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Seymour Beard - died 1989, British singer and actor in West End musical comedy and operettas, leading man in No No Nanette in 1925, and best remembered for his role in The Boyfriend in the 1960s - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard. £10  

      

 

above: detail of Seymour Beard autograph

  

   

  

   

    

 

Ned Beatty - born 1937, American movie actor nominated for Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Network, 1976), an Emmy for Best Actor (Friendly Fire, 1979), and the Golden Globe for Best Actor (Hear My Song, 1991); also played leading roles in The Fourth Protocol, Repossessed and Shadows in the Storm. He is much admired as a stage actor, playing Daddy in the 2004 London production of Cat on a Hot Tin Roof - 8 x 10 inches (25.5 x 20.5 cm) large autographed film publicity photo from Hear My Song. £30   

   

  

 

 

     

Robert Beatty - 1909-1992, Canadian stage and movie actor (2001 A Space Odyssey; Where Eagles Dare) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo. £22   [ref: RB1]  

          

 

above: detail of Robert Beatty autograph

   

  

 

  

    

      

Robert Beatty - 1909-1992, Canadian stage and movie actor (2001 A Space Odyssey, Where Eagles Dare) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "To Albert, with best wishes from Robert Beatty". £18  [ref: RB2]      

   

  

 

  

  

      

Jean Paul Belmondo - born 1933, major French stage and film actor (A Bout de Souffle, L'Homme de Rio) - 4.25 x 6.25 inches (10.5 x 15.5 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Pour Bruce Gilbert, J P Belmondo". £20     

   

  

 

  

  

  

James Belushi - born 1954, American actor (younger brother of John Belushi), star of films including Real Men, The Principal, Home and Eddie, and "K-9" - 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm) large autographed photo, with dedication: "To Derek, best wishes, James Belushi 95". £20

  

 

 

 

 

       

Joan Bennett - 1910-1990, American movie actress, busy and popular throughout her long career (Little Women, Father of the Bride) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard. Desirable early autograph. £35     

    

 

above: detail of Joan Bennett autograph

   

  

 

  

    

      

Paul Bentley - British stage and screen actor and writer - 4 x 6 inches (10 x 15 cm) autographed publicity photo, signed: "Best wishes, Paul Bentley". £10    

    

 

above: detail of Paul Bentley autograph

   

  

 

  

    

      

Elisabeth Bergner - 1897-1986, Austro-Hungarian actress, with big stage career, first in Germany as protege of Max Reinhardt, then in London in the 1930s when J. M. Barrie wrote his last play The Boy David for her. She also starred in dozens of films including As You Like It with Laurence Olivier, Escape Me Never, Paris Calling and Stolen Life - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard. £20      

     

 

above: detail of Elizabeth Bergner autograph

  

 

 

 

    

   

Edna Best - 1900-1974; British actress best known for her film roles including in Hitchcock's The Man Who Knew Too Much, and The Ghost and Mrs Muir, Swiss Family Robinson - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, autograph nicer and clearer than appears on scan. £20

 

[N.B. Black line at top of scan does not appear on actual item.]

     

       

 

above: detail of Edna Best autograph

   

  

 

 

  

    

   

Audrey Binham - British stage actress of the 1920s and 30s, particularly in musical comedy (Lilac Time, Bristol 1929) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, singed: "Sincerely, Audrey Binham". £10      

   

 

 

 

 

  

            

Margery Binner - born 1910, British actress, star of West End theatre and musical comedy - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard showing her as Rhoda Marley in Rookery Nook, signed: "Sincerely, Margery Binner". Condition: slight surface wear. £8      

        

 

above: detail of Margery Binner autograph

   

 

 

   

  

    

  

John Bird - born 1946, British actor, satirist and comedian. On TV he is most famous for his political satire in Bremner Bird & Fortune, with the late John Fortune, and on both radio and TV he has starred in Chambers and Absolute Power - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm), signed: "Best wishes, John Bird". £12   [ref: JB1]       

      

 

