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	He appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, including ''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' (1959), ''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)\|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'' (1971) and ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)\|The Day of the Jackal]]'' (1973). Britton won the [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] Award for Best Actor in 1975 for ''[[The Nearly Man]]''.		He appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, including ''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' (1959), ''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)\|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'' (1971) and ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)\|The Day of the Jackal]]'' (1973). Britton won the [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] Award for Best Actor in 1975 for ''[[The Nearly Man]]''.

	He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1977 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] outside London's Cafe Royal.~~{{Citation needed\|date=September 2021}}~~		He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)\|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1977 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] outside London's Cafe Royal.

	From 1983 to 1990, he starred with [[Nigel Havers]] and [[Dinah Sheridan]] in the BBC [[sitcom]] ''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)\|Don't Wait Up]]'', which became a highlight of his career.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tony-britton-death-age-cause-dont-wait-up-fern-this-morning-a9256851.html\|title=Tony Britton death: Don't Wait Up star and father of Fern Britton dies, aged 95\|website=The Independent\|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref> His other sitcom appearances included ''[[...And Mother Makes Five]]'', ''[[Father, Dear Father]]'' and as James Nicholls in ''[[Robin's Nest (TV series)\|Robin's Nest]]''.		From 1983 to 1990, he starred with [[Nigel Havers]] and [[Dinah Sheridan]] in the BBC [[sitcom]] ''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)\|Don't Wait Up]]'', which became a highlight of his career.<ref>{{cite web\|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tony-britton-death-age-cause-dont-wait-up-fern-this-morning-a9256851.html\|title=Tony Britton death: Don't Wait Up star and father of Fern Britton dies, aged 95\|website=The Independent\|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref> His other sitcom appearances included ''[[...And Mother Makes Five]]'', ''[[Father, Dear Father]]'' and as James Nicholls in ''[[Robin's Nest (TV series)\|Robin's Nest]]''.

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{{Infobox person
| name = Tony Britton
| image = Tony Britton Allan Warren.jpg
| caption = Portrait taken by [[Allan Warren]] in 1972
| birth_name = Anthony Edward Lowry Britton
| birth_date = 9 June 1924
| birth_place = [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]], England
| death_date = {{death date and age|2019|12|22|1924|6|9|df=yes}}
| spouse = Ruth Hawkins (m. 1948; divorced) <br />{{marriage|Eva Castle|1962|2008|end = died}}
| children = [[Fern Britton]]<br />[[Jasper Britton]]<br />Cherry (Hawkins) Britton<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=HY9qTwXDhlsC&q=tony+britton+actor+Ruth+Hawkins&pg=PA6|title=Hp Sauce My Ancestors' Legacy|first=Nigel|last=Britton|date=1 July 2013|publisher=AuthorHouse|isbn=9781481797047|via=Google Books}}</ref>
| awards = '''[[Broadcasting Press Guild|Broadcasting Press Guild Award for Best Actor]]''' <br /> 1975 ''[[The Nearly Man]]''
| yearsactive = 1952–2019
}}
'''Anthony Edward Lowry Britton''' (9 June 1924 – 22 December 2019) was an English actor. He appeared in a variety of films (including ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'') and television [[sitcom]]s (including ''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)|Don't Wait Up]]'' and ''[[Robin's Nest (TV series)|Robin's Nest]]''

He is the father of [[Television presenter|presenter]] [[Fern Britton]], scriptwriter Cherry Britton and actor [[Jasper Britton]].

==Life and career==
Britton was born in a room above the Trocadero [[public house]] in Temple Street, [[Birmingham]], [[Warwickshire]], the son of Doris Marguerite (née Jones) and Edward Leslie Britton.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.filmreference.com/film/30/Tony-Britton.html |title=Tony Britton Biography (1924-) |publisher=Filmreference.com |date=1924-06-09 |access-date=2014-04-18}}</ref> He attended Edgbaston Collegiate School, Birmingham and [[Thornbury Grammar School]], [[Gloucestershire]]. During the [[Second World War]] he served in the [[British Army|Army]] and he also worked for an [[estate agent]] and in an aircraft factory. He joined an [[amateur dramatics]] group in [[Weston-super-Mare]] and then turned professional, appearing on stage at [[the Old Vic]] and with the [[Royal Shakespeare Company]].

He appeared in numerous British films from the 1950s onwards, including ''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' (1959), ''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'' (1971) and ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'' (1973). Britton won the [[Broadcasting Press Guild]] Award for Best Actor in 1975 for ''[[The Nearly Man]]''.

He was the subject of ''[[This Is Your Life (British TV series)|This Is Your Life]]'' in 1977 when he was surprised by [[Eamonn Andrews]] outside London's Cafe Royal.{{Citation needed|date=September 2021}}

From 1983 to 1990, he starred with [[Nigel Havers]] and [[Dinah Sheridan]] in the BBC [[sitcom]] ''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)|Don't Wait Up]]'', which became a highlight of his career.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/tv/news/tony-britton-death-age-cause-dont-wait-up-fern-this-morning-a9256851.html|title=Tony Britton death: Don't Wait Up star and father of Fern Britton dies, aged 95|website=The Independent|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref> His other sitcom appearances included ''[[...And Mother Makes Five]]'', ''[[Father, Dear Father]]'' and as James Nicholls in ''[[Robin's Nest (TV series)|Robin's Nest]]''.

