Stanley Maxted

Stanley Maxted
Born Stanley Herbert Maxted
1897
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Died 10 May 1963 (aged 65–66)
London, England
Nationality Canadian
Occupation Journalist, Actor
Known for World War II reporting for BBC

Stanley Maxted (1897 – 10 May 1963) was a Canadian journalist and actor.[1]

In his native Canada Maxted worked for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) and left the CBC to work for the BBC in England. Maxted reported for the BBC during the Second World War.[2] Maxted was part of the Public Relations team under Major R. W. Oliver that was present at the Battle of Arnhem alongside fellow BBC reporter Guy Byam and newspaper reporters Alan Wood of the Daily Express and Jack Smyth of Reuters.[3] Maxted later covered the war in the Pacific in 1945, which he described as more difficult than reporting from Europe due to the distances covered.[4][5]

Following the war Maxted became an actor.[2][6]

References

  1. ↑ "Stanley Maxted".
  2. 1 2 Marie Gillespie; Alban Webb (3 January 2013). Diasporas and Diplomacy: Cosmopolitan contact zones at the BBC World Service (1932–2012). Routledge. pp. 48–. ISBN 978-1-136-44864-5.
  3. ↑ Martin Bowman (30 August 2013). Shrinking Perimeter. Pen and Sword. pp. 179–. ISBN 978-1-78159-177-2.
  4. ↑ Nielsen Business Media, Inc. (2 June 1945). Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. pp. 4–. ISSN 0006-2510.
  5. ↑ Vincent Dowd (12 September 2015). "WW2: Guy Byam, the BBC's lost reporter". BBC News Online. Retrieved 13 September 2015.
  6. ↑ "Stanley Maxted - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.