Douglas Wakefield (actual first name was Albine but changed to Duggie for stage) (28 August 189914 April 1951) was a British

music hall Music hall is a type of British theatrical entertainment that was most popular from the early Victorian era, beginning around 1850, through the World War I, Great War. It faded away after 1918 as the halls rebranded their entertainment as Varie ...

performer and

film actor An actor (masculine/gender-neutral), or actress (feminine), is a person who portrays a character in a production. The actor performs "in the flesh" in the traditional medium of the theatre or in modern media such as film, radio, and television. ...

. He is often credited as Duggie Wakefield. He appeared in two films with sister-in-law

Gracie Fields Dame Gracie Fields (born Grace Stansfield; 9 January 189827 September 1979) was a British actress, singer and comedian. A star of cinema and music hall, she was one of the top ten film stars in Britain during the 1930s and was considered the h ...

, playing her brother in the 1933 comedy '' This Week of Grace''. In 1940 he starred in an espionage comedy-thriller, '' Spy for a Day''.Murphy p.30

Selected filmography

* '' This Week of Grace'' (1933) * '' Look Up and Laugh'' (1955) * '' The Penny Pool'' (1937) * ''

Calling All Crooks ''Calling All Crooks'' is a 1938 British comedy film directed by George Black (producer), George Black and starring Douglas Wakefield, Billy Nelson (English actor), Billy Nelson and Leslie Perrins. It was made by the Manchester-based Mancunian Fi ...

'' (1938) * '' Spy for a Day'' (1940)

References

Bibliography

* Murphy, Robert. ''British Cinema and the Second World War''. A&C Black, 2005.

External links

* * Duggie Wakefield and Thomas Thompson 1899 births 1951 deaths British male film actors Male actors from Kingston upon Hull {{UK-film-actor-stub