Born Richard Maxwell on November 4, 1929 in London, he also went by the name Richard Bryce but was best known under the stage name Dickie Valentine. At the age of three, he appeared in Jack’s the Boy, making his acting debut alongside Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneige. He was known to be able to impersonate a number of other singers and while a young boy, was encouraged to take singing lessons by Bill O’Connor – who paid for the lessons himself. While in his late teens, he was performing at the Panama Club and was spotted by music publisher Sid Green who introduced him to Ted Heat...