Amersham Actors

Amersham is by no means unique in having actors associated with it, but perhaps it is surprising just who does have a connection with Amersham. Below is a list of actors with a connection to Amersham. We know the list is not definitive, if anyone has any further details. please email the web master.

Dirk Bogarde - 1921 to 1999 - one of his earliest associations was an actor with the Amersham Repertory Company. The old Amersham theatre on Station Road (now the auction rooms) was where the Company put on performances. The building was originally the Bijou Hall, then the Playbox cinema. It was then converted to the Play House Theatre and opened in 1936, with seats for 240. The repertory company had moved from Chesham Bois (where they had used a barn on what is now the Beacon school site) and proved quite popular for a few years, but after the war it could not compete with the changing tastes of the time (television?) and by 1956 the local estate agents had purchased the building.

George Curzon - 1898 to 1976 - born in Amersham. He appeared in many films and TV programmes making his debut on 1924

Michael Denison - 1915 to 1998 - married to Dulcie Gray. For many years the couple lived in at Shardeloes.

Adam Godley - born in Amersham in 1964

Bill Pertwee - born in Amersham in 1926

Tim Rice - born in Amersham in 1944 - perhaps at Shardeloes?

Patrick Troughton - 1920 to 1987 - after World War II he worked for the Amersham Repertory Company for a while

Fir further details about the above, see Internet Movie Database

You may also be interested in seeing the page detailing film locations around Amersham here

Site of the old Amersham theatre (right of building)

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