Hancock in But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (1972)
    But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock
    TV Series
    • Various Characters
    • 1972

Writer

  • Dudley Moore and Sheila Hancock in But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock (1972)
    But Seriously, It's Sheila Hancock
    TV Series
    • written by
    • 1972–1973

Music Department

  • James Mason, Jane Birkin, Roddy McDowall, Diana Rigg, Maggie Smith, Peter Ustinov, Colin Blakely, Nicholas Clay, Sylvia Miles, and Denis Quilley in Evil Under the Sun (1982)
    Evil Under the Sun
    7.1
    • music arranger: additional arrangements
    • 1982
  • Tales from a Flying Trunk (1979)
    Tales from a Flying Trunk
    7.1
    • music arranger
    • 1979

Personal details

  • Official site
    • Official Site
  • Born
    • April 22, 1929
    • Bristol, England, UK
  • Died
    • July 13, 2017
    • London, England, UK
  • Other works
    He composed the music for William Wycherley's play, "The Gentleman Dancing Master", at the Pembroke Theatre in Croydon, Surrey, England, with Athene Seyler, Valentine Dyall, Alan MacNaughtan and Hazel Penwarden in the cast. James Gillhouley was the director.

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