Howard Pays (11 June 1927 – 12 April 2002) was an English actor who, in partnership with Freddy Vale, started the
London
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-based talent agency CCA.
Early life
Howard Pays was born in
West Ham
West Ham is a district in East London, England and is in the London Borough of Newham. It is an inner-city suburb located east of Charing Cross.
The area was originally an ancient parish formed to serve parts of the older Manor of Ham, a ...
,
Essex
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on 11 June 1927.
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Career
His first television role was playing the part of Bill Norton in the 1955–56 ITV daily soap opera
A soap opera (also called a daytime drama or soap) is a genre of a long-running radio or television Serial (radio and television), serial, frequently characterized by melodrama, ensemble casts, and sentimentality. The term ''soap opera'' originat ...
'' Sixpenny Corner''.BBC Television
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''.
After retiring from acting, he established a talent agency
A talent agency is a company that represents actors, authors, musicians, model (person), models, professional athlete, athletes, writers, dancers, and other professionals in various industries. Talent agencies specialize, either by creating dep ...
in London with Freddy Vale. The agency did well, representing clients such as actor John Rhys-Davies
John Rhys-Davies (born 5 May 1944) is a Welsh actor known for portraying Gimli (Middle-earth), Gimli in The Lord of the Rings (film series), ''The Lord of the Rings'' trilogy and Sallah in the ''Indiana Jones'' franchise. He has received three ...
and cinematographer Tony Pierce-Roberts.
Personal life
Pays met his future wife, Jan Miller, on the set of ''Sixpenny Corner''. One of their daughters, Amanda Pays, also became an actor. They had at least one other child, a daughter called Debra.Hampshire
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Filmography
References
External links
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1927 births
2002 deaths
English male television actors
English male film actors