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John Garrick
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Born
Reginald Dandy

31 August 1902
Brighton, Sussex, United Kingdom
Died22 October 1966(1966-10-22) (aged 64)
San Francisco, California, United States
OccupationActor
Years active1929–1939

John Garrick (born Reginald Dandy; 31 August 1902 – 22 October 1966) was a British film actor.[1]

Born in Brighton, England, Garrick attended that city's schools and Brighton College.[2]

Garrick made his first stage appearance at the age of 10 in A Midsummer Night's Dream. He started off his working career in a bank but later organised a vaudeville act. He played the leading role in Rose Marie in Australia for 2 years then went to America to play on stage and screen, his first being a Fox picture where he played a stage Prince in Married in Hollywood in 1929. In 1932, he returned to England and starred in numerous English films.

Garrick died in San Francisco, California.

Filmography

References

  1. ^ "John Garrick". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 11 April 2015.
  2. ^ "The Show Window". Hartford Courant. 28 January 1930. p. 17. Retrieved 6 September 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  • Film Star Who's Who on the Screen 1938.