Researching James Grout
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 773 people with the Grout surname? In that year Grout was ranked number 2808 for popularity in the UK. |
The name James means "one who supplants" and is of Hebrew origin.
Records of James Grout on Ancestry
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for James Grout and the Grout Genealogy
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Some Famous People called James Grout
James Grout
James David Grout (22 October 1927 – 24 June 2012) was an English actor of radio and television.
Grout was born in London, the son of Beatrice Anne and William Grout. He trained to be an actor at RADA.
His BBC Radio 4 appearances include Barliman Butterbur in the 1981 adaptation of The Lord of the Rings, headmaster Harry Beeston in all ten series of the Radio 4 comedy series King Street Junior (1985–1998), Professor Richard Whittingham in Andy Hamilton's Hell-based comedy Old Harry's Game (1995–2003), Rev. Timothy Corswell in The Secret Life of Rosewood Avenue (1991) and Any Other Business (1995).
Some of his television credits include Dai Owen in Looking For Clancy (1975), Jonas Bradlaw in Murder Most English (1977), Superintendent Rafferty in Turtle's Progress (Series 1 only), Div. Supt. Albert Hallam in Juliet Bravo (1981), The Doctor in Shelley (1982), Mr McAllister in The Beiderbecke Affair (1984), the Inspector in The Box of Delights (1984), Prof. George Bunn in A Very Peculiar Practice (1988), Granville Bennett in All Creatures Great and Small, Chief Superintendent Strange in Inspector Morse and Mr. Justice Ollie Oliphant in Rumpole of the Bailey as well as the "chief whip" in Yes Minister. He also played William Rowland in "The Girl on the Train" in The Agatha Christie Hour (1982). He was nominated for a 1965 Tony Award for Best Supporting or Featured Actor (musical) for Half a Sixpence.
Other TV roles include George Batt in Mother Love (1989), based on the novel by Laura Black and starring Diana Rigg, David McCallum and James Wilby.
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