Biography

Deering Wells(1896-1961)

Actor

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Deering Wells was born on 31 January 1896 in Streatham, London, England, UK. He was an actor, known for The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1960), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and The Royalty (1957). He died on 29 September 1961 in Alton, Hampshire, England, UK.

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Known for

Fred Smith and Mike Strotheide in The Adventures of Tom Sawyer (1960)

The Adventures of Tom Sawyer

8.2

TV Series

Judge Thatcher

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950)

BBC Sunday-Night Theatre

7.2

TV Series

Inspector Messiter

The Royalty (1957)

TV Series

The Bishop of Cambridge

The Importance of Being Earnest

TV Movie

Lane

1949

Credits

Actor

She Died Young
TV Movie
- Mr. Green, Bishop of Lincoln
- 1961
ITV Play of the Week
6.5
TV Series
- First Don
- 1961
Line of Enquiry
TV Movie
- Dr. Stone
- 1961
Robert Tavener, Deceased
TV Movie
- Captain Kemble
- 1960
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
8.2
TV Series
- Judge Thatcher
- 1960
On Trial
TV Series
- Clerk of the Arraigns
- 1960
Le silence de la colère
7.2
- Police Inspector
- 1960
Knight Errant Limited
5.8
TV Series
- 1960
La nuit est mon ennemie
7.2
- Editor
- 1959
Garry Halliday
8.5
TV Series
- Pop
- 1959
Starr and Company
TV Series
- Lord Kitteridge
- 1958
Chef de réseau
6.9
- Gen. Merkel
- 1958
The Sky Larks
TV Series
- Mr. Ellison
- 1958
Armchair Theatre
7.5
TV Series
- Condon the Prison Governor
- 1958
The Royalty
TV Series
- The Bishop of Cambridge
- 1957

Personal details

Born
- January 31, 1896
- Streatham, London, England, UK
Died
- September 29, 1961
- Alton, Hampshire, England, UK
Other works
He acted in Oscar Wilde's play, "Lady Windermere's Fan," at the Theatre Royal Haymarket in London, England with Griffith Jones, Isabel Jeans, Geoffrey Toone, Athene Seyler, Dorothy Hyson, Phyllis Relph, Hugh Stewart, and Denys Blakelock in the cast. Sir John Gielgud OM was director and Cecil Beaton was designer.

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