Guy Kingsford

Guy Duncan Kingsford (September 30, 1911 – November 9, 1986) was an English-born American film, television, and radio actor.[1]

Guy Kingsford
Kingsford in Dressed to Kill (1946)
Born
Guy Duncan Kingsford

(1911-09-30)September 30, 1911
Redhill, Surrey, England
DiedNovember 9, 1986(1986-11-09) (aged 75)
Encino, California, U.S.
OccupationActor
Years active1935–1960
Parent

Biography

Born in Redhill, Surrey in the United Kingdom,[2] he was the son of British actor Walter Kingsford who moved with his wife to New York City.

In 1938 he was in the theatrical production Once is Enough.[3]

He was in the US Army during World War II. He performed in a vaudeville-style variety show at Camp Sibert alongside other enlisted industry professionals.[4] According to Sidney Skolsky, when Kingsford was traveling in Berlin, Germany that same year as part of a touring company, the Reich Film Chamber tried to recruit him to act in a propaganda film. In the role, he would have portrayed a "so-called "patriot" who would turn over United States military secrets to the German High Command." Kingsford was offered $3,000 up front and an additional $15,000 upon completion of the film. Kingsford sarcastically asked the recruiter from the Chamber if he had checked with the American Embassy prior to recruiting American actors for the film. The recruiter left and never contacted Kingsford again.[5]

In the 1940s he was a voice actor in Lux Radio Theater shows. He also owned a home, with his sister, in Luxembourg along the Saar River.[6] In 1943, he co-starred in Silk Hat Harry at the Music Box Theater in Los Angeles.[7] That same year, while filming Sahara, he was almost injured by a bayonet but was protected by a package of war bonds in his shirt.[8] He appears on a lobby card promoting the film Escort Girl.[9]

In 1953, he played a Roman soldier in Salome.[10]

He retired in 1960 and died in Encino, California, in 1986.

Filmography

References
  1. Hoey, Michael A. (August 31, 2011). "Sherlock Holmes & the Fabulous Faces - The Universal Pictures Repertory Company". BearManor Media – via Google Books.
  2. Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  3. "Guy Kingsford – Broadway Cast & Staff | IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
  4. "40-Star All-GI-Talent Show Opens at Chilhowee at 7:30". The Knoxville New-Sentinel. September 2, 1944. Retrieved January 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Skolsky's Hollywood: A Traitor Wanted". The Cincinnati Enquirer. April 6, 1943. Retrieved January 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  6. "Actor's Sister Occupies 'Box Seat' Position In War Zone". The St. Louis Star and Times. January 15, 1940. Retrieved January 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  7. "Play to open at Music Box". The Los Angeles Times. July 29, 1943. Retrieved January 7, 2020.
  8. "War Bonds Do Protect". Pittsburgh Sun-Telegraph. April 24, 1943. Retrieved January 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  9. "Escort Girl, lobbycard, Mary Daily, Guy Kingsford, 1941". Getty Images.
  10. "To Portray Soldiers". The Salt Lake Tribune. August 19, 1952. Retrieved January 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  11. "Stagecoach Express". Daily News. May 20, 1942. Retrieved January 7, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
  12. "Guy Kingsford". BFI. Archived from the original on September 23, 2019.
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