Richard Vernon

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{{Short description|English actor (1925–1997)}}
{{other people|Richard Vernon}}
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{{infobox person
| name = Richard Vernon
| image = Colonel Smithers by Richard Vernon.jpg
| image size = Colonel Smithers by Richard Vernon.jpg
| caption = Richard Vernon in ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' (1964)
| birth_name = Richard Evelyn Vernon
| birth_date = {{birth date|1925|3|7|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Naivasha]], [[Kenya Colony]]
| death_date = {{death date and age|1997|12|4|1925|3|7|df=y}}
| death_place = [[Richmond upon Thames]], [[London]], England
| occupation = Actor
| yearsactive = 1949—1996
}}

'''Richard Evelyn Vernon''' (7 March 1925 – 4 December 1997) was an English [[actor]].<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/15753|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071217054420/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/15753|url-status=dead|archive-date=17 December 2007|title=Richard Vernon|website=ftvdb.bfi.org.uk|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref> He appeared in many [[film|feature films]] and [[television]] programmes, often in [[Aristocracy (class)|aristocratic]] or supercilious roles. Prematurely balding and greying, Vernon settled into playing archetypal middle-aged [[lord]]s and military types while still in his 30s.<ref name="Independent 13 Dec 1997"/> He is perhaps best known for originating the role of [[Slartibartfast]] in ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]''. Other notable roles included Edwin Oldenshaw in ''[[The Man in Room 17]]'' (1965-67), Sir James Greenley, alias "C" in ''[[The Sandbaggers]]'' (1978-80) and Sir Desmond Glazebrook in ''[[Yes Minister]]'' (1980-81) and its sequel series ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]'' (1987).

== Early life ==
Vernon was born in Kenya in 1925 to English parents. Vernon and his parents moved to England in 1937 where Vernon attended [[Reading School]] and [[Leighton Park School]] (both in [[Reading, Berkshire]]).<ref>Richard Vernon: Theatre & Performance Biographical File</ref> During the [[Second World War]] served in the [[Royal Navy]]. He trained as an actor at the [[Central School of Speech and Drama]].<ref name="Independent 13 Dec 1997">{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-richard-vernon-1288504.html|title=Obituary: Richard Vernon|date=13 December 1997|access-date=7 December 2016}}</ref>

== Career ==
In 1960, Vernon appeared in an [[The Citadel (1960 British miniseries)|adaptation]] of [[A.J. Cronin]]'s novel, ''[[The Citadel (novel)|The Citadel]]''. In 1961, he played the father in the BBC series, ''[[Stranger on the Shore (TV serial)|Stranger on the Shore]]''. An early leading role was as wartime agent-turned-criminologist Edwin Oldenshaw in the TV series ''[[The Man In Room 17/The Fellows (Late of Room 17)|The Man in Room 17]]'' (1965–66) and its sequel ''[[The Man In Room 17/The Fellows (Late of Room 17)|The Fellows]]'' (1967).<ref name="Independent 13 Dec 1997"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f5efab7|title=Fellows [26/06/1967] (1967)|website=BFI}}</ref> He also played a small role as [[List of James Bond allies in Goldfinger#Colonel Smithers|Colonel Smithers]], an executive of the [[Bank of England]], in a scene opposite [[Sean Connery]] and [[Bernard Lee]] in the 1964 [[James Bond (film series)|James Bond]] film ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'', discussing how [[Auric Goldfinger]] transports his gold overseas.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/film/id/504733/credits.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Goldfinger (1964) Credits|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref>

He played an unnamed 'city gent' reluctantly sharing a train compartment with [[the Beatles]] in ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'', planet designer [[Slartibartfast]] in the [[BBC]] radio and TV series ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'', the occasional character Sir Desmond Glazebrook in the TV series ''[[Yes Minister]]'' and ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]'', and Mr Becket in ''[[Sammy's Super T-Shirt]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=17638|title=Richard Vernon|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> He also appeared in the 1965 [[Morecambe and Wise]] film ''[[The Intelligence Men]]'' as patron of the arts Sir Edward Seabrook, Lord Bartelsham in ''[[Ripping Yarns]]'', and Squire Dale in the [[BBC Radio 4]] adaptation of ''[[The Small House at Allington]]''.<ref name=bfi/><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/895901/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Ripping Yarns (1976-79)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/9983ab3e5eaa413699bba0ed8442583d|title=Classic Serial: The Small House at Allington|date=7 October 1993|issue=3640|pages=109|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> He played Admiral Croft in the 1971 BBC television adaptation of ''[[Persuasion (1971 TV series)|Persuasion]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b7f6bead8|title=Persuasion Part 5 (1971)|website=BFI}}</ref> He played the urbane head of the Secret Intelligence Service Sir James Greenley in ITV political drama ''[[The Sandbaggers]]'' from 1978 to 1980. In 1986 he appeared in ''[[Paradise Postponed]]'', and voiced the professor Gus in ''[[The Giddy Game Show]]'' (1985-7),<ref name=bfi/> in addition to a [[Cameo appearance|cameo]] role (as Professor Jerry Coe) in the video for ''[[Experiment IV]]'' by [[Kate Bush]]. He also appeared in the final episode of Thames Television's production of ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' (1992) as Rumpole's exculpatory dentist, Lionel Leering, and in the last series of ''[[Lovejoy]]'' (1994) playing Tinker's brother-in-law.

