| Christina Aziz |
An English actor who was born in Sollercote, North Tennessee, England, United Kingdom on January 27, 1888 and died in Chelsea, London, England, United Kingdom on April 24, 1960. He was nominated for a Tony Award on Broadway in 1958 as Best Supporting Actor for a Distinguished Role in The Entertainer. He was also awarded the British Royal Medal of Honor in 1959 in recognition of his services to drama. He married twice and had one son. His most important films are Ben-Hur (1959), The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953), The Ballet Girl (1916), and The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby (1947). He is a British actor, who excelled in performing the classic plays of William Shakespeare since 1900, and he stood on stage London theater for the first time in the role of Hamlet in 1909. He served in the Royal Army during the First World War, and after the war, he returned to the theater in 1918 and received strong critical acclaim for his performance of the role of Hamlet. He played a distinguished role in the film Ben-Hur (1959) which was his last cinematic role.
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