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 ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
-Interestingly, a '''[[Francois Cellier]]''' is mentioned in the South African context by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), described as "a son of the famous conductor at the Savoy Theatre" and listed as the conductor for an operatic company brought together under the management of [[Wheeler and Smith]], lessees of the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town. Besides Cellier, the company consisted of [[C.H. Workman]], [[Fred Billington]], [[Albert Kavanagh]], [[Jessie Rose]] and [[Nancy Freyne]]. The season included performances of ''[[Iolanthe]]'', ''[[Yeoman of the Guard]]'', ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' and ''[[Patience]]''.
+Interestingly, a '''[[Francois Cellier]]''' is mentioned in the South African context by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), described as "a son of the famous conductor at the Savoy Theatre" and listed as the conductor for an operatic company brought together under the management of [[Wheeler and Smith]], lessees of the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town. However, this seems more likely to have been an error by the critic, and the reference is actually to the father himself, who had visited South Africa with the [[D'Oyly Carte Company]] before (in in 1902-3).
-In December 1915 [[Frank Cellier]] came out to South Africa as an actor, the leading man to [[Ethel Irving]] and opened at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in Johannesburg in ''[[The Witness for the Defence]]''.  He was to be away from England until September 1919, though in May 1917 his wife, actress [[Florence Glossop-Harris]], came out and joined him for a tour of the Far East until they returned to South Africa in March 1918.
+In December 1915 the actor [[Frank Cellier]] came out to South Africa as the leading man to [[Ethel Irving]] and opened at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in Johannesburg in ''[[The Witness for the Defence]]''.  He was to be away from England until September 1919, though in May 1917 his wife, actress [[Florence Glossop-Harris]], came out and joined him for a tour of the Far East until they returned to South Africa in March 1918.
 Under the auspices of [[African Theatres]] he also acted with [[Ethel Irving]] in, ''[[Dame Nature]]'', ''[[The Ware Case]]'', ''[[Lady Frederick]]'' and ''[[The Turning Point]]'' all at the [[Palladium Theatre]] (1916).  This was followed by four plays with leading lady [[Katharine Pole]] at the [[Standard Theatre]] (1916), namely ''[[Kultur at Home]]'', ''[[Tiger’s Cub]]'', ''[[What Every Woman Knows]]'' and ''[[Caroline]]''.  He then joined [[A.E. Anson]] and [[Mary Malleson]] for ''[[Romance]]'', ''[[The Barton Mystery]]'' and ''[[Dorothy o’ the Hall]]'' (1916/1917) at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]].  During this time he also acted in his first film, ''[[Gloria]]'' ([[Lorimer Johnston]]/1916), playing the hero opposite [[Mabel May]].  “A romance of the African diamond fields”, it was adapted from a novel by [[Charlotte Mansfield]] by [[Harold M. Shaw]].
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 After his return from the Far East he joined [[Leonard Rayne]] with a new leading lady in the person of [[Freda Godfrey]], with whom he acted in eleven plays: ''[[Remnant]]'', ''[[The Blindness of Virtue]]'', ''[[The Double Event]]'', ''[[The Little Minister]]'', ''[[The Morals of Marcus]]'', ''[[The Professor’s Love Story]]'', ''[[The Natural Law]]'', ''[[Lucky Jim]]'', ''[[Disraeli]]'', ''[[The Second in Command]]'' and ''[[The Prodigal Son]]'', all at the [[Standard Theatre]] (1918).  At least three of these plays were produced by [[Ralph Kimpton]], who had been on the Galway Castle with him when he came out to South Africa.  Thereafter he returned to [[African Theatres]] and joined [[Madge Fabian]] for ''[[Romance]]'', ''[[Seven Days’ Leave]]'', ''[[Within the Law]]'', ''[[The Little Brother]]'', ''[[Nobody’s Widow]]'', ''[[Madame X]]'' and ''[[The Yellow Ticket]]''.  In between these engagements in Johannesburg the companies concerned also visited Cape Town and Durban.
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 ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
-Interestingly, a '''[[Francois Cellier]]''' is mentioned in the South African context by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), whom he describes as "a son of the famous conductor at the Savoy Theatre" and lists as the conductor for an operatic company brought together under the management of [[Wheeler and Smith]], lessees of the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town. Besides Cellier, the company consisted of [[C.H. Workman]], [[Fred Billington]], [[Albert Kavanagh]], [[Jessie Rose]] and [[Nancy Freyne]]. The season included performances of ''[[Iolanthe]]'', ''[[Yeoman of the Guard]]'', ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' and ''[[Patience]]''.
+Interestingly, a '''[[Francois Cellier]]''' is mentioned in the South African context by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), described as "a son of the famous conductor at the Savoy Theatre" and listed as the conductor for an operatic company brought together under the management of [[Wheeler and Smith]], lessees of the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town. Besides Cellier, the company consisted of [[C.H. Workman]], [[Fred Billington]], [[Albert Kavanagh]], [[Jessie Rose]] and [[Nancy Freyne]]. The season included performances of ''[[Iolanthe]]'', ''[[Yeoman of the Guard]]'', ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' and ''[[Patience]]''.
 In December 1915 [[Frank Cellier]] came out to South Africa as an actor, the leading man to [[Ethel Irving]] and opened at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in Johannesburg in ''[[The Witness for the Defence]]''.  He was to be away from England until September 1919, though in May 1917 his wife, actress [[Florence Glossop-Harris]], came out and joined him for a tour of the Far East until they returned to South Africa in March 1918.