On radio, in 1978 he played Sir Gerald Tarrant in a [[BBC World Service]] adaptation of the [[Modesty Blaise]] book ''[[Last Day in Limbo]]'' and Professor Misty in the [[BBC Radio 3]] [[sitcom]] [[Patterson (radio series)|''Patterson'']] in 1981.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/2c4f642a87574d52b3065aeb3701e1f5|title=Patterson|date=26 February 1981|issue=2990|pages=65|via=BBC Genome}}</ref> He also starred in the title role of [[Lord Emsworth]] in several BBC Radio 4 series of ''[[Blandings Castle|Blandings]]'' between 1985 and 1992.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://genome.ch.bbc.co.uk/d5935651e5fc4077bff5410fe756723f|title=Blandings|date=1 March 1990|issue=3455|pages=63|via=BBC Genome}}</ref>

In December of 1990 he began teaching a course on stage acting in [[Harare, Zimbabwe]]. He moved back to [[England]] in January of 1992.<ref>Wildlife Tourism by Myra L. Shackley · 1996</ref>

His final film appearance was a cameo at the end of the family film ''[[Loch Ness (film)|Loch Ness]]'', which was released in 1996.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/richard-vernon-p115355/filmography|title=Richard Vernon - Movies and Filmography|website=AllMovie}}</ref>

== Personal life and death ==
In 1955 he married actress Benedicta Leigh née Hoskyns. They had a daughter Sarah (1956) and a son, Thomas (1958). They divorced in 1990.

Vernon died of complications from [[Parkinson's disease]] on 4 December 1997.<ref name="Independent 13 Dec 1997"/>

