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Robert Moreton
Remembered as a sharp English comedian and actor, he built a reputation in radio and on stage before becoming a familiar television face in the 1950s. His career was brief, but his polished delivery and comic timing left a clear mark on postwar British entertainment.
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On horse-breaking
by Robert Moreton
About the author
Born Henry Moreton in Teddington, Middlesex, on June 25, 1922, he performed under the name Robert Moreton. He worked as a comedian and actor, with a career that gathered momentum in the 1940s and 1950s as British broadcasting expanded across radio, stage, and television.
He is especially associated with the quick, well-spoken comic style of postwar variety entertainment. Although he died young, in Chelsea, London, on July 22, 1957, at the age of 35, he remains a recognizable name from the early years of British television comedy.
Reliable biographical information available online is fairly limited, so the broad outline of his life is clearer than many personal details. Even so, his surviving credits and photographs suggest a performer who fit naturally into the fast-moving world of mid-20th-century British comedy.