George Selway (21 February 1924 – May 1994) was an

English English usually refers to: * English language * English people English may also refer to: Peoples, culture, and language * ''English'', an adjective for something of, from, or related to England ** English national ide ...

actor who had a lengthy career in film and television. He was married to and later separated from English actress

Patricia Greene Patricia Honor Greene (born 1931) is an English radio, television and film actress, who is best known as matriarch Jill Archer in radio serial ''The Archers''. She has played the role continuously since 1957, making her the world's longest ser ...

, of ''

The Archers ''The Archers'' is a BBC radio drama on BBC Radio 4, the corporation's main spoken-word channel. Broadcast since 1951, it was famously billed as "an everyday story of country folk" and is now promoted as "a contemporary drama in a rural settin ...

'' radio serial fame. Coincidentally, he played a police sergeant in two films starring

Hayley Mills Hayley Catherine Rose Vivien Mills (born 18 April 1946) is an English actress. The daughter of Sir John Mills and Mary Hayley Bell, and younger sister of actress Juliet Mills, she began her acting career as a child and was hailed as a promising ...

: ''

Tiger Bay Tiger Bay ( cy, Bae Teigr) was the local name for an area of Cardiff which covered Butetown and Cardiff Docks. Following the building of the Cardiff Barrage, which dams the tidal rivers, Ely and Taff, to create a body of water, it is re ...

'' (1959) and ''

Sky West and Crooked ''Sky West and Crooked'' (known in the United States as ''Gypsy Girl'') is a 1966 British romantic drama film starring Hayley Mills. The film was directed by her father, John Mills, and was co-written by her mother, Mary Hayley Bell. The titl ...

'' (1966); between which films he played a third, in ''

House of Mystery (1961 film) ''House of Mystery'' is a 1961 British supernatural mystery film. It was based on a play director Vernon Sewell had filmed three times before.John Hamilton, ''The British Independent Horror Film 1951-70'' Hemlock Books 2013 p 96-98 It was known ...

Selected filmography

* '' The Secret Place'' (1957) * ''

'' (1959) * ''

'' (1961) * ''

'' (1966) * ''

Maroc 7 ''Maroc 7'' is a 1967 British thriller film directed by Gerry O'Hara and starring Gene Barry, Elsa Martinelli, Leslie Phillips and Denholm Elliott. The screenplay concerns an international jewel thief who hatches a plan to go to Morocco and ste ...

'' (1967) * ''

The Strange Affair ''The Strange Affair'' is a 1968 British crime drama film directed by David Greene and starring Michael York, Jeremy Kemp and Susan George. Plot Peter Strange (Michael York) is an idealistic young police recruit who gets mixed up with the mac ...

'' (1968) * '' Three Sisters'' (1970) * ''

Commuter Husbands ''Commuter Husbands'' is a 1972 comedy film by noted British sexploitation director Derek Ford, and a semi sequel to his 1971 film '' Suburban Wives''. The film was directed and written by Derek Ford, and stars Gabrielle Drake, Robin Bailey, an ...

'' (1972) TV Doctor Who: "

The Faceless Ones ''The Faceless Ones'' is the mostly missing eighth serial of the fourth season in the British science fiction television series ''Doctor Who'', which was first broadcast in six weekly parts from 8 April to 13 May 1967. In this serial, the Sec ...

" (1967)

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