==Filmography ==
===Film===
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* ''[[Stop Press Girl]]'' (1949) - (uncredited)
* ''[[Indiscreet (1958 film)|Indiscreet]]'' (1958) - Guide (uncredited)
* ''[[The Heart of a Man]]'' (1959) - Manager (uncredited)
* ''[[The Siege of Pinchgut]]'' (1959) - Under-Secretary
* ''[[Sapphire]]'' (1960) - Detective
* ''[[Clue of the Twisted Candle]]'' (1960) - Viney
* ''[[Village of the Damned (1960 film)|Village of the Damned]]'' (1960) - Sir Edgar Hargraves
* ''[[Foxhole in Cairo]]'' (1960) - General
* ''[[Cash on Demand]]'' (1961) - Pearson
* ''The [[Edgar Wallace Mysteries]]'' Film series (1962, ''The Share Out'') - John Crewe
* ''[[Reach for Glory]]'' (1962) - Dr. Aldrich
* ''[[Jigsaw (1962 film)|Jigsaw]]'' (1962) - (voice)
* ''[[We Joined the Navy]]'' (1962) - (uncredited)
* ''The Edgar Wallace Mysteries'' Film series (1963, ''[[Accidental Death (film)|Accidental Death]]'') - John Paxton
* ''[[Just for Fun (film)|Just for Fun]]'' (1963) - Prime Minister
* ''[[The Servant (1963 film)|The Servant]]'' (1963) - Lord Mounset
* ''[[Hot Enough for June]]'' (1964) - Roddinghead
* ''[[A Hard Day's Night (film)|A Hard Day's Night]]'' (1964) - Pompous man on train (Johnson)
* ''[[Goldfinger (film)|Goldfinger]]'' (1964) - Colonel Smithers
* ''[[The Counterfeit Constable]]'' (1964) (French title: ''Allez France!'') - Lord Brisburn
* ''[[The Tomb of Ligeia]]'' (1964) - Dr. Vivian
* ''[[The Yellow Rolls-Royce]]'' (1965) - Racecourse official (uncredited)
* ''[[The Intelligence Men]]'' (1965) - Sir Edward Seabrook
* ''[[The Secret of My Success (1965 film)|The Secret of My Success]]'' (1965) - Lord Hetherby
* ''[[The Early Bird]]'' (1965) - Sir Roger Wedgewood
* ''[[Goodbye, Mr. Chips]]'' (1969) - Chairman (uncredited)
* ''[[Song of Norway (film)|Song of Norway]]'' (1970) - Councilman
* ''[[She'll Follow You Anywhere]]'' (1971) - Andrew Coombes
* ''[[One Brief Summer]]'' (1971) - Hayward
* ''[[The Satanic Rites of Dracula]]'' (1973) - Mathews
* ''[[Adventures of a Taxi Driver]]'' (1976) - Gentleman (uncredited)
* ''[[The Pink Panther Strikes Again]]'' (1976) - Professor Hugo Fassbender
* ''[[Sammy's Super T-Shirt]]'' (1978) - Mr. Becket
* ''[[The Human Factor (1979 film)|The Human Factor]]'' (1979) - Sir John Hargreaves
* ''[[Oh! Heavenly Dog]]'' (1980) - Quimby Charles
* ''[[The Box (1981 film)|The Box]]'' (1981) - (voice)
* ''[[Evil Under the Sun (1982 film)|Evil Under the Sun]]'' (1982) - Flewitt
* ''[[Witness for the Prosecution (1982 film)|Witness for the Prosecution]]'' (1982) - Brogan-Moore, barrister
* ''[[Gandhi (film)|Gandhi]]'' (1982) - Sir [[Edward Albert Gait]]
* ''[[Night Train to Murder]]'' (1983) - Uncle Felix
* ''[[Lady Jane (1986 film)|Lady Jane]]'' (1986) - The Marquess of Winchester
* ''[[A Month in the Country (film)|A Month in the Country]]'' (1987) - Colonel Hebron
* ''[[Loch Ness (film)|Loch Ness]]'' (1996) - Aged professor (cameo) (final film role)
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===Television===
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* ''[[ITV Television Playhouse]]'' (1956–1963, 5 episodes) as Multiple roles
* ''[[ITV Play of the Week]]'' (1957–1966, 9 episodes) as Multiple roles
*''[[Probation Officer (TV series)|Probation Officer]]'' (1959–1960, 5 episodes) as Doctor Lessing
* ''[[No Hiding Place]]'' (1959–1961, 2 episodes) as John Eldin/Charles Lacey
* ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'' (1960–1962, 2 episodes) as Fellowes/Pascoe
* ''[[Emergency Ward 10]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Forrester
* ''[[Francis Storm Investigates]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Commodore Garwood
* ''[[Deadline Midnight (TV series)|Deadline Midnight]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Holroyd
* ''[[Boyd Q.C.]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Mr. Trottman
* ''[[Theatre 70]]'' (1960, 1 episode) as Mr. Pearson
* ''[[The Odd Man]]'' (1960, 5 episodes) as Charles Ormiston
* ''[[The Citadel (1960 TV series)|The Citadel]]'' (1960, 5 episodes) as Doctor Ivory