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 Interestingly, a '''[[Francois Cellier]]''' is mentioned in the South African context by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), whom he describes as "a son of the famous conductor at the Savoy Theatre" and lists as the conductor for an operatic company brought together under the management of [[Wheeler and Smith]], lessees of the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town. Besides Cellier, the company consisted of [[C.H. Workman]], [[Fred Billington]], [[Albert Kavanagh]], [[Jessie Rose]] and [[Nancy Freyne]]. The season included performances of ''[[Iolanthe]]'', ''[[Yeoman of the Guard]]'', ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' and ''[[Patience]]''.
-In December 1915 he came out to South Africa as an actor, the leading man to [[Ethel Irving]] and opened at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in Johannesburg in ''[[The Witness for the Defence]]''.  He was to be away from England until September 1919, though in May 1917 his wife, actress [[Florence Glossop-Harris]], came out and joined him for a tour of the Far East until they returned to South Africa in March 1918.
+In December 1915 [[Frank Cellier]] came out to South Africa as an actor, the leading man to [[Ethel Irving]] and opened at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in Johannesburg in ''[[The Witness for the Defence]]''.  He was to be away from England until September 1919, though in May 1917 his wife, actress [[Florence Glossop-Harris]], came out and joined him for a tour of the Far East until they returned to South Africa in March 1918.
 Under the auspices of [[African Theatres]] he also acted with [[Ethel Irving]] in, ''[[Dame Nature]]'', ''[[The Ware Case]]'', ''[[Lady Frederick]]'' and ''[[The Turning Point]]'' all at the [[Palladium Theatre]] (1916).  This was followed by four plays with leading lady [[Katharine Pole]] at the [[Standard Theatre]] (1916), namely ''[[Kultur at Home]]'', ''[[Tiger’s Cub]]'', ''[[What Every Woman Knows]]'' and ''[[Caroline]]''.  He then joined [[A.E. Anson]] and [[Mary Malleson]] for ''[[Romance]]'', ''[[The Barton Mystery]]'' and ''[[Dorothy o’ the Hall]]'' (1916/1917) at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]].  During this time he also acted in his first film, ''[[Gloria]]'' ([[Lorimer Johnston]]/1916), playing the hero opposite [[Mabel May]].  “A romance of the African diamond fields”, it was adapted from a novel by [[Charlotte Mansfield]] by [[Harold M. Shaw]].

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 ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
-Interestingly, a [[Francois Cellier]] is mentioned in the South African context by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), whom he describes as "a son of the famous conductor at the Savoy Theatre" and lists as the conductor for an operatic company brought together under the management of [[Wheeler and Smith]], lessees of the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town. Besides Cellier, the company consisted of [[C.H. Workman]], [[Fred Billington]], [[Albert Kavanagh]], [[Jessie Rose]] and [[Nancy Freyne]]. The season included performances of ''[[Iolanthe]]'', ''[[Yeoman of the Guard]]'', ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' and ''[[Patience]]''.
+Interestingly, a '''[[Francois Cellier]]''' is mentioned in the South African context by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), whom he describes as "a son of the famous conductor at the Savoy Theatre" and lists as the conductor for an operatic company brought together under the management of [[Wheeler and Smith]], lessees of the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town. Besides Cellier, the company consisted of [[C.H. Workman]], [[Fred Billington]], [[Albert Kavanagh]], [[Jessie Rose]] and [[Nancy Freyne]]. The season included performances of ''[[Iolanthe]]'', ''[[Yeoman of the Guard]]'', ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' and ''[[Patience]]''.
 In December 1915 he came out to South Africa as an actor, the leading man to [[Ethel Irving]] and opened at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in Johannesburg in ''[[The Witness for the Defence]]''.  He was to be away from England until September 1919, though in May 1917 his wife, actress [[Florence Glossop-Harris]], came out and joined him for a tour of the Far East until they returned to South Africa in March 1918.

