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	~~\| name = Arnold Ridley~~		\| image = Arnold Ridley 1921.jpg
	\| image = ~~File:~~Arnold Ridley 1921.jpg
	\| caption = Ridley in 1921		\| caption = Ridley in 1921
	\| honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]		\| honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire\|OBE]]
	\| birth_name = William Arnold Ridley		\| birth_name = William Arnold Ridley
	\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1896\|01\|7\|df=yes}}		\| birth_date = {{Birth date\|1896\|01\|07\|df=yes}}
	\| birth_place = [[Walcot, Bath]], [[Somerset]], England.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=95249518:4282&d=bmd_1632301591 \|title=Birth Index entry \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|work=[[FreeBMD]] \|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] \|access-date=6 October 2021 \|quote=Register of Births: Jan-Feb-Mar 1896. Surname: Ridley. Given Name: William Arnold. District: Bath. Volume: 5c. Page: 543.}}</ref>		\| birth_place = [[Walcot, Bath]], [[Somerset]], England.<ref>{{cite web \|url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=95249518:4282&d=bmd_1632301591 \|title=Birth Index entry \|author=<!--Not stated--> \|work=[[FreeBMD]] \|publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] \|access-date=6 October 2021 \|quote=Register of Births: Jan-Feb-Mar 1896. Surname: Ridley. Given Name: William Arnold. District: Bath. Volume: 5c. Page: 543.}}</ref>
	\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1984\|03\|12\|1896\|01\|07\|df=yes}}		\| death_date = {{Death date and age\|1984\|03\|12\|1896\|01\|07\|df=yes}}
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{{short description|English playwright and actor}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Arnold Ridley
| image = File:Arnold Ridley 1921.jpg
| caption = Ridley in 1921
| honorific_suffix = [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]]
| birth_name = William Arnold Ridley
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1896|01|7|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Walcot, Bath]], [[Somerset]], England.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?scan=1&r=95249518:4282&d=bmd_1632301591 |title=Birth Index entry |author= |work=[[FreeBMD]] |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=6 October 2021 |quote=Register of Births: Jan-Feb-Mar 1896. Surname: Ridley. Given Name: William Arnold. District: Bath. Volume: 5c. Page: 543.}}</ref>
| death_date = {{Death date and age|1984|03|12|1896|01|07|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[Northwood, London|Northwood]], [[London Borough of Hillingdon]], England.<ref>
{{cite web |url=https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/information.pl?cite=VK8HMkO0mcr65qzruKiPPQ&scan=1 |title=Death Index entry |author= |work=[[FreeBMD]] |publisher=[[Office for National Statistics]] |access-date=6 October 2021 |quote=Register of Deaths: 1984. Surname: Ridley. Given Name: William Arnold. DoB: 07 Ja 1896. District: Hillingdon. Registered: 06.84. Volume: 13. Page: 0934.}}</ref>
| years_active = 1918–1984
| nationality = British
| occupation = Actor, playwright
| alma_mater = [[University of Bristol]]
| spouse = Hilda Kathleen Mary Cooke (m. 1926–1939), {{marriage|Isola Strong |1939}}, {{marriage|Althea Parker |1945}}
| resting_place = [[Bath Abbey Cemetery]], [[Widcombe]], Somerset, England
| children = 1
| relatives = [[Daisy Ridley]] (great-niece)
| module = {{Infobox military person
| embed = yes
| allegiance = {{Flag|United Kingdom}}
| branch = {{army|United Kingdom}}
| servicenumber = 103363
| serviceyears = {{Plainlist|
* 1915–1917
* 1939–1940
* 1940–1944}}
| unit = [[Somerset Light Infantry]] Caterham Home Guard
| rank = [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|Captain]]
| battles = [[World War I|First World War]]
*[[Battle of the Somme]]
[[World War II|Second World War]]
*[[Battle of France]]}}
| awards =
}}
'''William Arnold Ridley''', [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] (7 January 1896 – 12 March 1984) was an English [[playwright]] and actor, earlier in his career known for writing the play ''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]'' and later in life in the British TV sitcom ''[[Dad's Army]]'' (1968–1977) as the elderly bumbling [[Private Godfrey]], as well as in spin-offs including the [[Dad's Army (1971 film)|feature film version]] and the [[Dad's Army (stage show)|stage production]].

He is the great-uncle of actress [[Daisy Ridley]].