* ''[[Jango (TV series)|Jango]]'' (1961, 1 episode) as Parkinson
* ''[[Stranger on the Shore (TV serial)|Stranger on the Shore]]'' (1961, 6 episodes) as David Gough
* ''[[Stranger in the City (TV series)|Stranger in the City]]'' (1962, 6 episodes) as David Gough
* ''[[The Cheaters (TV series)|The Cheaters]]'' (1962, 1 episode) as Ken Northwood
* ''[[Saki (1962 TV series)|Saki]]'' (1962, 8 episodes) as The Major
* ''[[Maigret (1960 TV series)|Maigret]]'' (1962, 1 episode) as Philippe
* ''[[The Last Man Out]]'' (1962, 1 episode) as The Colonel
* ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' (1962, 1 episode) as Lord Matterley
* ''[[Harpers West One]]'' (1962, 1 episode) as Arthur Purvis
* ''[[Z Cars]]'' (1962, 1 episode) as Det. Chief Insp. Humphries
* ''[[It Happened Like This]]'' (1963, 1 episode) as Harker
* ''[[24-Hour Call]]'' (1963, 1 episode) as Wing Commander Battenby
* ''[[Walter and Connie]]'' (1963, 1 episode) as Mr. Johns
* ''[[The Saint (TV series)|The Saint]]'' (1963, 1 episode) as Sir John Ripwell
* ''[[The Plane Makers]]'' (1963, 2 episodes) as Keith Saville
* ''[[Crane (TV series)|Crane]]'' (1964, 1 episode) as Wolsey
* ''[[The Hidden Truth (TV series)|The Hidden Truth]]'' (1964, 1 episode) as William Anstruthe
* ''[[Here's Harry]]'' (1964, 1 episode) as Self
* ''[[The Marriage Lines]]'' (1964, 1 episode) as Mr. Renfrew-Smith
* ''[[The Man in Room 17]]'' (1965–1966, 26 episodes) as Edwin Oldenshaw
* ''[[The Fellows]]'' (1967, 13 episodes) as Edwin Oldenshaw
* ''[[ITV Playhouse]]'' (1967–1970, 3 episodes) as Multiple roles
* ''[[Comedy Playhouse]]'' (1968, 1 episode) as Sir Reginald Polk-Mowbray
* ''[[Mystery and Imagination]]'' (1968, 1 episode) as Professor Krempe
* ''[[Harry Worth (TV series)|Harry Worth]]'' (1968, 1 episode) as Mr. Gilmore
* ''[[The Man in Room 17]]'' (1968–1972, 3 episodes) as Multiple roles
* ''[[Thirty-Minute Theatre]]'' (1968, 1 episode) as Colonel O'Dwyer
* ''[[Journey to the Unknown]]'' (1969, 1 episode) as Sir Gerald Walters
* ''[[Department S (TV series)|Department S]]'' (1969, 1 episode) as Colonel Loring
* ''[[W. Somerset Maugham (TV series)|W. Somerset Maugham]]'' (1969, 1 episode) as Lord Kastellan
* ''[[Fraud Squad (TV series)|Fraud Squad]]'' (1970, 1 episode) as Sir Roy Prentiss
* ''[[Biography (1970 TV series)|Biography]]'' (1970, 1 episode) as Tycho Brahe
* ''[[UFO (TV series)|UFO]]'' (1971, 1 episode) as Stone
* ''[[Seasons of the Year]]'' (1971, 1 episode) as Lord Rudge
* ''[[Paul Temple (TV series)|Paul Temple]]'' (1971, 1 episode) as Carlton
* ''[[The Mind of Mr. J.G. Reeder]]'' (1971, 1 episode) as Major Olbude
* ''[[Brett (TV series)|Brett]]'' (1971, 1 episode) as Sutherland
* ''[[Albert and Victoria]]'' (1971, 1 episode) as Mr. Ridley
* ''[[The Persuaders!]]'' (1971, 1 episode) as Sir Maxwell Dean
* ''[[The Guardians (British TV series)|The Guardians]]'' (1971, 1 episode) as Face
* ''[[Hadleigh (TV series)|Hadleigh]]'' (1971–1976, 3 episodes) as Sir Geoffrey Osborne
* ''[[Persuasion (1971 TV series)|Persuasion]]'' (1971, 5 episodes) as Admiral Croft
* ''[[The Adventurer (TV series)|The Adventurer]]'' (1972, 1 episode) as Sir Richard McKenzie
* ''[[Softly, Softly: Taskforce]]'' (1972, 1 episode) as Sir Ralph Townley
* ''[[The Sextet (TV series)|The Sextet]]'' (1972, 8 episodes) as Multiple roles
* ''[[Man at the Top (TV series)|Man at the Top]]'' 1972, 2 episodes) as Lord Belmont
* ''[[Between the Wars (TV series)|Between the Wars]]'' (1973, 1 episode) as Morton
* ''[[Late Night Theatre]]'' (1973, 1 episode) as Morry Sheldon
* ''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]'' (1973, 1 episode) as Townsend
* ''[[Upstairs, Downstairs (1971 TV series)|Upstairs, Downstairs]]'' (1973, 2 episodes) as Major Cochrane-Danby
* ''[[Harriet's Back in Town]]'' (1973, 6 episodes) as Oliver Warburton
* ''[[Dolly (1973 TV series)|Dolly]]'' (1973, 2 episodes) as Mr. Hilary Musgrave
* ''[[Dial M for Murder (TV series)|Dial M for Murder]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as The Chief
* ''[[Justice (1971 TV series)|Justice]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as Lord Tilling
