Education
Sherborne School.
Sherborne School.
He wrote several plays including The Guinea Pig (1946) which was turned into a movie in 1948. He also wrote screenplays for several films between 1935 and 1951 including Odette (1950). He wrote the British Broadcasting Corporation Radio series, The Barlowes of Beddington, which ran from 1955–1959.
Evans, the Head Boy, was Edward Hardwicke, John Charlesworth was Finlay, Barry McGregor was Shepherd and boys in the background were pupils from Barking Abbey School.
Geoffrey Wincott played Dogget, the School Porter and Anthony Shaw was the Governor, General Naseby. He was educated at Sherborne School.
During World War I, he was commissioned into the Border Regiment.