==Early life==

William Arnold Ridley was born in [[Walcot, Bath]], Somerset, England, the son of Rosa Caroline (née Morrish, 1870–1956) and William Robert Ridley (1871–1931).<ref name="Imperial War Museum">{{cite web|title=Lance Corporal William Arnold Ridley|url=https://livesofthefirstworldwar.org/lifestory/3740819|website=Lives of the First World War|publisher=Imperial War Museum|access-date=1 March 2016}}</ref> His father was a gymnastics instructor and ran a boot and shoe shop. He attended the Clarendon School and the [[Beechen Cliff School|Bath City Secondary School]] where he was a keen sportsman. A graduate of the [[University of Bristol]],<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.somersetlive.co.uk/news/somerset-news/dads-armys-private-godfrey-played-1671093|title=Bath actor to appear on special edition Dad's Army stamps|first=Nancy Connolly, Senior news and features|last=reporter|date=13 June 2018|website=somersetlive.co.uk}}</ref> he studied at the Education Department, and played [[Hamlet]] in a student production. Ridley undertook teaching practice at an Elementary School in Bristol.<ref name=Ghost>{{cite book|year=2009|author=Ridley, Nicholas |isbn=978-1-906132-98-9|title=Godfrey's Ghost From Father to Son|publisher=Mogzilla Life}}</ref>

==Military service==

Ridley was a student teacher and had made his theatrical debut in ''Prunella'' at the [[Theatre Royal, Bristol]] when he volunteered for service with the [[British Army]] on the outbreak of the [[World War I|First World War]] in August 1914. He was initially rejected because of a [[hammer toe]].<ref name=heroics>[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/2461831/Dads-Army-stars-First-World-War-heroics.html Dad's Army star's First World War heroics], ''[[The Daily Telegraph]]'', 26 July 2008</ref> In 1915 he enlisted as a [[Private (rank)|Private]] with the [[Somerset Light Infantry]]. He saw active service in the war, sustaining several wounds in close-quarter battle. His left hand was left virtually useless by wounds sustained on the [[Battle of the Somme|Somme]];<ref name=heroics/><ref>"Godfrey's secret war horror" p13 of [[Sunday Telegraph]] (Issue 2,459- dated 27 July 2008)</ref> his legs were riddled with shrapnel; he received a bayonet wound in the groin; and the legacy of a blow to the head from a German soldier's rifle butt left him prone to blackouts after the war.<ref name=heroics/><ref name="radio46Jul12">[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b01kblth Excusing Private Godfrey], BBC Radio 4, 2012-07-06.</ref> He was medically discharged from the army with the rank of [[Lance Corporal]] in 1916.<ref>Ridley's WW1 medal index card at The National Archive, Kew Surrey. Document code: WO 372/17/728.</ref>

Ridley rejoined the army in 1939 following the outbreak of the [[World War II|Second World War]].<ref name=radio46Jul12 /> He was [[commissioned officer|commissioned]] into the General List on 7 October 1939 as a [[second lieutenant]].<ref name="LG 10 November 1939">{{London Gazette |issue=34732 |date=10 November 1939 |page=7633 |supp=y }}</ref> He served with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] in France during the "[[Phoney War]]", employed as a "Conducting Officer" tasked with supervising journalists who were visiting the front line. In May 1940,<ref name="BBC">[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35491036 The real-life wars of Dad's Army actor Arnold Ridley.] Bethan Bell, [[BBC News]], 5 February 2016. Retrieved 5 February 2016.</ref> Ridley returned to Britain on the overcrowded destroyer [[HMS Vimiera (1917)|HMS ''Vimera'']], which was the last British ship to escape from the harbour during the [[Battle of Boulogne (1940)|Battle of Boulogne]].<ref name="cambridgeairforce">{{cite web |url=http://www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz/DadsArmy_Arnolds_Wars.html |title=Arnold Ridley's REAL WARS |last1=Homewood |first1=Dave |date=2008 |website=www.cambridgeairforce.org.nz |publisher=Wings Over New Zealand |access-date=4 May 2014}}</ref> Shortly afterwards, he was discharged from the Armed Forces on health grounds.<ref name=radio46Jul12 /> He relinquished his commission as a [[Captain (British Army and Royal Marines)|captain]] on 1 June 1940.<ref name="LG 28 May 1940">{{London Gazette |issue=34861 |date=28 May 1940 |page=3268 |supp=y }}</ref> He subsequently joined the [[Home Guard (United Kingdom)|Home Guard]],<ref name="radio46Jul12" /> in his home town of [[Caterham]], and [[ENSA]], with which he toured the country.<ref name="cambridgeairforce"/> He described his wartime experiences on ''[[Desert Island Discs]]'' in 1973.<ref>[http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p009n8fn Interview with Roy Plomley on Desert Island Discs, 1973] "Desert Island Discs", BBC radio, 1973, retrieved 8 February 2016</ref><ref>[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-35491036 The real-life wars of Arnold Ridley], BBC News website, retrieved 8 February 2016</ref>

