Norman Rossington (24 December 1928 – 21 May 1999) was an English actor best remembered for his roles in The Army Game, the Carry On films and the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night.
Rossington was born in Liverpool, the son of a publican, he was educated at Sefton Park Elementary School and Liverpool Technical College. He left education at the age of 14. After that he lived a rather aimless adolescent life as messenger, office boy at Liverpool Dock...
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Norman Rossington (24 December 1928 – 21 May 1999) was an English actor best remembered for his roles in The Army Game, the Carry On films and the Beatles film A Hard Day's Night.
Rossington was born in Liverpool, the son of a publican, he was educated at Sefton Park Elementary School and Liverpool Technical College. He left education at the age of 14. After that he lived a rather aimless adolescent life as messenger, office boy at Liverpool Docks, carpentry apprentice, etc. Later, he went to night school and studied industrial design at technical college in order to become a draughtsman. His interest in acting led him to a local theatre group, and Rossington trained at the Bristol Old Vic Theatre School and began his acting career at the city's Theatre Royal, by the mid 1950s appearing on the stage in plays such as a London Old Vic tour of the USA in A Midsummer Night's Dream and Salad Days, being one of the original cast. However, his big break through came in 1957, when he starred...
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