Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.
Ivor Novello. Actor: The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog. While his special gifts seemed to lie in music and composing, the dapper, multi-talented Welsh actor Ivor Novello (ne David Ivor Davies), with his leading-man good looks, had a strong affinity for the camera. Born in Cardiff, Wales, in 1893, he was the son of a tax-collector father and a well-known singing teacher mother. His ...
Ivor Novello was a Welsh actor-manager, composer, and playwright, best known for his lush, sentimental, romantic musicals. Novello, the son of the celebrated Welsh singing teacher, Dame Clara Novello Davies, was educated at Magdalen College, Oxford, and served with the Royal Naval Air Service
The Ivor Novello Appreciation Bureau was founded to perpetuate the great man's memory and to foster the appreciation of his prodigious legacy of music, films and plays. We have an extensive archive of memorabilia; used in exhibitions and displays, more information on request.
Ivor Novello was a celebrated twentieth century Welsh songwriter, composer and actor. When and Where was he Born? 15th January 1893, Llwyn-yr-Eos (Grove of the Nightingale in Welsh), Cowbridge Road East, Cardiff, Wales. Christened David Ivor Davies.
David Ivor Davies, aka Welsh composer Ivor Novello (1893 -1951) composed over 230 published songs in his short lifetime, resulting in the distinction of being honoured by the coveted international Ivor Novello Awards – The Ivors – for excellence in song writing, named in his memory. He was born ...