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Birth Name: Tom Kirby Walls
Born: 18 February 1883 Died: 27 November 1949
Country of origin: 
United Kingdom
Relationship Status: Married
Partner: Hilary Edwards
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Comedy farceur Tom Walls is indelibly associated with the popular Aldwych Theatre farces of the 1920s and 1930s. Born in 1883, this English gent was a former constable and jockey before making his stage debut in 1905. As the star and producer of a succession of witty spoofs typically denigrating society's uppercrust, he often played the slick cad. Written expertly by Ben Travers and in tandem with fellow comic extraordinaires Ralph Lynn and Robertson Hare, the shows were chock full of sight gags, puns, double entendres and slapstick.
With Walls at the helm as director, a number of their successes were transferred to the 30s s
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3. Love Story (1944)
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4. The Master of Bankdam (1947)
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5. Johnny Frenchman (1945)
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1. Rookery Nook (1930)
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2. Foreign Affaires (1935)
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3. Second Best Bed (1938)
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4. Dirty Work (1934)
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5. Pot Luck (1936)
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1. A Night Like This (1932)
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