Noël Coward
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise". Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit, have remained in the regular theatre repertoire. He composed hundreds of songs, in addition to well over a dozen musical theatre works (including the operetta Bitter Sweet and comic revues), poetry, several volumes of short stories, the novel Pomp and Circumstance, and a three-volume autobiography. Coward's stage and film acting and directing career spanned six decades, during which he starred in many of his own works. At the outbreak of World War II, Coward volunteered for war work, running the British propaganda office in Paris. He also worked with the Secret Service, seeking to use his influence to persuade the American public and government to help Britain. Coward won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his naval film drama, In Which We Serve, and was knighted in 1969. In the 1950s he achieved fresh success as a cabaret performer, performing his own songs, such as "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "London Pride" and "I Went to a Marvellous Party". His plays and songs achieved new popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, and his work and style continue to influence popular culture. Coward did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality, but it was discussed candidly after his death by biographers including Graham Payn, his long-time partner, and in Coward's diaries and letters, published posthumously. The former Albery Theatre (originally the New Theatre) in London was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in his honour in 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noël Coward, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
The Italian Job
(Mr. Bridger)
Bunny Lake Is Missing
(Horatio Wilson)
Our Man in Havana
(Hawthorne)
In Which We Serve
(Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D')
The Scoundrel
(Anthony Mallare)
Boom!
(The Witch of Capri)
Le Journal de la Résistance
(Himself - Narrator (English version))
Men Are Not Gods
(Passer-by (uncredited))
The Astonished Heart
(Dr. Christian Faber)
Surprise Package
(King Pavel II)
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
(Self (archive footage))
Blithe Spirit
(Charles Condomine)
Paris When It Sizzles
(Alexander Meyerheim)
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
(Self (archive))
The South Bank Show: Noël Coward
(Self (archival footage))
Around the World in Eighty Days
(Roland Hesketh-Baggott)
Blithe Spirit
(Narrator (uncredited))
Brief Encounter
(Train Station Announcer (uncredited))
Hearts of the World
(The Man with the Wheelbarrow / A Villager in the Streets)
Androcles and the Lion
(Caesar)
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
(actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited))
The Ed Sullivan Show
(Self)
What's My Line?
(Self - Mystery Guest)
Tony Awards
(Self - Recipient)
The Dick Cavett Show
(Self - Guest)
A Choice of Coward
(Himself)
Brief Encounter
(Producer)
Oh, diese Geister
(Theatre Play)
Um Breve Encontro
(Story)
In Which We Serve
(Director)
In Which We Serve
(Writer)
Blithe Spirit
(Theatre Play)
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
(Theatre Play)
Cavalcade
(Screenplay)
Cavalcade
(Novel)
This Happy Breed
(Theatre Play)
Hay Fever
(Writer)
The Vortex
(Writer)
Design for Living
(Writer)
What Mad Persuit
(Writer)
Star Quality
(Writer)
Me and the Girls
(Writer)
Bon Voyage
(Story)
Present Laughter
(Writer)
Private Lives
(Writer)
Anglická sobota
(Short Story)
The Astonished Heart
(Original Music Composer)
Blithe Spirit
(Theatre Play)
The Astonished Heart
(Writer)
We Were Dancing
(Theatre Play)
Witness for the Prosecution
(Dialogue)
In Which We Serve
(Producer)
In Which We Serve
(Music)
Interlude
(Writer)
Private Lives
(Theatre Play)
Mrs. Capper's Birthday
(Short Story)
Blithe Spirit
(Director)
This Happy Breed
(Producer)
The Vortex
(Author)
Easy Virtue
(Theatre Play)
Al calar del sipario
(Writer)
The Red Peppers
(Novel)
Tonight Is Ours
(Author)
Sidste akt
(Writer)
What Mad Pursuit
(Writer)
A Choice of Coward: Design for Living
(Writer)
Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
(Music)
Easy Virtue
(Writer)
Bitter Sweet
(Novel)
The Little Damozel
(Music)
Blithe Spirit
(Screenplay)
Blithe Spirit
(Producer)
Brief Encounter
(Theatre Play)
Brief Encounter
(Screenplay)
Pretty Polly
(Story)
The Marquise
(Writer)
Come Into The Garden Maud
(Writer)
A Song At Twilight
(Writer)
I'm a Gigolo
(Songs)
Meet Me Tonight
(Theatre Play)
Relative Values
(Story)
Geisterkomödie
(Theatre Play)
Meet Me Tonight
(Writer)
Cavalcade
(Writer)
Burton and Taylor
(Theatre Play)
Bitter Sweet
(Theatre Play)
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
(Original Story)
Design for Living
(Theatre Play)
The Caretaker
(Associate Producer)
Brief Encounter
(Author)
The Queen Was in the Parlour
(Theatre Play)
Blithe Spirit
(Writer)
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
(Screenplay)
Geisterkomödie
(Theatre Play)
Blithe Spirit
(Writer)
Blithe Spirit
(Theatre Play)
Private Lives
(Theatre Play)
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
(Writer)
Present Laughter
(Writer)
Festival
(Writer)
Alta comedia
(Theatre Play)
Estudio Uno
(Writer)
A Choice of Coward
(Writer)
A Choice of Coward
(Creator)