Ralph Lynn, the Glossary
Ralph Clifford Lynn (8 March 1882 – 8 August 1962) was an English actor who had a 60-year career, and is best remembered for playing comedy parts in the Aldwych farces first on stage and then in film.[1]
Table of Contents
60 relations: A Cuckoo in the Nest (film), A Cup of Kindness (film), A Night Like This (film), Aldwych farce, Aldwych Theatre, All In (film), Ann Lynn, Archibald Thomas Pechey, Arthur Wimperis, Auckland Star, Ben Travers, Dirty Work (1934 film), Empire, Leicester Square, Fighting Stock, For Valour (1937 film), Foreign Affaires, Gordon James (actor), H. F. Maltby, Herman Finck, In the Soup (1936 film), Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (play), It Pays to Advertise (play), Just My Luck (1933 film), Lancashire, Leslie Henson, Mischief (1931 film), Nap Hand (play), Outrageous Fortune (play), P. G. Wodehouse, Piccadilly Theatre, Plunder (1931 film), Pot Luck (1936 film), Revue, Robertson Hare, Roi Cooper Megrue, Ronald Jeans, Rookery Nook (film), Rookery Nook (play), Salford Hundred, Shaftesbury Theatre, Sheridan Morley, Stormy Weather (1935 film), Summer Lightning, Summer Lightning (film), Thark (film), The Chance of a Night Time, The Observer, The Party Spirit, The Sydney Morning Herald, The Times, ... Expand index (10 more) »
A Cuckoo in the Nest (film)
A Cuckoo in the Nest is a 1933 British film, directed by Tom Walls, with a script by Ben Travers.
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A Cup of Kindness (film)
A Cup of Kindness is a 1934 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
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A Night Like This (film)
A Night Like This is a 1932 comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn and Winifred Shotter.
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Aldwych farce
The Aldwych farces were a series of twelve stage farces presented at the Aldwych Theatre, London, nearly continuously from 1923 to 1933.
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Aldwych Theatre
The Aldwych Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Aldwych in the City of Westminster, central London.
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All In (film)
All In is a 1936 British sports comedy film directed by Marcel Varnel and starring Ralph Lynn, Gina Malo and Garry Marsh.
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Ann Lynn
Elizabeth Ann Lynn (7 November 1933 – 30 August 2020) was a British actress, especially prominent during the British New Wave of the 1960s, appearing in many films that represented what is known as kitchen sink realism.
Archibald Thomas Pechey
Archibald Thomas Pechey (26 September 1876 in West Ham, Essex – 29 November 1961 in Wells, Somerset, England) often credited as Valentine, was an English lyricist and novelist.
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Arthur Wimperis
Arthur Harold Wimperis (3 December 1874 – 14 October 1953) was an English playwright, lyricist and screenwriter, who contributed lyrics and libretti to popular Edwardian musical comedies written for the stage.
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Auckland Star
The Auckland Star was an evening daily newspaper published in Auckland, New Zealand, from 24 March 1870 to 16 August 1991.
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Ben Travers
Ben Travers (12 November 188618 December 1980) was an English writer.
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Dirty Work (1934 film)
Dirty Work is a 1934 British comedy crime film directed by Tom Walls and starring Ralph Lynn, Gordon Harker, Robertson Hare and Basil Sydney.
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Empire, Leicester Square
The Empire, Leicester Square is a cinema currently operated by Cineworld on the north side of Leicester Square, London, United Kingdom.
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Fighting Stock
Fighting Stock is a 1935 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
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For Valour (1937 film)
For Valour is a 1937 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn and Veronica Rose.
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Foreign Affaires
Foreign Affaires is a 1935 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
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Gordon James (actor)
Gordon James (1878 – 1949) was an English actor who became known as the "heavy" in the Aldwych farces, between 1923 and 1933. Ralph Lynn and Gordon James (actor) are Male actors from Manchester.
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H. F. Maltby
Henry Francis Maltby (25 November 1880 – 25 October 1963) was a prolific writer for the London stage and British cinema from after the First World War, until the 1950s.
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Herman Finck
Herman Finck (4 November 1872 – 21 April 1939) was a British composer and conductor of Dutch extraction.
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In the Soup (1936 film)
In the Soup is a 1936 British comedy film directed by Henry Edwards and starring Ralph Lynn, Judy Gunn, Morton Selten and Nelson Keys.
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Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? (play)
Is Your Honeymoon Really Necessary? is a 1944 comedy play by the British writer Vivian Tidmarsh.
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It Pays to Advertise (play)
It Pays to Advertise is a farce by Roi Cooper Megrue and Walter Hackett.
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Just My Luck (1933 film)
Just My Luck is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Davy Burnaby and Robertson Hare.
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Lancashire
Lancashire (abbreviated Lancs) is a ceremonial county in North West England.
Leslie Henson
Leslie Lincoln Henson (3 August 1891 – 2 December 1957) was an English comedian, actor, singer, producer for films and theatre, and film director.
