Researching Reg Lye
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 | Did you know that in the 1881 UK census there were 810 people with the Lye surname? In that year Lye was ranked number 2773 for popularity in the UK. |
Records of Reg Lye on Ancestry
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DNA
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Birth, Death and Marriage Records for Reg Lye and the Lye Family History
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| Did you know that there are currently 968 people with the Lye surname in the UK? Lye is now ranked number 3132 for popularity in the UK. |
Lye Family Tree Databases
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Lye Forums
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Investigate the Ellis Island Database for information on Reg Lye. This database contains over 25 million immigration records detailing passengers arriving in the United States of America.
Some Famous People called Reg Lye
Reg Lye
Reginald Thomas Lye (14 October 1912 – 23 March 1988), was an Australian actor who worked extensively in Australia and England. He was one of the busiest Australian actors of the 1950s, appearing in the majority of locally shot features at the time, as well as on stage and radio. Lee Robinson called him "one of the best character actors in Australia." He moved to England in the early 1960s, (also starring in television, such as Mrs Thursday and The Wednesday Play), but returned to Australia when the film industry revived in the 1970s.
He won the Australian Film Institute award for the 1975 production Sunday Too Far Away, opposite Jack Thompson.
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