John Halliday (civil Servant)
John Halliday may refer to: * John Halliday (actor) (1880–1947), American actor * John Halliday (ophthalmologist) (1871–1946), Australian doctor * John Halliday (footballer) (born 1880), English professional footballer * John Halliday (died 1805) (c. 1737–1805), British politician who sat in the House of Commons from 1775 to 1784 * John Halliday (died 1754) (c. 1709–1754), British politician who sat in the House of Commons in 1754 * John Halliday (cricketer) (1915–1945), English cricketer * John Halliday (civil servant), Deputy Under Secretary of State at the UK Home Office (1991–2001) See also * Jon Halliday, British historian * Johnny Hallyday Jean-Philippe Léo Smet (; 15 June 1943 – 5 December 2017), better known by his stage name Johnny Hallyday, was a French rock and roll and pop singer and actor, credited for having brought rock and roll to France. During a career spanning 57 ...

John Halliday (actor)
John Halliday (September 14, 1880 – October 17, 1947) was an American actor of stage and screen, who often played suave aristocrats and foreigners. Biography Halliday was born in Brooklyn, New York. In infancy, he moved with his parents to Europe, and he lived abroad until he was 18. He served with the British Army 1901-02 in the Boer War in South Africa. In 1905 Halliday, a civil/mining engineer from before his South Africa adventure, migrated to Nevada and dug up a fortune in gold nuggets and managed to lose the lot. After losing his money in the stock market in Sacramento, Halliday became an actor with a stock theater company headed by Nat Goodwin. He progressed from that group to touring the world as leading man in a troupe headed by T. Daniel Frawley. Making his Broadway debut in 1912 in Cecil Raleigh and Henry Hamilton's '' The Whip'', he became a familiar presence there, especially in sophisticated comedies such as W. Somerset Maugham's ''The Circle'' (1921), Vinc ...
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