Harold John Warrender (15 November 1903 – 6 May 1953) was a British

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and

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actor, and radio presenter. His father was

Sir George Warrender, 7th Baronet Vice-Admiral Sir George John Scott Warrender of Lochend, 7th Baronet, (31 July 1860 – 8 January 1917) was a senior officer in the Royal Navy during the First World War. Early career Warrender was the son of Sir George Warrender, 6th Baronet ...

. His mother was Lady Ethel Maud Ashley Cooper, a singer and patron of music, and personal friend of the composer

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and his wife Caroline Alice Roberts. Warrender became well-known in the 1940s for his part in the popular radio variety show 'Merry-Go-Round' in which he conducted a cash quiz called 'Double or Quits.' The show started as a Forces entertainment which after the war continued in the BBC Light Programme.

Family

In 1942 Warrender married Constance Elizabeth Fowles, daughter of John Fowles vicar of Rye, Sussex. They had no children.

Filmography

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* 1903 births 1953 deaths English male stage actors English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from London 20th-century English male actors Younger sons of baronets {{UK-film-actor-stub