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Anthony Bushell

Anthony Bushell
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Born Anthony Arnatt Bushell
(1904-05-19)19 May 1904
Westerham, Kent, England
Died 2 April 1997(1997-04-02) (aged 92)
Oxford, Oxfordshire, England
Occupation Actor
Years active 1929–1964
Spouse(s) Zelma O'Neal (1928–1935)

Anthony Arnatt Bushell (19 May 1904 – 2 April 1997) was an English film actor and director, who appeared in 56 films between 1929 and 1961. He played Colonel Breen in the BBC serial Quatermass and the Pit (1958–59), and also appeared in and directed various British TV series such as Danger Man.

Bushell was born in Westerham, Kent and was educated at Magdalen College School, and then Hertford College, Oxford, where he was the stroke on the college rowing eight and belonged to the Hypocrites Club. After Oxford, he trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art and got his start on stage from Sir Gerald du Maurier, making his theatrical debut in Sardou's Diplomacy at the Adelphi Theatre in 1924.

Bushell worked in the U.S. for a time in 1927-28, touring in Her Cardboard Lover with Jeanne Eagels.

In 1928 he met American actress Zelma O'Neal (1903–1989), who was performing on the London stage in the musical Good News. They married in New York on 22 November 1928, when he was appearing on Broadway in Maugham's The Sacred Flame and she was preparing to open in the musical Follow Thru.George Arliss saw Bushell on Broadway the play and when he was cast as the lead in his first talkie, the American 1929 film Disraeli, recommended Bushell for the role of Disraeli's young rival Charles Deeford.


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