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 ==Contribution to South African theatre, film, media and performance==
-Interestingly, a [[Francois Cellier]] is mentioned in the South African context by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), who lists him as the conductor for an operatic company, brought out to South Africa by [[the Wheeler Brothers]] in 1906 to do a season of [[Savoy Opera]], that included performances of ''[[Iolanthe]]'', . (Boonzaier describes him as "a son of the famous conductor at the Savoy Theatre".)
+Interestingly, a [[Francois Cellier]] is mentioned in the South African context by [[D.C. Boonzaier]] (1923), whom he describes as "a son of the famous conductor at the Savoy Theatre" and lists as the conductor for an operatic company brought together under the management of [[Wheeler and Smith]], lessees of the [[Opera House]] in Cape Town. Besides Cellier, the company consisted of [[C.H. Workman]], [[Fred Billington]], [[Albert Kavanagh]], [[Jessie Rose]] and [[Nancy Freyne]]. The season included performances of ''[[Iolanthe]]'', ''[[Yeoman of the Guard]]'', ''[[H.M.S. Pinafore]]'' and ''[[Patience]]''.
-In December 1915 he came out to South Africa as leading man to [[Ethel Irving]] and opened at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in Johannesburg in ''[[The Witness for the Defence]]''.  He was to be away from England until September 1919, though in May 1917 his wife, actress [[Florence Glossop-Harris]], came out and joined him for a tour of the Far East until they returned to South Africa in March 1918.
+In December 1915 he came out to South Africa as an actor, the leading man to [[Ethel Irving]] and opened at the [[Palladium Theatre]] in Johannesburg in ''[[The Witness for the Defence]]''.  He was to be away from England until September 1919, though in May 1917 his wife, actress [[Florence Glossop-Harris]], came out and joined him for a tour of the Far East until they returned to South Africa in March 1918.
 Under the auspices of [[African Theatres]] he also acted with [[Ethel Irving]] in, ''[[Dame Nature]]'', ''[[The Ware Case]]'', ''[[Lady Frederick]]'' and ''[[The Turning Point]]'' all at the [[Palladium Theatre]] (1916).  This was followed by four plays with leading lady [[Katharine Pole]] at the [[Standard Theatre]] (1916), namely ''[[Kultur at Home]]'', ''[[Tiger’s Cub]]'', ''[[What Every Woman Knows]]'' and ''[[Caroline]]''.  He then joined [[A.E. Anson]] and [[Mary Malleson]] for ''[[Romance]]'', ''[[The Barton Mystery]]'' and ''[[Dorothy o’ the Hall]]'' (1916/1917) at [[His Majesty’s Theatre]].  During this time he also acted in his first film, ''[[Gloria]]'' ([[Lorimer Johnston]]/1916), playing the hero opposite [[Mabel May]].  “A romance of the African diamond fields”, it was adapted from a novel by [[Charlotte Mansfield]] by [[Harold M. Shaw]].

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 ==Biography==
-Born [[Francois  Cellier]] on 23 February, 1884  in Surbiton, London, the son of the conductor of the [[D’Oyly Carte Opera Company]], also named [[Francois Cellier]].
+Born [[François Cellier]] on 23 February, 1884  in Surbiton, London, the son of the conductor of the [[D’Oyly Carte Opera Company]], also named [[François Cellier]]. He was usually referred to as [[Frank Cellier]].
 Cellier became a distinguished and prolific British actor who made his stage debut in ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' in 1903 and subsequently appeared in many films and innumerable plays.

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 Cellier became a distinguished and prolific British actor who made his stage debut in ''[[Sweet Lavender]]'' in 1903 and subsequently appeared in many films and innumerable plays.
-He travelled and performed widely in the British colonies between 1906 and 1918, whereafter he seems to have worked mainly in the UK. His stage appearances varied from popular West End plays to a variety of Shakespearean roles, amongst them Hamlet, Shylock and Sir Toby Belch.  He had married [[Florence Glossop-Harris]], the daughter of Sir Augustus Henry Glossop-Harris in 1910.  Their daughter, Antoinette, and his son Peter, from his 1925 marriage to Phyllis Maud Shannaw, both became actors.
+In the early stages of his career, (i.e. 1903-1920), he toured in Britain, Germany, the West Indies, America and South Africa, but thereafter he made a name for himself in the West End of London, his stage appearances varying from popular West End plays to a variety of Shakespearean roles, amongst them "Hamlet", "Shylock" and "Sir Toby Belch". He continued to act on stage until 1946, at times also directing plays in which he acted.
 From available records it would seem that he did not return to the screen until 15 years after his return from his tours in the East, but then made up for lost time by appearing in character roles in more than 40 films, including such productions as ''The 39 Steps'' (Alfred Hitchcock/1935), ''Sixty Glorious Years'' (Herbert Wilcox/1938) and ''[[Love on the Dole]]'' (John Baxter/1941). There was a further South African connection when he played [[Barney Barnato]] in Berthold Viertel’s film ''[[Rhodes of Africa]]'' (1936).
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