==Acting career==

After his medical discharge from the army in 1916, Ridley commenced a career as a professional actor. In 1918 he joined the company of the [[Birmingham Repertory Theatre]], staying for two years and playing 40 parts before moving on to [[Plymouth]], where he took a break from the stage when his war injuries began to trouble him.<ref name="auto"/>

After being stranded for an evening at [[Mangotsfield railway station]], near Bristol, Ridley was inspired to write the play ''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]'' (1923),<ref name="radio46Jul12" /> a tale of passengers stranded at a haunted railway station in [[Cornwall]], with one of the characters being an incognito British Government agent trying to catch [[Bolshevik]] revolutionaries active in Great Britain. The play was produced on stage, and became a hit, with 665 performances being staged consecutively in London's West End, and two revivals. ''The Ghost Train'' was first [[The Ghost Train (1931 film)|filmed in 1931]] and again [[The Ghost Train (1941 film)|in 1941]] when it starred [[Arthur Askey]]. Ridley also wrote more than 30 other plays including ''[[The Wrecker (play)|The Wrecker]]'' (1924), ''Keepers of Youth'' (1929), ''[[The Flying Fool (play)|The Flying Fool]]'' (1929) and ''Recipe for Murder'' (1932).<ref>Obituary, ''The Times'', 14 March 1984</ref><ref>Amnon Kabatchnik ''Blood on the Stage, 1975–2000: Milestone Plays of Crime'' 2012 -. – Page 554 "A dastardly blackmailer is shot and poisoned simultaneously in Arnold Ridley's Recipe for Murder (1932)."</ref>

During his time in military service in the Second World War he adapted the [[Agatha Christie]] novel ''Peril at End House'' into a [[Peril at End House (play)|West End play]] that premiered in 1940. Ridley's post-war play, ''Beggar My Neighbour'', was first performed in 1951<ref>[http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/ridley-arnold.html "Plays by Arnold Ridley"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830121635/http://www.doollee.com/PlaywrightsR/ridley-arnold.html |date=30 August 2017 }}, Doollee website</ref> and adapted for the [[Ealing Comedies|Ealing Comedy]] film ''[[Meet Mr. Lucifer]]'' (1953).

Ridley worked regularly as an actor, including an appearance in the British comedy ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' (1964). He also played Doughy Hood, the village baker, in the radio soap opera ''[[The Archers]]'' and the Rev. Guy Atkins in the [[Associated Television|ATV]] soap ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' from the programme's inception in 1964 until 1968. However, he became a household name only after he was cast as [[Private Godfrey]], the gentle platoon medic in the television comedy series ''[[Dad's Army]]'' (1968–1977). He continued to appear into his eighties, and was appointed an [[Officer of the Order of the British Empire|OBE]] in the 1982 Queen's New Year Honours List, for services to the theatre.<ref name="auto"/>

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]''<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gxpGME3OYw8, ''Arnold Ridley, ''This Is Your Life''], Thames Television'', 1976</ref> in 1976 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] at London's [[Marylebone Station]].

==Personal life==

Ridley was married three times. His first marriage lasted from January 1926 to 1939, and was followed by a short marriage to Isola Strong, an actress (''[[It's Hard to Be Good]]''), at [[Kensington]] in 1939,<ref>Nicolas Ridley ''Godfrey's Ghost'', Mogzilla, 2009 pp.191–93</ref> before his final marriage to actress Althea Parker (1911–2001) on 3 October 1945;<ref>Nicolas Ridley ''Godfrey's Ghost'', Mogzilla, 2009 p.194</ref> they had one son, Nicolas (born 1947).<ref>Nicolas Ridley ''Godfrey's Ghost'', Mogzilla, 2009 p.1</ref> He was a [[Freemason]], and belonged to the [[Savage Club#The Savage Club Masonic Lodge|Savage Club Lodge]] in London.<ref>See reference on the Lodge's [http://www.savageclublodge.com official website].</ref><ref>Report of actor's son, Nicolas Ridley, [http://www.actonw3.com/default.asp?section=info&page=congodfreysghost001.htm discussing] his father.</ref><ref>Report in UGLE magazine [http://www.mqmagazine.co.uk/issue-11/p-20.php ''MQ''].</ref> The actress [[Daisy Ridley]] is his great niece.<ref name="BBC" />

