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Russell Thorndike
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Brother of actresses
Sybil Thorndike
and
Eileen Thorndike
.
Was sister Sybil's biographer in 1950.
A cousin of actress
Brenda Dunrich
, whose mother was a Thorndike.
Along with
John Laurie
and
Esmond Knight
, he is one of only three actors other than
Laurence Olivier
himself to appear in all three Shakespearean films that Olivier directed:
Henry V (1944)
,
Hamlet (1948)
and
Richard III (1955)
.
Both he and his sister
Sybil Thorndike
appeared in films starring and directed by
Laurence Olivier
: he appeared in
Henry V (1944)
,
Hamlet (1948)
and
Richard III (1955)
while his sister appeared in
The Prince and the Showgirl (1957)
.
He played the husband of his real life sister
Sybil Thorndike
in
Macbeth (1922)
.
Father of
Daniel Thorndike
. It is possible that
Rosina Thorndike
is also one of his children as she has the same given name is his wife's mother.
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