Charles Victor

Charles Victor
in Fast and Loose (1954)
Born Charles Victor Harvey
10 February 1896
Southport, Lancashire, England
Died 23 December 1965 (aged 69)
Putney, London, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 1938–1965

Charles Victor (10 February 1896 – 23 December 1965) was a British actor who appeared in a number of film and television roles between 1938 and 1965.[1][2] He was born Charles Victor Harvey.[3]

Born in Southport, Lancashire, England,[4] Victor was a fourth-generation English music hall entertainer. He dropped out of school when he was 15 to team with his father in a song-and-dance act for five years. After leaving that act, he briefly worked with his brother in an automobile agency before going into English musical comedy. In 1929, he joined the Birmingham Repertory Theater, which was headed by Barry Jackson, and stayed with it for 10 years.[5]

Late in life, Victor toured internationally in the role of Alfred P. Doolittle in My Fair Lady, performing the role on The Ed Sullivan Show on 19 March 1961 during a tribute to Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe.[6] [7]

Selected filmography

References

  1. ↑ Charles Victor on IMDb
  2. ↑ "Charles Victor". BFI.
  3. ↑ Room, Adrian (2010). Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed. McFarland. p. 493. ISBN 9780786457632. Retrieved 3 June 2017.
  4. ↑ "Charles Victor to Repeat In Alfred P. Doolittle Role". The News Journal. Delaware, Wilmington. February 22, 1962. p. 25. Retrieved July 6, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Gardner, R.H. (November 27, 1960). "Doolittle Gives A Lift To 'My Fair Lady'". The Baltimore Sun. Maryland, Baltimore. p. 46. Retrieved July 6, 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. ↑ "My Fair Lady - Ed Sullivan Show".
  7. ↑ "Loverly: The Life and Times of My Fair Lady".


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