Englishmen (or women) who were not

[sippog]

Tom Wilkinson is Canadian. Not many people know that.

[Sid]

Glynis Barber (Glynis van der Riet) born in South Africa

[philly]

name='sippog']Tom Wilkinson is Canadian. Not many people know that.

must have joint british citizenship cos' he accepted an O.B.E. and Canadians aren't allowed to accept foreign honours

[Wicked Lady]

Peter Arne was born in Malaysia, as were Dulcie Gray and Jenny Seagrove.

[Steve Crook]

name='philly;198032]

name='sippog'']Tom Wilkinson is Canadian. Not many people know that.

must have joint british citizenship cos' he accepted an O.B.E. and Canadians aren't allowed to accept foreign honours

He's not very Canadian. He was born in Yorkshire. His family moved to Canada when he was very small. But only for a few years. I can't see any sign that he became Canadian



Steve

[GRAEME]

There is a Canadian footballer called Tom Wilkinson.



I think that's where the confusion comes from (especially since actor-Tom did live for a few years there as a child).



Our Tom is a Brit.

[Gary D.]

Don't forget Doulas Fairbanks, Jr., who never pretended to be English, but looked and sounded more British than a Londoner-born, and most people would have thought, listening to him, that he was English. His prejudices were very pro-British.

[torinfan]

Paul Benedict - born in New Mexico, USA - was on "The Jeffersons."

[Joenoir]

Has anyone mentioned Leslie Howard yet, and of course Dick Van Dyke

[Steve Crook]

name='Joenoir']Has anyone mentioned Leslie Howard yet, and of course Dick Van Dyke

Read the thread

name='Steve Crook']

Leslie Howard was born in London to Hungarian parents

We try not to mention Dick Van Dyke's impersonation of a cockney



Steve

[Joenoir]

name='Steve Crook']Read the thread





We try not to mention Dick Van Dyke's impersonation of a cockney



Steve

You just have, Steve!

[Moor Larkin]

I think it is becoming clear that there are in fact no English actors.



All English people are in fact from somewhere else.



England, whose England?

[Steve Crook]

name='Moor Larkin']I think it is becoming clear that there are in fact no English actors.



All English people are in fact from somewhere else.



England, whose England?

I love articles like that where they pose a problem that nobody's concerned about and then ignore all the obvious answers to the questions they pose



Still, I suppose that writing articles like that keeps them from doing any damage



Steve

[stuart.scot]

Audrey Hepburn was Belgium born, but had a British father.

Olivia De Havilland and sister Joan Fontaine were born in Japan of British parents, but lived most of their lives in the U.S

Vivien Leigh and Cliff Richard were born in India

[Moor Larkin]

name='Steve Crook']

Still, I suppose that writing articles like that keeps them from doing any damage

The encouragement of Country Dancing is hardly 'not doing any damage'. This sort of behaviour should be stamped upon.

[wadsy]

Erroll Flynn!!!