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==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
 
==Contribution to SA theatre, film, media and/or performance==
  
He visited South Africa over the years to appear in a number of plays for the [[Brian Brooke Company]], including  ''[[Gaslight]]'' (1954), ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'' (1954), ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' (1954), ''[[A Man and His Wife]]'' (1972),
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He visited South Africa in 1954 to appear in a series of plays for the [[Brian Brooke Company]], including  ''[[Gaslight]]'', ''[[Dial M for Murder]]'', ''[[The Mousetrap]]'' and ''[[Carrington V.C.]]''.  He returned in 1972 to do ''[[A Man and His Wife]]'' (1972), but sadly died while in Johannesburg.
  
 
== Sources ==
 
== Sources ==

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Emrys Jones (1915-1972)[1] was a British actor.


Biography

Born in Manchester, he made his film debut in Michael Powell and Emeric Pressburger's One of Our Aircraft Is Missing (1942), and developed a career in the British cinema of the 1940s. Films included The Wicked Lady (1945); The Rake's Progress (1945); Nicholas Nickleby (1947); and The Small Back Room (1949).

In the 1950s he began to concentrate on a stage career, becoming an accomplished character actor, later also on television in series such as Dixon of Dock Green, Z-Cars and Doctor Who.

He was married to Anne Ridler and Pauline Bentley,

He died of a heart attack in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1972.


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

He visited South Africa in 1954 to appear in a series of plays for the Brian Brooke Company, including Gaslight, Dial M for Murder, The Mousetrap and Carrington V.C.. He returned in 1972 to do A Man and His Wife (1972), but sadly died while in Johannesburg.

Sources

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emrys_Jones_(actor)

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