Biography
Guy Duncan Kingsford (September 30, 1911 – November 9, 1986) was an English-born American film, television, and radio actor. Born in Redhill, Surrey in the United Kingdom, he was the son of British actor Walter Kingsford who moved with his wife to New York City.
In 1938 he was in the theatrical production Once is Enough.He was in the US Army during World War II. He performed in a vaudeville-style variety show at Camp Sibert alongside other enlisted industry professionals. According to Sidney Skolsky, when Kingsford was traveling in Berlin, Germany that same year as part of a touring company, the Reich Film Chamber tried to recruit him to act in a propaganda film. In the role, he would have portrayed a "so-called "patriot" who would turn over United States military secrets to the German High Command." Kingsford was offered $3,000 up front and an additional $15,000 upon completion of the film. Kingsford sarcastically asked the recruiter from the Chamber if he had checked with the American Embassy prior to recruiting American actors for the film. The recruiter left and never contacted Kingsford again.In the 1940s he was a voice actor in Lux Radio Theater shows. He also owned a home, with his sister, in Luxembourg along the Saar River. In 1943, he co-starred in Silk Hat Harry at the Music Box Theater in Los Angeles. That same year, while filming Sahara, he was almost injured by a bayonet but was protected by a package of war bonds in his shirt. He appears on a lobby card promoting the film Escort Girl.In 1953, he played a Roman soldier in Salome.He retired in 1960 and died in Encino, California, in 1986.
Filmography
all 36
Movies 36
The Decks Ran Red (1958)
Inside Detroit (1956)
Teen-Age Crime Wave (1955)
A Blueprint for Murder (1953)
Fort Vengeance (1953)
The Son of Dr. Jekyll (1951)
Elephant Stampede (1951)
The Lady and the Bandit (1951)
The Killer That Stalked New York (1950)
The Secret Of St. Ives (1949)
Night Wind (1948)
Second Chance (1947)
The Invisible Man's Revenge (1944)
Northern Pursuit (1943)
Corvette K-225 (1943)
Sahara (1943)
First Comes Courage (1943)
The Moon Is Down (1943)
Texas to Bataan (1942)
Eagle Squadron (1942)
House of Errors (1942)
Stagecoach Express (1942)
Law of the Jungle (1942)
Don Winslow of the Navy (1942)
Double Trouble (1941)
Escort Girl (1941)
Sea Raiders (1941)
The Get-Away (1941)
That Hamilton Woman (1941)
The Long Voyage Home (1940)
The Lone Wolf Strikes (1940)
Sabotage (1939)
Happy Go Lucky (1936)
Sworn Enemy (1936)
Bullets or Ballots (1936)
Dracula's Daughter (1936)
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GenderMale
Birthday1911-09-30
Deathday1986-11-09 (75 years old)
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