Alfie Bass

About

Stage, film and radio actor who appeared in the 1951 film, The Lavender Hill Mob, and the 1958 film, A Tale of Two Cities. Later in his career, he played roles in Moonraker and Revenge of the Pink Panther.

Before Fame

He worked as a tailor's apprentice, a messenger boy, and a shop-window display filler when he was 14.

Trivia

He joined the Middlesex regiment as a dispatch rider after WWII began.

Family Life

He was married to Beryl Bryson until his death in 1987. They had two children together.

Associated With

He began his acting career with Paul Robeson in the late 1930s film, Plant in the Sun.