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[[Geoffrey Sumner]] (1908-1989) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Sumner]. British actor.
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[[Geoffrey Sumner]] (1908-1989) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Sumner] was a British comic actor.
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==Biography==
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Born on 20 November 1908 in Ilfracombe, Devon
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He appeared in a number of films and was a commentator for ''British Movietone News''.
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He passed away on 29 September 1989 on Alderney in the Channel Islands.
  
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
He starred in ''[[The Jockey Club Stakes]]'' (1971-1972). at the [[Academy Theatre]] and in ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'', directed by [[Rex Garner]], also at the [[Academy Theatre]] in 1979.  
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He visited South Africa to appear in ''[[The Jockey Club Stakes]]'' (1971-1972) at the [[Academy Theatre]] and returned in 1979 he did ''[[There Goes the Bride]]'' and ''[[Doctor on the Boil]]'' (directed by [[Rex Garner]]) at the [[Academy Theatre]].  
  
 
== Sources ==  
 
== Sources ==  
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Sumner
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[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. p.375.  
 
[[ESAT Bibliography Tra-Tz|Tucker]], 1997. p.375.  
  
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Latest revision as of 16:52, 14 September 2022

Geoffrey Sumner (1908-1989) [1] was a British comic actor.

Biography

Born on 20 November 1908 in Ilfracombe, Devon

He appeared in a number of films and was a commentator for British Movietone News.

He passed away on 29 September 1989 on Alderney in the Channel Islands.

Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance

He visited South Africa to appear in The Jockey Club Stakes (1971-1972) at the Academy Theatre and returned in 1979 he did There Goes the Bride and Doctor on the Boil (directed by Rex Garner) at the Academy Theatre.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geoffrey_Sumner

Tucker, 1997. p.375.

Theatre programme (The Jockey Club Stakes) held by NELM: CAMPBELL Location: [Collection: KORT, Maurice]: 2012. 379. 33. 60

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