A keen rugby player in his youth, he was President of Bath Rugby 1950–52.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bathrugbyheritage.org/content/heritage-topics/people/administrators/bath-president-1950-1952-william-arnold-ridley-obe|title=Ridley William Arnold OBE MM}}</ref>

==Death==

Ridley died in hospital in [[Northwood, London|Northwood]] in 1984 at the age of 88 after falling at his residence in [[Denville Hall]], a home for retired actors.<ref>''The Times'', death announcement, 13 March 1984</ref> His body was cremated at the [[Golders Green Crematorium]] and an urn holding his ashes was buried in his parents' grave at [[Bath Abbey Cemetery]].<ref name="radio46Jul12" /> His collection of theatrical memorabilia was left to the University of Bristol and has been made available online.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/bristol/somerset/7173762.stm|title=Dad's Army star's archive online|date=11 September 2018|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/ridley.html|title=Arnold Ridley Archive - Theatre Collection - University of Bristol|first=University of|last=Bristol|website=www.bris.ac.uk}}</ref>

==Works==
===Plays===
*''[[The Ghost Train (play)|The Ghost Train]]'' (1923)
*''[[The Wrecker (play)|The Wrecker]]'' (with [[Bernard Merivale]], 1924)
*''Old Leeds'' (1928)
* ''[[The Flying Fool (play)|The Flying Fool]]'' (with Bernard Merivale, 1929)
*''Keepers of Youth'' (1929) ([[Keepers of Youth|filmed in 1931]])
*''Third Time Lucky'' (1932)
*''Half a Crown'' (1934)
*''Recipe for Murder'' (1936)
*''[[Peril at End House (play)|Peril at End House]]'' (1945, from Agatha Christie novel)
*''Easy Money'' (1948)
*''East of Ludgate Hill'' (1950)
*''Murder Happens'' (1951)
*''The Return'' (1953)
*''Mrs Tredruthan's Son'' (1953)
*''Beggar My Neighbour'' (1953)
*''Geranium'' (1954)
*''Tabitha'' (1956) (written with Mary Cathcart Borer)<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=5g2PBAAAQBAJ&q=tabitha+arnold+ridley+london+stage+1950-1959&pg=PA419|title=The London Stage 1950-1959: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|first=J. P.|last=Wearing|date=16 September 2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780810893085|via=Google Books}}</ref>
*''You, My Guests'' (1956)
*''Bellamy'' (1960)
*''Hercule Poirot Strikes'' (1967, from Agatha Christie novel)<ref>from [[WorldCat]]</ref>

===Film adaptations (original author)===
*''[[Ghost Train (1927 film)|Ghost Train]]'', directed by [[Géza von Bolváry]] (1927, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[The Wrecker (1929 film)|The Wrecker]]'', directed by Géza von Bolváry (1929, based on the play ''The Wrecker'')
*''[[The Flying Fool (1931 film)|The Flying Fool]]'', directed by [[Walter Summers]] (1931, based on the play ''The Flying Fool'')
*''[[Third Time Lucky (1931 film)|Third Time Lucky]]'', directed by [[Walter Forde]] (1931, based on the play ''Third Time Lucky'')
*''[[The Ghost Train (1931 film)|The Ghost Train]]'', directed by Walter Forde (1931, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[Keepers of Youth]]'', directed by [[Thomas Bentley]] (1931, based on the play ''Keepers of Youth'')
*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Kísértetek vonata|it}}'', directed by {{Interlanguage link multi|Lajos Lázár|it}} (Hungary, 1933, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''Trenul fantoma'', directed by Jean Mihail (Romania, 1933, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[The Warren Case]]'', directed by Walter Summers (1934, based on the play ''The Last Chance'')
*''{{Interlanguage link multi|Un train dans la nuit|fr}}'', directed by [[René Hervil]] (France, 1934, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[Blind Justice (1934 film)|Blind Justice]]'', directed by [[Bernard Vorhaus]] (1934, based on the play ''Recipe for Murder'')
*''[[Seven Sinners (1936 film)|Seven Sinners]]'', directed by [[Albert de Courville]] (1936)
*''[[East of Ludgate Hill]]'', directed by [[Manning Haynes]] (1937, based on the play ''East of Ludgate Hill'')
*''[[De Spooktrein]]'', directed by [[Karel Lamač]] (Netherlands, 1939, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[Shadowed Eyes]]'', directed by [[Maclean Rogers]] (1940)
*''[[The Ghost Train (1941 film)|The Ghost Train]]'', directed by Walter Forde (1941, based on the play ''The Ghost Train'')
*''[[Easy Money (1948 film)|Easy Money]]'', directed by [[Bernard Knowles]] (1948, based on the play ''Easy Money'')
*''[[Meet Mr. Lucifer]]'', directed by [[Anthony Pelissier]] (1953, based on the play ''Beggar My Neighbour'')
*''[[Who Killed the Cat?]]'', directed by [[Montgomery Tully]] (1966, based on the play ''Tabitha'')

