Kenneth More was a war hero who conquered British cinema. Why did he fall from view?
Broad appeal: Kenneth More Credit: Alamy In the Fifties, Kenneth More was the most famed and acclaimed film actor in Britain, with a string of major hits to his credit. That decade was a golden era for cinema lovers, and More had broad appeal. He could act tough, gentle or romantic: whatever the script demanded. Yet in the years since his death in 1982, he has become somewhat forgotten. Now, a new book called More, Please! by Nick Pourgourides aims to repatriate one of Britain’s biggest film stars. More first became a household name in 1952, when he appeared at London’s Duchess Theatre in...
Source: telegraph.co.uk