The Stars

This is a list of celebrated actors and actresses who either starred in Gaumont or Gainsborough pictures, or had supporting roles in these films and then went on to achieve fame later in their careers.

A

George Arliss Peggy Ashcroft
  Arthur Askey Richard Attenborough

B Robert Beatty Honor Blackman
  Claire Bloom Dirk Bogarde
  Jack Buchanan  

C Phyllis Calvert Madeleine Carroll
  Petula Clark George Cole
  Gladys Cooper Cecily Courtneidge
  Noel Coward Roland Culver
  Constance Cummings  

D Frances Day Maurice Denham
  Michael Denison Diana Dors

E Jimmy Edwards

F Bud Flanagan & Chesney Allen Ian Fleming

G John Gielgud Stewart Granger
  Edmund Gwenn  

H Irene Handl Tommy Handley
  Cedric Hardwicke Robertson Hare
  Gordon Harker Kathleen Harrison
  Rex Harrison William Hartnell
  Jack Hawkins Charles Hawtrey
  Will Hay Dick Henderson
  Thora Hird Stanley Holloway
  Oscar Homolka Michael Hordern
  Edward Everett Horton Jack Hulbert
  Martita Hunt Walter Huston

J Gordon Jackson Glynis Johns
  Celia Johnson James Robertson Justice

K Boris Karloff Jean Kent

L Elsa Lanchester Harry Lauder
  Charles Laughton Peter Lawford
  Margaret Lockwood Herbert Lom
  Peter Lorre  

M Moore Marriott Herbert Marshall
  James Mason A E Mathews
  Jessie Mathews Siobhan McKenna
  Yehudi Menuhin Ray Milland
  Max Miller John Mills
  Richard Murdoch  

N Cathleen Nesbitt Anthony Newley
  Robert Newton Ivor Novello

P Lili Palmer Cecil Parker
  Nigel Patrick John Pertwee
  Nova Pilbeam Eric Portman
  Dennis Price  

R Claude Rains Basil Rathbone
  Michael Redgrave Michael Rennie
  Ralph Richardson Paul Robeson
  Flora Robson Patricia Roc
  Margaret Rutherford  

S Harry Secombe Alistair Sim
  Jean Simmons Anthony Steel
  Nora Swinburne  

T Terry Thomas Sybil Thorndike
  David Tomlinson  

V Conrad Veidt

W Jack Warner Wilfred Hyde White
  Googie Withers Michael Wilding
  Emlyn Williams Fay Wray

Z Mai Zetterling