Above: detail of John Bird autograph

   

  

  

 

  

    

 

John Bird - born 1946, British actor, satirist and comedian. On TV he is most famous for his political satire in Bremner Bird & Fortune, with the late John Fortune, and on both radio and TV he has starred in Chambers and Absolute Power - 5 x 7.5 inches (13 x 19 cm) autographed informal photo. £12   [ref: JB2]     

 

 

 

 

  

            

       

 

above: detail of Richard Bird autograph

Richard Bird - 1894-1986, British actor (The Right to Live, The Warren Case, The Crouching Beast) - 4.25 x 6.25 inches (11 x 15.5 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "For Miss H Hoole, with my best wishes, Richard Bird". £13   

  

  

 

  

  

 

                 

 

above: detail of Janet Blair autograph

Janet Blair - 1921-2007, American actress, star of Hollywood movies in the 1940s, including My Sister Eileen, Tonight and Every Night and Gallant Journey; in later years she regularly appeared on TV shows including Murder She Wrote, Caesar's Hour and The Cherry Show - 6 x 8.5 inches (16 x 21 cm) autographed photo, signed : "Sincerely yours, Janet Blair" in firm blue biro. Nice example of her young autograph (her autograph in later years was more flambouyant). £35

 

 

 

 

    

Brenda Blethyn - born 1946, British actress; a versatile and prolific actress who played roles on stage for the National Theatre (Troilus and Cressida, Mysteries), and has appeared in dozens of films including The Witches, A River Runs Through It, Little Voice, The Buddha of Suburbia, and most famously Secrets and Lies, for which she won the BAFTA and Cannes Film Festival awards for Best Actress - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Very best wishes to Martin from Brenda Blethyn". £12       

 

   

  

  

  

      

Claire Bloom - born 1931, British actress with notable career on stage as well as in films; her screen credits include starring roles in Limelight, Shadowlands, Mighty Aphrodite and The Kings Speech - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Claire Bloom". £15   

  

 

above: detail of Claire Bloom autograph

   

 

  

 

  

    

      

                        

 

above: detail of Monte Blue autograph

Monte Blue - 1887-1963, American actor who played leading-man roles in Hollywood silent movies, including The Romance of Tarzan, The Squaw Man and Broadway Rose; he was then one of the few silent-movie stars who successfully made the transition to similar roles in talkies. Losing most of his money in the Wall Street Crash of 1929, he continued to work as a character actor in movies until the 1950s, including King of Alcatraz, Key Largo and Apache - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed by him: "Sincerely, Monte Blue". £40

 

 

 

 

                

Ann Blyth - born 1928, American movie star, especially of Hollywood musicals (The Student Prince, Kismet) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, signed: "Best wishes, Ann Blyth". £20          

   

  

 

   

  

       

  

 

 

above: detail of Hugh Bonneville autograph

Hugh Bonneville - born 1963, British actor whose early career was on stage with the National Theatre and the Royal Shakespeare Company; he then appeared in TV dramas and films, including Tomorrow Never Dies, Notting Hill, Mansfield Park and Burke and Hare. He is now best known for playing Robert, Earl of Grantham in TV drama Downton Abbey - 5 x 7 inches (13 x 18 cm) autographed photo, signed: "To Bob, with best wishes, Hugh Bonneville". Excellent 1990s earlier photo and autograph. £20

 

 

 

 

          

Chili Bouchier - 1909-1999, British stage and screen actress (Shooting Star, Carnival, The Office Wife); in old age claimed to be the last surviving star of British cinema - autograph on 6 x 4 inches (15 x 10 cm) yellow page from autograph book, inscribed "To Peter, best wishes, Chili Bouchier". £10   

   

   

 

 

   

  

    

Arthur Bourchier - 1864-1927, notable British actor-manager, known for his Shakespeare roles (Macbeth, Falstaff) as well as contemporary ones, his most famous being Old Bill in The Better 'Ole - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard. Lovely autograph. £14   [ref: AB1]     

  

 

    

 

  

