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Bruce Belfrage

English actor (1900–1974)

Bruce Belfrage

Photo by Lafayette, 1930

Born(1900-10-30)30 October 1900

Marylebone, London

DiedAugust 1974

Sydney, Australia

NationalityBritish
EducationGresham's School
Alma materSt John's College, Oxford
Occupation(s)Actor, broadcaster
Known forBBC newsreader during World War II
RelativesSydney Henning Belfrage, father
Frances Grace Powley, mother
Joan Henley, first wife
Joyce Belfrage, second wife
Julian Belfrage, son
Cedric Belfrage, brother
Sally Belfrage, niece
Nicolas Belfrage, nephew
Bryan Powley, uncle

Bruce Belfrage (30 October 1900 – August 1974) was an English actor and BBCradio newsreader.[1] He was casting director at the BBC between 1936 and 1939, and founded the BBC Repertory Company in 1939.[2]

Early life

Bruce Belfrage was born in Marylebone, London, the son of Sydney Henning Belfrage and Frances Grace (née Powley).[1] His younger brother was the author and journalist Cedric Belfrage.[3] He was

Belfrage, Julian Rochfort

Biography

British actor's agent whose clients included Dame Judi Dench, Sir John Hurt, Daniel Day-Lewis, David Warner, Sir Ian Holm and Colin Blakely. For ten years he was in partnership with Michael Whitehall under the brand Leading Artists.

Julian Rochfort Belfrage was the son of Bruce Belfrage, who read the nine o'clock news during World War II, and the actress Joan Henley.

A true bon viveur, he had a particular love of the turf which he playfully enjoyed with Hurt and Christopher Reeve. He owned several racehorses.

With his first wife, Gilly Pratt, he had two sons, one of whom, Crispian Belfrage, became a Hollywood actor. His second wife was Victoria Van Moyland. He died in London on 28 December 1994 at age 60 and Moyland inherited his agency. On Belfrage's death, Daniel Day-Lewis is said to have suffered a nervous breakdown as Belfrage had become a father figure in his life.

Link to Wikipedia biography

Relationships

Events

  • Death, Cause unspecified 28 December 1994 (Age 60)

Source Notes

Sy Scholfield quotes birth news, The Daily

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