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Louis Hayward
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Actor Born: March 19, 1909 in Johannesburg, South Africa Death: February 21, 1985 in Palm Springs, CA Biography:Born in South Africa, roguishly handsome leading man "Louis Hayward" was educated in England and the Continent. Hayward briefly managed a London nightclub before he went on stage as a protégé of playwright "Noel Coward". He co-starred in the London stage productions of several Broadway plays, among them Dracula and Another Language, and in 1933 made his screen bow in the British "Self Made Lady". Hayward came to Broadway in 1935 to star in Point Verlaine (1935), which won him a Hollywood contract. His first American film role of note was as the hero's father in the prologue of Warner Bros.' "Anthony Adverse" (1936). Hayward went on to play both heroes and heels, and sometimes a charming combination thereof. He starred as "Leslie Charteris"' soldier-of-fortune Simon Templar in the first and the last entries in the "Saint" "B"-picture series. He also thrived in costume swashbucklers, appearing twice as... Full Biography
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