===Screenwriter===
*''The Flying Fool'' (dir. Walter Summers, 1931)
*''[[Royal Eagle]]'' (dir. [[George A. Cooper (director)|George A. Cooper]], 1936)
*''East of Ludgate Hill'' (dir. [[Manning Haynes]], 1937)
*''Shadowed Eyes'' (dir. [[Maclean Rogers]], 1940)

==Filmography==
===Films===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1949 || ''[[The Interrupted Journey]]'' || Mr Saunders || Uncredited
|-
| 1951 || ''[[Green Grow the Rushes (film)|Green Grow the Rushes]]'' || Tom Cuffley ||
|-
| 1952 || ''[[Stolen Face]]'' || Dr Russell ||
|-
| 1963 || ''Wings of Mystery'' || Mr Bell || [[Children's Film Foundation]]
|-
| 1964 || ''[[Crooks in Cloisters]]'' || Newsagent ||
|-
| 1966 || ''[[A Man for All Seasons (1966 film)|A Man for All Seasons]]'' || Innkeeper || Uncredited
|-
| 1971 || ''[[Dad's Army (1971 film)|Dad's Army]]'' || Private Godfrey ||
|-
| 1973 || ''[[Carry On Girls]]'' || Alderman Pratt ||
|-
| 1975 || ''[[The Amorous Milkman]]'' || Cinema Attendant ||
|}

===Television===
{| class="wikitable"
! Year !! Title !! Role !! Notes
|-
| 1959 || ''[[Charlesworth (TV series)|Charlesworth]]'' || Bank Clerk ||
|-
|1964–1968 || ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'' || Rev. Guy Atkins ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | 1967
| ''[[The Avengers (TV series)|The Avengers]]'' || Elderly Gentleman || Episode: ''Never, Never Say Die''
|-
| ''[[Z Cars]]'' || Gardener || Episode: ''I Never Meant to Drop Him: Part 1''
|-
| ''[[Coronation Street]]'' || Herbert Whittle ||
|-
|''[[Mrs Thursday]]''
|Director
|
|-
|''[[Beggar My Neighbour (TV series)|Beggar My Neighbour]]''
|Man
|2 episodes
|-
|1968–1977 || ''[[Dad's Army]]'' || [[Private Godfrey]] || 80 episodes, (final appearance)
|-
| rowspan="4" |1968
|''[[Theatre 625]]''
|Tunicliffe
|
|-
|''[[The War of Darkie Pilbeam]]''
|Hospital patient
|
|-
|''[[The Very Merry Widows]]''
|Sir Frederick Snayle, QC
|
|-
|''[[The Caesars (TV series)|The Caesars]]''
|Nigrinus
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1969
|''The Contenders''
|Walrus
|
|-
|''[[Out of the Unknown]]''
|Munnings
|
|-
|''[[Special Branch (TV series)|Special Branch]]''
|Mr. Turner
|
|-
| rowspan="3" |1970
|''[[As Good Cooks Go]]''
|Mr. Charmers
|
|-
|''[[The Doctors (1969 TV series)|The Doctors]]''
|Percy
|
|-
|''[[W. Somerset Maugham]]''
|London Club Waiter
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|-
| rowspan="2" |1971
|''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]''
|Guy Atkins
|
|-
|''[[The Flaxton Boys]]''
|Mr. Mooney
|
|-
| 1972 || ''[[The Persuaders!]]'' || Uncle Rodney || Episode: ''The Ozerov Inheritance''
|-
|1973
|''[[Thriller (British TV series)|Thriller]]''
|1st Old Man
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|-
|1975
|''Hogg’s Back''
|Old Man
|
|}

==References==
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==External links==
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*[https://www.brentonfilm.com/articles/arnold-ridley-collectors-guide Arnold Ridley Collectors’ Guide] at Brenton Film
*[http://www.bristol.ac.uk/theatre-collection/explore/theatre/arnold-ridley-archive/ Arnold Ridley Archive] in the [[University of Bristol Theatre Collection]]
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