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He and his wife moved back to England permanently in 1936, partly due to threats to kidnap their children. At this time the entire movie colony in Hollywood was alarmed at kidnapping threats, and attempts increased. For a while he slept with a revolver under his pillow, and both his children were taken to school each day by a private guard their family shared with Ann Harding.

In their 1975 career article on the star, "Films in Review' reported that at the height of his popularity, he received an average 12,000 fan letters per month and a salary of $5000 per week.

On stage from 1918. In American films from 1924-35; in British films from 1935-43, subsequently returning to the theatre.

Enlisted in the British army in September 1914 as a private. Left the service at the end of World War I as a major.

Served in the Artists' Rifles during the First World War. Prior to that worked in insurance and journalism.

He made his film debut in 1920 and continued in films for 25 years.

Appears in three Oscar Best Picture nominees: East Lynne (1931), Schanghai Express (1932) and Kavalkade (1933), with the last of these the only winner.

Had star billing in Paramount's first all-talkie, Interference (1928), along with William Powell and Evelyn Brent.

His first stage appearance was in 1918 as Phillip Evans in 'Fair and Warmer', His London debut in Feb 1920 as Hugh Crawford in 'Just Like Judy'.

Father of Faith Brook and Lyndon Brook.

The son of an opera singer, violinist and writer.

Adolph Zukor once told him that he always thought of Brook as the "Rock of Gibraltar".

Father George Alfred Brook.