Naunton Wayne

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Naunton Wayne (born Henry Wayne Davies,<ref name="timesobit">Template:Cite web</ref> 22 June 1901 – 17 November 1970), was a Welsh character actor, born in Pontypridd, Glamorgan, Wales.<ref name="ODNB">Template:Cite ODNB</ref> He was educated at Clifton College. His name was changed by deed poll in 1933.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Stage actor

His first London stage roles were in Streamline at the Palace in 1934 and in 1066 and All That at the Strand in 1935 (where he provided comic continuity for other performers).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref> His first full role was as Norman Weldon in Wise Tomorrow at The Lyric in 1937. He played Mortimer Brewster in Arsenic and Old Lace at the Strand for four years.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> He was a leading member of The Stage Golfing Society.<ref name=guardianobit>Template:Cite web</ref>

In 1949, he starred in Young Wives' Tale, at the Savoy Theatre.

From November 1956 he appeared in the long-running farce The Bride and the Bachelor at the Duchess Theatre.

Film actor

He became best known for his role as a supporting character, Caldicott, in the 1938 film version of The Lady Vanishes,<ref name=nyt/> a role he repeated in three further films, alongside Basil Radford as his equally cricket-obsessed friend, Charters. The two would go on to appear in other films together, often playing similar characters.<ref name="edward">Template:Cite magazine</ref><ref>Template:Cite web</ref> Their other joint credits include Night Train to Munich (1940), Crook's Tour (1941), Millions Like Us (1943), Dead of Night (1945), Quartet (1948), It's Not Cricket (1949), and Passport to Pimlico (1949).<ref>Template:Cite web</ref>