  

  
Arthur Bourchier - 1864-1927, notable British actor-manager, known for his Shakespeare roles (Macbeth, Falstaff) as well as contemporary ones, his most famous one being Old Bill in The Better 'Ole - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, postally-used in 1904, signed: "Yrs Arthur Bourchier". Condition: slight wear to lower corners. £10   [ref: AB2]    

  

   

  

 

 

  

  
Arthur Bourchier - 1864-1927, notable British actor-manager, known for his Shakespeare roles (Macbeth, Falstaff) as well as contemporary ones, his most famous being Old Bill in The Better 'Ole - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, postally-used in 1909, signed: "Yrs Arthur Bourchier". £12   [ref: AB3]   

     

 

above: detail of autograph

  

   

  

 

   

    

    
Peter Bowles - born 1936, prolific British TV actor (To the Manor Born, Rumpole of the Bailey, The Irish RM) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, with inscription: "Thank you for your nice letter, yours sincerely, Peter Bowles". £10 

 

 

   

   

  

  

  
Felix Bowness - British comedian and comic actor, best known for roles in BBC sitcoms (Hi Di Hi, You Rang M'Lord, Oh Doctor Beeching) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "To Mr and Mrs Moodyes, with my very best wishes, Felix Bowness, Ilfracombe, 1950 x". £10  

    

 

above: detail of autograph

 

   

 

 

 

  

    

 

 

above: detail of Charles Boyer autograph

Charles Boyer - 1899-1978, French actor, major star of over 80 movies; nominated four times for Oscar for Best Actor (Conquest 1934, Algiers 1938, Gaslight 1944, Fanny 1961) - 5 x 7 inches (13 x 18 cm) autographed photo. Lovely signed photo in excellent condition. £75    

    

  

  

 

 

         

Eddie Bracken - 1915-2002, American movie and TV comedy actor - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "Hi George, Eddie Bracken". £15         

   

 

 

    

  

  

       

Louis Bradfield - British baritone and actor; leading man in Edwardian musical comedy (The Girl from Kays, The Little Michus, Chu Chin Chow, A Runnaway Girl) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, signed "W. Louis Bradfield". £12  [ref: LB1]                                  

   

  

 

 

   

  

       

Louis Bradfield - British baritone and actor; leading-man in Edwardian musical comedy (The Girl from Kays, The Little Michus, Chu Chin Chow, A Runnaway Girl) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, with inscription:"[something crossed out] age! W. Louis Bradfield". £12   [ref:LB2]    

    

 

above: detail of autograph

   

  

 

 

    

    

  

Lilian Braithwaite - 1873-1948, British actress, star of stage (The Vortex, Arsenic and Old Lace), and screen (A Man of Mayfair, Moscow Nights, A Man About the House) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: Good wishes! Lilian Braithwaite". £25   [ref: LB1]
      

   

 

   

 

   

  

   

     

 

above: detail of Lilian Braithwaite autograph

Lilian Braithwaite - 1873-1948, British actress, star of stage (The Vortex, Arsenic and Old Lace) and film (A Man of Mayfair, Moscow Nights, A Man About the House) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, signed: "Good wishes! Lilian Braithwaite". £20   [ref: LB2]  

  

 

 

  

  

        

Wilfrid Brambell - 1912-1985; Irish stage film and TV actor, best remembered for playing Albert Steptoe in long-running BBC TV and radio sitcom Steptoe and Son - autograph on 6 x 4 inches (15.5 x 10 cm) pale blue page from autograph book, signed: "Sincerely, Wilfrid Brambell", dated 1972. A nice example of this very scarce autograph. £120        

   

  

  

 

 

  

       

     

 

above: detail of Kenneth Branath autograph

Kenneth Branagh - born 1960; Northern Ireland born British actor, director and writer, best known for acting in/directing Shakespeare films including Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Hamlet, Love's Labours Lost and As You Like It - 5 x 7 inches (12.5 x 18 cm) autographed photo showing him as Gilderoy Lockhart in Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, with dedication in gold ink "R. Jones + family, all the best, Kenneth Branagh". £14   [ref: KB1]   

