Richard Ainley

Richard Ainley
Born	(1910-12-22)22 December 1910 Stanmore, Middlesex, England
Died	18 May 1967(1967-05-18) (aged 56) London, England
Years active	1936-1943
Spouse(s)	Ethel Glendinning Betzi Beaton Rowena Woolf
Relatives	Henry Ainley (father) Anthony Ainley (half-brother)

Richard Ainley (22 December 1910 – 18 May 1967) was a stage and film actor, son of Henry Ainley and half-brother of Anthony Ainley.

Although according to Allmovie his date of birth was 22 October 1910, The Internet Movie Database places it on 22 December. In any case, he was born in Stanmore, Middlesex and made his stage debut in 1928 and initially used the stage name Richard Riddle/Riddell, taking his mother's maiden name. His first motion picture appearance was in 1936 as Sylvius in As You Like It, which starred his father. Other roles included Ferdinand in the television movie of The Tempest (1939), Dr. Hale in Shining Victory (1941), and a Foreign Office official in the thriller Above Suspicion (1943).

Ainley married three times, firstly to actress Ethel Glendinning. He was divorced from his first two wives; his third wife Rowena Woolf died in 1968.

He retired from film work following a disabling wound while he was serving in the army during World War II to return to the stage. He was briefly principal of the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School in the early 1960s.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
1936	As You Like It	Sylvius
1937	The Frog	Ray Bennett
1937	Our Fighting Navy	Lieutenant	Uncredited
1937	The Gang Show, aka The Gang	Whipple
1938	Old Iron	Harry Woodstock
1938	Lily of Laguna	Roger Fielding
1939	Stolen Life	Morgan
1939	There Ain't No Justice	Billy Frist
1940	An Englishman's Home, aka Mad Men of Europe	Geoffrey Brown
1940	Lady with Red Hair	Lou Payne
1941	Here Comes Happiness	Jelliffe Blaine
1941	Knockout	Allison
1941	Singapore Woman	John Wetherby
1941	Shining Victory	Dr. Hale
1941	Bullets for O'Hara	McKay Standish
1941	The Smiling Ghost	Cousin Tennant Bentley
1941	Passage from Hong Kong	Lt. Norman MacNeil-Fraser
1942	White Cargo	Mr. Worthing
1943	Three Hearts for Julia	Philip Barrows
1943	Du Barry Was a Lady	Marching Rebel Behind King Louis	Uncredited
1943	Above Suspicion	Peter Galt
1943	The Man from Down Under	Military Doctor	Uncredited
1943	I Dood It	Larry West

References

• Allmovie biography. Accessed 11 October 2005.

External links

• Richard Ainley at IMDb
• Richard Ainley (1910-1967), Actor from the National Portrait Gallery (United Kingdom)