In September 2013 Sir [[Jonathan Miller]] directed a Gala Performance of [[William Shakespeare]]'s ''[[King Lear]]'' at [[the Old Vic]] in London. Britton played the Earl of Gloucester.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://bookings.oldvictheatre.com/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=16151 |title=The Old Vic | King Lear |publisher=Bookings.oldvictheatre.com |access-date=2014-04-18 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131029195502/http://bookings.oldvictheatre.com/single/PSDetail.aspx?psn=16151 |archive-date=2013-10-29 }}</ref>

Britton and his first wife Ruth (née Hawkins) had two children, scriptwriter Cherry Britton and TV presenter [[Fern Britton]]. Cherry was married to children's TV presenter [[Brian Cant]]. Fern is married to [[Phil Vickery (chef)|Phil Vickery]]. Britton's second wife was [[Denmark|Danish]] [[sculptor]] and member of the [[World War II|wartime]] [[Danish resistance]] Eva Castle Britton (née Skytte Birkfeldt).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.npg.org.uk/collections/search/person/mp142126/eva-castle-britton-nee-skytte-birkefeldt|title=Eva Castle Britton (née Skytte Birkefeldt)|website=National Portrait Gallery|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref> They had one son, actor [[Jasper Britton]].

Britton died on 22 December 2019, at the age of 95.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/entertainment-arts-50885272|title=Actor Tony Britton dies aged 95|date=22 December 2019|work=BBC News}}</ref><ref name="Fern Britton">{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Fern_Britton/status/1208690221828714502|title=Fern Britton at Twitter|website=[[Twitter]] |date=2019 |access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref>

==Films==
* ''[[Waterfront (1950 film)|Waterfront]]'' (1950) as Deck-Hand (uncredited)
* ''[[Cage of Gold]]'' (1950) as Nicky (uncredited)
* ''[[Salute the Toff]]'' (1952) as Draycott
* The Man who Stroked Cats (1955) as Tom Meredith ( Dir. by [[Anthony Pelissier]] with [[Peggy Anne Clifford]]) (short)
* ''[[Loser Takes All (film)|Loser Takes All]]'' (1956) as Tony
* ''[[The Birthday Present]]'' (1957) as Simon Scott
* ''[[Behind the Mask (1958 film)|Behind the Mask]]'' (1958) as Philip Selwood
* ''[[The Heart of a Man]]'' (1959) as Tony Carlisle
* ''[[Operation Amsterdam]]'' (1959) as Major Dillon
* ''[[The Rough and the Smooth]]'' (1959) as Mike Thompson
* ''[[The Last Winter (1960 film)|The Last Winter]]'' (1960) as Stephen Burton
* ''[[Suspect (1960 film)|Suspect]]'' (1960) as Robert Marriott
* ''[[The Break (1963 film)|The Break]]'' (1963) as Greg Parker
* ''[[Doctor Syn#The Scarecrow of Romney Marsh (1963)|Dr. Syn Alias the Scarecrow]]'' (1963) as Simon Bates
* ''[[There's a Girl in My Soup]]'' (1970) as Andrew Hunter
* ''[[Sunday Bloody Sunday (film)|Sunday Bloody Sunday]]'' (1971) as George Harding
* ''[[Mr. Forbush and the Penguins]]'' (1971) as George Dewport
* ''[[The Day of the Jackal (film)|The Day of the Jackal]]'' (1973) as Superintendent Brian Thomas
* ''[[Night Watch (1973 film)|Night Watch]]'' (1973) as Tony
* ''[[The People That Time Forgot (film)|The People That Time Forgot]]'' (1977) as Captain Lawton
* ''[[Agatha (film)|Agatha]]'' (1979) as William Collins
* ''[[Countdown to War]]'' (1989) as Sir [[Nevile Henderson]]<ref>{{cite book|title=The Listener|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=o9VBAQAAIAAJ|date=September 1989|publisher=British Broadcasting Corporation|page=39}}</ref>
* ''[[Run for Your Wife (2012 film)|Run for Your Wife]]'' (2012) as Man on Bus (final film role)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jeffreyholland.co.uk/Jeffrey_Holland/Run_For_Your_Wife_Premiere.html|title=Run For Your Wife|website=Jeffrey Holland|access-date=22 December 2019}}</ref>

==Television==
* ''[[Melissa (1964 TV series)|Melissa]]'' (1964)
* ''[[The Saint (TV series)]] |Episode - The Organisation Man. Jonathan Roper]]'' (1968)
*''[[Marked Personal]]'' (1974)<ref name="Guardian obit">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/dec/22/tony-britton-british-actor-dies-aged-95|title=British actor Tony Britton dies aged 95|website=The Guardian|date=22 December 2019|author=Haroon Siddique}}</ref>
*''[[The Nearly Man]]'' (1975)<ref name="Guardian obit" />
*''[[...And Mother Makes Five]]'' (1975)<ref name="Guardian obit" />
*''[[Robin's Nest (TV series)|Robin's Nest]]'' (1977–1981)<ref name="Guardian obit" />
*''[[Don't Wait Up (TV series)|Don't Wait Up]]'' (1983–1990)<ref name="Guardian obit" />
*''[[Strangers and Brothers (TV series)|Strangers and Brothers]]'' (1984)<ref name="Guardian obit" />
*''[[Don't Tell Father (1992 TV series)|Don't Tell Father]]'' (1992)<ref name="Guardian obit" />
*''[[The Royal]]'' (2006)<ref name="Guardian obit" />

==References==
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==External links==
* {{IMDb name | id = 0110231 | name = Tony Britton }}
* [http://www.bris.ac.uk/theatrecollection/search/people_sub_plays_all?forename=Tony&surname=BRITTON&job=Actor&pid=1474&image_view=Yesamp;x=19amp;y=17 Performances listed in Theatre Archive University of Bristol]

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