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Kenneth Gilbert More CBE, (20 September 1914 - 12 July 1982) was a successful British cinema, television and theatre actor. He was born in Gerrards Cross, Buckinghamshire and educated at Victoria College in Jersey.

The two roles for which he became best known were that of real-life war hero Douglas Bader in Reach for the Sky
(1956) and that of Young Jolyon in the BBC's landmark 1967 dramatisation of The Forsyte Saga. He enjoyed great success in films of the 1950s as a likeable, light leading man, after winning a BAFTA Award as Best Newcomer for Doctor in the House
in 1954. He later appeared in a number of all-star war films including Sink the Bismarck, (1960), The Longest Day
(1962), Battle of Britain, (1969) and Oh! What a Lovely War
(1969). He was later popular on television following his success in The Forsyte Saga, and appeared as the detectives Father Brown and Lord Peter Wimsey and also as Bertie Wooster.

More was married to the actress Beryl Johnstone (1939-1946) (one daughter Susan b.1941), Bill Barkby (1958-1968) (one daughter Sarah b.1954) and the actress Angela Douglas (17 March 1968-12 July 1982), who was nicknamed "Shrimp".

He died in London from Parkinson's disease on 12 July 1982, aged 67.

Notable films include:

Genevieve
(1953)
Doctor in the House
(1954)
The Deep Blue Sea (1955)
Reach for the Sky
(1956)
The Admirable Crichton
(1957)
A Night to Remember
(1958)
The Thirty-Nine Steps
(1959)
Northwest Frontier
(1959)
Sink the Bismarck!
(1960)
The Longest Day
(1962)
The Comedy Man (1963)
Battle of Britain
(1969)
Oh! What a Lovely War
(1969)

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