* ''[[Thriller (UK TV series)|Thriller]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as George Cornfield
* ''[[Village Hall (TV series)|Village Hall]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as Cedric Wellbeloved
* ''[[Affairs of the Heart (1974 TV series)|Affairs of the Heart]]'' (1974, 1 episode) as Colonel Chart
* ''[[Edward the Seventh]]'' (1975, 3 episodes) as Lord Salisbury
* ''[[Dawson's Weekly]]'' (1975, 1 episode) as Solicitor
* ''[[The Duchess of Duke Street]]'' (1976–1977, 18 episodes) as Major Smith-Barton
* ''[[Ripping Yarns]]'' (1976, 1 episode) as Lord Bartlesham
* ''[[The Cedar Tree]]'' (1977, 2 episodes) as Lord Evelyn Forbes
* ''[[Do You Remember? (TV series)|Do You Remember?]]'' (1978, 1 episode) as Lord Greenham
* ''[[The Sandbaggers]]'' (1978–1980, 12 episodes) as Sir James Greenley / "C"
* ''[[Yes Minister]] '' (1980–1981, 2 episodes) as Sir Desmond Glazebrook
* ''[[Bognor (TV series)|Bognor]]'' (1981, 6 episodes) as Lord Wharfedale
* ''[[Roger Doesn't Live Here Anymore]]'' (1981, 1 episode) as Judge
* ''[[The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy (TV series)|The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy]]'' (1981, 2 episodes) as Slartibartfast
* ''[[Legacy of Murder]]'' (1982, 6 episodes) as Roland Tolhurst
* ''[[L for Lester]]'' (1982, 5 episodes) as Mr. Davies
* ''[[Something in Disguise]]'' (1982, 5 episodes) as Herbert Browne-Lacey
* ''[[Strangers (1978 TV series)|Strangers]]'' (1982, 1 episode) as Sir Geoffrey
* ''[[Nanny (TV series)|Nanny]]'' (1982, 6 episodes) as Duke of Broughton
* ''[[The Boy Who Won the Pools]]'' (1983, 2 episodes) as Sir Malvern West
* ''[[Pig in the Middle]]'' (1983, 1 episode) as Lord Gathorne
* ''[[Leaving (TV series)|Leaving]]'' (1984, 6 episodes) as Mr. Chessington
* ''[[Roll Over Beethoven (TV series)|Roll Over Beethoven]]'' (1985, 13 episodes) as Oliver Purcell
* ''[[Summer Season (TV series)|Summer Season]]'' (1985, 1 episode) as Thompson
* ''[[Ladies in Charge]]'' (1986, 1 episode) as Lord Brampton
* ''[[Lytton's Diary]]'' (1986, 1 episode) as Duncan Anderson
* ''[[Paradise Postponed]]'' (1986, 9 episodes) as Sir Nicholas Fanner
* ''[[Chance in a Million]]'' (1986, 1 episode) as Uncle Evelyn
* ''[[The Return of the Antelope]]'' (1986–1988, 13 episodes) as Mr. Garstanton
* ''[[Last of the Summer Wine]]'' (1987, 1 episode) as The Vicar
* ''[[Yes, Prime Minister]]'' (1987, 1 episode) as Sir Desmond Glazebrook
* ''[[Hot Metal]]'' (1988, 1 episode) as Lord Gilbert
* ''[[A Gentleman's Club]]'' (1988, 6 episodes) as George
* ''[[Casualty (TV series)|Casualty]]'' (1988, 1 episode) as Dr. Richard Payton
* ''[[Helping Henry]]'' (1988, 6 episodes) as Cosmic 1
* ''[[The Storyteller (TV series)|The Storyteller]]'' (1988, 1 episode) as King
* ''[[About Face (TV series)|About Face]]'' (1989, 1 episode) as Bingham
* ''[[KYTV (TV series)|KYTV]]'' (1992, 1 episode) as Chester Chuckles
* ''[[The Camomile Lawn (TV serial)|The Camomile Lawn]]'' (1992, 2 episodes) as General Peachum
* ''[[Rumpole of the Bailey]]'' (1992, 1 epsidoe) as Lionel Leering
* ''[[Bonjour la Classe]]'' (1993, 1 episode) as Sir Lionel
* ''[[You Rang, M'Lord?]]'' (1993, 1 episode) as The Earl of Swaffham
* ''[[The Return of the Borrowers]]'' (1993, 3 episodes) as Mr. Pott
* ''[[Rides (British TV series)|Rides]]'' (1993, 1 episode) as Arthur Copthorne
* ''[[Frank Stubbs Promotes]]'' (1994, 1 episode) as Lord Dunstable
* ''[[Lovejoy (TV series)|Lovejoy]]'' (1994, 1 episode) as Roger Nettleton
* ''[[Class Act (British TV series)|Class Act]]'' (1994–1995, 14 episodes) as Sir Horace Mainwaring
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== References ==
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== External links ==
*{{IMDb name|id=0894710|name=Richard Vernon}}
*[https://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/obituary-richard-vernon-1288504.html Obituary], ''The Independent''
*[http://www.roguesandvagabonds.co.uk/cgi-bin/newslist.pl?bid=6561 Rogues & Vagabonds], daughter Sarah's theatre site

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