  

   

 

   

  

 

Kenneth Branagh - born 1960, Northern Ireland-born British actor director and writer, best known for acting in/directing Shakespeare, including films of Henry V, Much Ado About Nothing, Othello, Hamlet, Love's Labours Lost and As You Like It . Other film roles include Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Dead Again and Thor - 6 x 8.5 inches (15 x 21 cm) large autographed photo, signed : "Best wishes, Kenneth Branagh". £22   [ref: KB2]   

     

   
  

 

 

 

 

                

Richard Briers - 1935-2013, British stage and TV actor; a hugely versatile and often underestimated performer, he played Shakespeare roles (most notably Polonius and King Lear) as well as comic ones. He is best remembered for playing Tom Good in 1970s BBC TV sit-com The Good Life. In the 1980s he starred in Ever Decreasing Circles, and from 2000 to 2003 in Monarch of the Glen - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "Good luck Martin, Richard Briers". Nice young photo and autograph. £15
       

 

   

     

     

  

          

Carl Brisson - 1893-1958, Danish singer/actor; leading-man in musical comedy on the West End stage in the 1920s - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo showing him in the role of Danilo in The Merry Widow, signed: "Carl Brisson, "Prince" Danilo 1927". £10   [ref: CB1]       

   

  

  

 

  

        

Carl Brisson - 1893-1958, Danish singer/actor; leading-man in musical comedy on West End stage in 1920s, then became Hollywood movie star in 1930s - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, dated 1930. £8   [ref: CB2]        

   

  

  

 

  

        

Jim Broadbent - born 1949; British actor, especially in films (Brazil, Moulin Rouge, Topsy-Turvy), winner of Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Iris, 2001) - 8 x 10 inches (20 x 25 cm) large autographed photo. £20   [ref: JB1]         

   

  

  

 

  

      

Jim Broadbent - born 1949; British actor, especially in films (Brazil, Moulin Rouge, Topsey-turvy) , winner of Oscar for Best Supporting Actor (Iris, 2001) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Jim Broadbent". £15   [ref: JB2]                

   

 

   

  

  

      

           

 

above: detail of Clive Brook autograph

Clive Brook - 1887-1974, British stage and screen actor who starred in over 40 films, best known for playing the first screen Sherlock Holmes (The Return of Sherlock Holmes) in 1929. Other films include The Four Feathers, Sherlock Holmes and Paramount on Parade - 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 9 cm) autographed photo, showing him with Diana Wynyard in Cavalcade. Condition: slight crease bottom left corner. £25

 

 

 

 

      

Lesley Brook - 1917-2009, British stage and screen actress, appearing in 10 films including The Viper, For You Alone and The Trojan Brothers - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo. £15      

        

 

above: detail of Lesley Brook autograph

   

 

   

  

    

 

                 

 

above: detail of Lionel Brough autograph

Lionel Brough - 1836-1909, British actor and comedian. In the 1870s and 80s he was one of the leading comic actors in London; he played roles in Shakespeare, and acted alongside Charles Wyndham, Henry Irving and Ellen Terry in the late 1860s. He appeared in plays by W.S. Gilbert, including La Vivandiére, and in 1888 played the leading comic role of Pietro in Gilbert and Cellier's comic opera The Mountebanks; later in his career he was a regular member of Herbert Beerbohm Tree's theatre company - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed Tucks postcard, showing him as "A Merchant" in Resurrection, signed: "Yours truly, Lionel Brough". £20

 

 

 

 

        

Mary Brough - 1863-1934, notable British stage actress in plays and musical comedy, who also appeared in over 60 films - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed "Yours sincerely, Mary Brough". £14   [ref: MB1]  

   

 

above: detail of Mary Brough autograph

   

  

 

   

    

       

             

