David Langton(1912-1994)

David Langton's father, a wine importer, loved the theatre and encouraged his son's acting ambitions. He helped him get his first job at 16 touring with a Shakespearean company, painting scenery and playing walk-on parts. His mother disapproved, thinking it wasn't a job for a respectable middle-class young man. By 1939, David had graduated to leading roles but then the war came. He joined the Army and rose through the ranks to become a major. Within four days of leaving the service, he was back in the theatre in the plays 'Fifty Fifty' and 'Seagulls Over Sorento', the latter of which ran for five years.