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Mischief (1931 film)
Mischief is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter and Jeanne Stuart.
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Nap Hand (play)
Nap Hand is a 1940 comedy play by Vernon Sylvaine and Guy Bolton.
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Outrageous Fortune (play)
Outrageous Fortune is a comedy play by the British writer Ben Travers.
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P. G. Wodehouse
Sir Pelham Grenville Wodehouse, (15 October 1881 – 14 February 1975) was an English writer and one of the most widely read humorists of the 20th century.
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Piccadilly Theatre
The Piccadilly Theatre is a West End theatre located at the junction of Denman Street and Sherwood Street, near Piccadilly Circus, in the City of Westminster, London.
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Plunder (1931 film)
Plunder is a 1931 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
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Pot Luck (1936 film)
Pot Luck is a 1936 British comedy film directed by and starring Tom Walls.
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Revue
A revue is a type of multi-act popular theatrical entertainment that combines music, dance, and sketches.
Robertson Hare
John Robertson Hare, OBE (17 December 1891 – 25 January 1979) was an English actor, who came to fame in the Aldwych farces.
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Roi Cooper Megrue
Roi Cooper Megrue (June 12, 1882 – February 27, 1927) was an American playwright, producer, and director active on Broadway from 1914 to 1921.
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Ronald Jeans
Ronald Jeans (10 May 1887 – 16 May 1973) was a British playwright with a career spanning nearly 50 years.
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Rookery Nook (film)
Rookery Nook is a 1930 film farce, directed by Tom Walls, with a script by Ben Travers.
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Rookery Nook (play)
Rookery Nook is a farce by the English playwright Ben Travers based on his own 1923 novel.
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Salford Hundred
The Salford Hundred (also known as Salfordshire) was one of the subdivisions of the historic county of Lancashire in Northern England (see:Hundred (county division). Its name alludes to its judicial centre being the township of Salford (the suffix -shire meaning the territory was appropriated to the prefixed settlement).
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Shaftesbury Theatre
The Shaftesbury Theatre is a West End theatre, located in Shaftesbury Avenue, in the London Borough of Camden.
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Sheridan Morley
Sheridan Morley (5 December 1941 − 16 February 2007) was an English author, biographer, critic and broadcaster.
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Stormy Weather (1935 film)
Stormy Weather is a 1935 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn and Robertson Hare.
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Summer Lightning
Summer Lightning is a novel by P. G. Wodehouse, first published in the United States on 1 July 1929 by Doubleday, Doran, New York, under the title Fish Preferred, and in the United Kingdom on 19 July 1929 by Herbert Jenkins, London.
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Summer Lightning (film)
Summer Lightning is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter, Chili Bouchier and Horace Hodges.
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Thark (film)
Thark is a 1932 British film farce, directed by Tom Walls, with a script by Ben Travers.
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The Chance of a Night Time
The Chance of a Night Time is a 1931 British comedy film directed by Herbert Wilcox and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter and Kenneth Kove.
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The Observer
The Observer is a British newspaper published on Sundays.
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The Party Spirit
The Party Spirit is a 1954 British comedy play by Peter Jones and John Jowett.
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The Sydney Morning Herald
The Sydney Morning Herald (SMH) is a daily tabloid newspaper published in Sydney, Australia, and owned by Nine.
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The Times
The Times is a British daily national newspaper based in London.
Tom Walls
Thomas Kirby Walls (18 February 1883 – 27 November 1949) was an English stage and film actor, producer and director, best known for presenting and co-starring in the Aldwych farces in the 1920s and for starring in and directing the film adaptations of those plays in the 1930s.
Tons of Money (1930 film)
Tons of Money is a 1930 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Ralph Lynn, Yvonne Arnaud, Mary Brough, Robertson Hare and Gordon James, the same artistes responsible for the Aldwych farces.
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Tons of Money (play)
Tons of Money is a farce by the British writers Will Evans and Arthur Valentine.
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Turkey Time (1933 film)
Turkey Time is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Tom Walls and starring Walls, Ralph Lynn, Robertson Hare and Dorothy Hyson.
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Up to the Neck
Up to the Neck is a 1933 British comedy film directed by Jack Raymond and starring Ralph Lynn, Winifred Shotter and Francis Lister.
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Vernon Sylvaine
Vernon Sylvaine (1896–1957) was a British playwright and screenwriter.
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Walter C. Hackett
Walter C. Hackett (November 10, 1876 – January 20, 1944) was an American-British playwright.
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West End theatre
West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.
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Wigan
Wigan is a town in Greater Manchester, England, on the River Douglas.
Wild Horses (play)
Wild Horses is a 1952 stage farce by the British writer Ben Travers.
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References
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ralph_Lynn
, Tom Walls, Tons of Money (1930 film), Tons of Money (play), Turkey Time (1933 film), Up to the Neck, Vernon Sylvaine, Walter C. Hackett, West End theatre, Wigan, Wild Horses (play).