Brian Aherne

Birth Name:

William Brian de Lacy Aherne

Birth Place:

King's Norton, Worcestershire, England, United Kingdom

Profession

Actor, Soundtrack

Performed for the troops in Italy, France, Holland and Germany in 1945
Originally studied to be an architect at Malvern College, but because of his amateur acting experience in Birmingham, he soon earned a role in a revival of "Paddy the Next Big Thing" at the Savoy Theatre
Received some early stage training at Italia Conti Academy and had a few roles as a child, appearing on stage in Birmingham for the first time in a Pilgrim Players' production of "Fifinella․"
Generally played debonair, self-assured British gentleman in films, often as a straight man next to tempestuous characters played by glamorous actresses such as Katharine Hepburn and Bette Davis
On Broadway, he played Robert Browning in a 1931 production of "The Barretts of Wimpole Street․"
His Hollywood Hills property was abandoned after his divorce from Joan Fontaine, and for a time became a hippie enclave
Owned a plane and had a pilot's license to fly it
Published an autobiography called "A Proper Job" in 1969
Was featured in several articles in "Photoplay Magazine․"
Wrote a biography of his friend George Sanders that was published in 1979 and called "A Dreadful Man․"

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