Ivan Craig

Ivan Craig
1936 Spotlight photo
Born	Walter Ivan Sackville Craig (1912-02-22)22 February 1912 Edinburgh, Scotland
Died	7 March 1995(1995-03-07) (aged 83) Surrey, England
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1934–1962[1]
Spouse	Lilian May Davies ​ ​ (m. 1940; div. 1945)​

Walter Ivan Sackville Craig (22 February 1912 – 7 March 1995) was a British actor,^[2] of Scottish descent, the son of Dr. Eric S. Craig and Dorothy Gertrude Craig (née Meldrum).^[3][4][5]

Ivan Craig was born in Edinburgh.^[3] In 1940 he married Lilian May Davies, a fashion model, who later became Princess Lilian of Sweden.^[6] Soon after marrying they were separated by the war, when Craig was drafted into the army and posted to North Africa.^[6] They divorced amicably on 7 November 1947.^[1][7]

Filmography

• Just William's Luck (1948) - The Boss' Gang
• Panic at Madame Tussaud's (1948) - Anthony Carter
• William Comes to Town (1948) - 1st Carter
• Murder at the Windmill (1949) - Policeman #2
• Skimpy in the Navy (1949) - (uncredited)
• Miss Pilgrim's Progress (1949) - Town Planner (uncredited)
• You Can't Fool an Irishman (1949) - (uncredited)
• High Jinks in Society (1949) - Watkins' Accomplice (uncredited)
• A Matter of Murder (1949) - Tony
• The Body Said No! (1950) - Derek
• Dangerous Assignment (1950) - Frank Mayer
• A Tale of Five Cities (1951)
• The Six Men (1951) - Wainwright
• The Story of Robin Hood and His Merrie Men (1952) - Merry man.^[8]
• Girdle of Gold (1952) - Hotel Detective
• Stryker of the Yard (1953)
• Hell Below Zero (1954) - Larsen
• Profile (1954) - Jerry Haymer
• The Devil's Jest (1954) - Maj. Seton
• A Prize of Gold (1955) - British Major
• The Flying Eye (1955) - Mayer
• Man of the Moment (1955) - Miguel (uncredited)
• Robbery with Violence (1958) - Peter Frayne
• Jackpot (1960) - Dinty

Television

• The Gay Cavalier (1957) - Major Mould.
• Ivanhoe (1958) - Lord Blackheath.

Stage

• Lady Precious Stream (1934/5) - Reader (Little Theatre transferring to the Savoy)^[9]
• The Rose Without a Thorn (1933/4) - Paris (Duke of York's transferring to Vaudeville)^[10]
• Murder Happens by Arnold Ridley (1950) (Gateway Theatre, London)^[11]

References

1. "HRH Princess Lilian of Sweden". 10 March 2013 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
2. "Ivan Craig". IMDb.
3. "Ivan Craig". BFI. Archived from the original on 6 July 2018.
4. "Ivan Craig | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
5. Ivan Craig My Heritage
6. "Princess Lilian of Sweden: Model who waited 30 years to marry the love". The Independent. 14 March 2013.
7. "Princess Lilian | Welsh-born Swedish royal". Encyclopedia Britannica.
8. "Walt Disney's Story Of Robin Hood: Ivan Craig, Ewen Solon and Geoffrey Lumsden".
9. Wearing, J. P. (15 May 2014). The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893047 – via Google Books.
10. Wearing, J. P. (15 May 2014). The London Stage 1930-1939: A Calendar of Productions, Performers, and Personnel. Rowman & Littlefield. ISBN 9780810893047 – via Google Books.
11. "Production of Murder Happens | Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.

External links

• Ivan Craig at IMDb