 

above: detail of Mary Brough autograph

Mary Brough - 1863-1934, notable British stage actress in plays and comical comedy, who also appeared in over 60 films - 5.5 x 3.5 inches (14 x 9 cm) autographed postcard signed "Yours sincerely, Mary Brough", with a ten word message and second autograph on the reverse. Condition: fragments of paper stuck to reverse. £12   [ref: MB2]

 

 

 

 

  

June Brown - born 1927; British actress with a long career in films (Straw Dogs, Murder by Decree, Nyjinsky, Bean:The Movie) and TV (Coronation Street, The Duchess of Duke Street, Gormonghast, Survivors). She is most famous for playing Dot Cotton in BBC TV soap opera East Enders - 5 x 7.5 inches (13.5 x 19 cm) autographed photo. £15     

 

  

  

  

  

  

Mrs. Brown-Potter - 1857-1936, American actress; real name Cora Urquart Brown-Potter, wife of millionaire James Brown Potter, and a friend of the Prince of Wales. She was one of the first American society women to become a stage actress, touring the world with Harold Kyle Bellew's theatre company - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard. £18     

  

  

  

  

  

     

Louise Browne - 1906-1996, British actress and dancer in variety and West End musical comedy (The Good Girl), famous for her rapid spinning style and billed as "The Human Top" - 3.5 x 5 inches (9 x 12.5 cm) autographed photo, signed: "sincerely, Louise Browne". £12       

   

 

   

  

  

            

Carol Bruce - 1919-2007, American actress and singer, famous as Julie in the 1946 production of Show Boat; in the 1950s she was a notable jazz singer,  and a prolific TV actress in the 1980s and 90s - 4.75 x 6.5 inches (12 x 16.5 cm) autographed photo, with dedication: "To Kenneth, best wishes, Carol Bruce". Condition: remains of corner-mounts on reverse. £14    

                

 

above: detail of Carol Bruce autograph

   

 

 

  

    

         

Dora Bryan - 1924-2014, British stage and film actress (Carry On Constable, The Great St Trinian's Train Robbery) - 5.25 x 7.25 inches (13.5 x 18.5 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Love, Dora Bryan". £20    

   

 

   

  

  

     

Jack Buchanan - 1891-1957, major British (Scottish) stage and screen actor; and film director (The Band Wagon, This'll Make You Whistle) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Jack Buchanan". Condition: slight silvering in darker areas of photo. £22   [ref: JB3]       

   

  

  

 

  

      

 

 

above: detail of Jack Buchanan autograph

Jack Buchanan - 1891-1957, major British (Scottish) stage and screen actor; also film director (The Band Wagon, This'll Make You Whistle) - 5.5 x 7.5 inches (9 x 12 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Jack Buchanan". £24   [ref: JB1]  

   

  

 

  

  

      

Jack Buchanan - 1891-1957, major British (Scottish) stage and screen actor; also film director (The Band Wagon, This'll Make You Whistle) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, signed: "Yours sincerely, Jack Buchanan". Nice early autograph. £22   [ref: JB2]  

   

 

above: detail of Jack Buchanan autograph

   

 

   

  

    

     

   

 

above: detail of David Burns autograph

David Burns - 1902-1971, American actor and singer on Broadway and in movies (Oklahoma, A Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Forum) - 5 x 7 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Sincerely, David Burns". £15

  

  

 

 

 

  

      

Donald Burr - American singer and actor who appeared in Hollywood musicals (Annie Get Your Gun, Kiss Me Kate) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "All good wishes, Donald Burr". Condition: fragments of paper on reverse where item has been stuck into album. £10      

   

 

    

  

   
        

Walter Butler - British star of silent movies (he later acted under the name of Walter Byron, by which he is better known) - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed postcard, signed: "Most sincerely, Walter Butler "Uaooe" 10/24". £8       

   

 

   

  

  

      

Patsy Byrne - 1935-2014, British actress, best known for playing Nursie in BBC TV comedy series Blackadder II - 3.5 x 5.5 inches (9 x 14 cm) autographed photo, signed: "Best wishes, Patsy Byrne". £25              

   

  

  

  

      

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