James Carney (actor)

James Carney (16 January 1911 - 25 August 1955) was a British actor who played the lead in a series of television plays in the 1950s, notably The Scarlet Pimpernel which was the highest rated drama of 1950 and was repeated.[1] He died by self inflicted gunshot wound.[2][3] He was survived by his ex wife and three sons.[4]

Selected credits

References

  1. ^ "Television topics". Birmingham Weekly Post and Midland Pictorial. 17 February 1950. p. 6.
  2. ^ "Actor has strange end". The Sunday People. 28 August 1955. p. 7.
  3. ^ "Play of year points a lesson". Evening Standard. 8 December 1950. p. 9.
  4. ^ "Dead actor 'worried over son's schooling'". Evening Standard. 29 August 1955. p. 3.
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