Robert Flemyng(1912-1995)

Robert Flemyng was a tall, lean, aristocratic-looking character actor, with a 60-year theatrical career stretching back to 1931. The son of a Liverpool physician, he had a brief medical career, which he abandoned preferring to becoming a thespian. He rose to prominence as Keit Neilan in 'French Without Tears' in 1936. Thereafter, had leading roles on the London and Liverpool stages. During World War II, he served with the Royal Army Medical Corps, reaching the rank of full colonel. He was awarded the MC (Military Cross) in 1941, mentioned in dispatches (MID) and was awarded the military Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 1944 King's Honours List for his services to the Royal Army. He also appeared on Broadway and went on tour in 1952 opposite Katherine Cornell in 'The Constant Wife'.