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Tester (surname)
Tester, and variants Testar and Testard, is a surname of French origin, originally given as a nickname to one with a large head. The name may refer to: In the arts * Desmond Tester (1919–2002), Anglo-Australian actor * Ruth Tester (1903–1993), American actress * Scan Tester (1887–1972), English folk and country musician * William Tester (born 1960), American novelist In politics * John Tester (1835–1918), American politician and businessman * Jon Tester (born 1956), U.S. Senator from Montana Other people * Mark Tester (born 1963), Australian botanist * Ralph Tester Ralph Paterson Tester (2 June 1902 – May 1998) was an administrator at Bletchley Park, the British codebreaking station during World War II. He founded and supervised a section named the ''Testery'' for breaking Tunny (a Fish cipher). Backgroun ... (1902–1998), head of the Testery, a British codebreaking station at Bletchley Park References {{surname ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Desmond Tester
Sydney Desmond Tester (17 February 1919 – 31 December 2002) was an England, English film and television actor, Television presenter, host and executive. He was born in London, England, and started his career as child actor, among his most notable roles, was that of the ill-fated boy Stevie in the Alfred Hitchcock film ''Sabotage (1936 film), Sabotage'' (1936). Early life Tester made his first stage appearance at the age of 11, in ''The Merry Wives of Windsor'', 1930, receiving positive reviews from London; he also appeared as Emil in ''Emil and the Detectives''. From 1934 he became better known as a child actor in film in his native UK, Britain. Tester's characters were often doomed to untimely deaths in such early films as Carol Reed's ''Midshipman Easy'' (1935), ''Tudor Rose (film), Tudor Rose'' (1936), ''The Stars Look Down (film), The Stars Look Down'' (1939) and ''Sabotage (1936 film), Sabotage''. He was a musical prodigy in Robert Stevenson (director), Robert Stevenson' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |