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'''Naunton Wayne''' (born '''Henry Wayne Davies'''<ref name="timesobit">{{cite web|url=https://the.hitchcock.zone/wiki/The_Times_(18/Nov/1970)_-_Obituary:_Naunton_Wayne|title=Obituary: Naunton Wayne – The Times (18 November 1970)|year=2015|work=The Alfred Hitchcock Wiki|accessdate=19 February 2015}}</ref>, 22 June 1901 – 17 November 1970), was a British character actor, born in [[Llanwonno]], [[Glamorgan]], Wales. He was educated at [[Clifton College]]. His name was changed by [[deed poll#Use for changing name|deed poll]] in 1933.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Room|first1=Adrian|title=Dictionary of Pseudonyms: 13,000 Assumed Names and Their Origins, 5th ed.|date=2012|publisher=McFarland|isbn=978-0-7864-5763-2|page=504|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=eSIhzKnNUf4C&pg=PA504}}</ref>

 

His first London stage roles were in ''Streamline'' at the Palace in 1934 and in ''1066 and All That'' at the Strand in 1935 (where he provided comic continuity for other performers).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://theatricalia.com/person/pmh/naunton-wayne/past?page=2|title=Naunton Wayne – Theatricalia|website=theatricalia.com}}</ref> His first full role was as Norman Weldon in ''Wise Tomorrow'' at The Lyric in 1937. He played Mortimer Brewster in ''[[Arsenic and Old Lace (play)|Arsenic and Old Lace]]'' at the Strand for four years.<ref>{{cite book|last=Wearing|first=J. P.|title=The London Stage 1940–1949: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mreCBAAAQBAJ&pg=PA94|year=2014|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield Publishers|isbn=978-0-8108-9306-1|page=94}}</ref> He was a leading member of The Stage Golfing Society.<ref name=guardianobit>{{cite web |url= https://www.britmovie.co.uk/forums/actors-actresses/110339-basil-radford-naunton-wayne-3.html |title=Naunton Wayne: Guardian Obituary |work=Britmovie |year=2015 |accessdate=19 February 2015}}</ref>

 

He became best known for his role as a supporting character, [[Charters and Caldicott|Caldicott]], in the 1938 film version of ''[[The Lady Vanishes (1938 film)|The Lady Vanishes]]'',<ref name=nyt/> a role he repeated in three further films, alongside [[Basil Radford]] as his equally [[cricket]]-obsessed friend, Charters. The two would go on to appear in other films together, often playing similar characters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/naunton-wayne-p75100|title=Naunton Wayne – Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos – AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> Their other joint credits include ''[[Night Train to Munich]]'' (1940), ''[[Crook's Tour]]'' (1941), ''[[Millions Like Us]]'' (1943), ''[[Dead of Night]]'' (1945), ''[[Quartet (1948 film)|Quartet]]'' (1948), ''[[It's Not Cricket (1949 film)|It's Not Cricket]]'' (1949), and ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'' (1949).<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2007/dec/29/film|title=Mustard and cress|first=Matthew|last=Sweet|date=29 December 2007|website=the Guardian}}</ref>