Roland Pertwee

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Roland Pertwee


Born
in Brighton, The United Kingdom
May 17, 1885

Died
April 26, 1963

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Born and educated in Brighton, Roland Pertwee gained a scholarship at the Royal Academy Schools to study painting at the early age of 16. Two years later he exhibited at Burlington House, one of the youngest ever to do so and he was justly proud of the achievement.

Thereafter he went to Paris and studied at the Atelier Julien, becoming, in his own words, "one of the argumentative all-hour gang of the Quartier Latin".

On his return to London he set himself up as a portrait painter but giving, again in his own words, "general dissatisfaction to my sitters and myself", success eluded him and he was struggling to make ends meet so he decided to have a career change and, with no training, became an actor.

He served in the Royal Army Service Corps i
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Average rating: 3.94 · 54 ratings · 20 reviews · 78 distinct works
The Islanders

4.55 avg rating — 11 ratings — published 1950 — 6 editions
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The River God

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Interference

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Empty Arms

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Rough Water (Islanders, #2)

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1951
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Fish Are Such Liars

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Men of Affairs

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The Old Card

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Our Wonderful Selves

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Gentlemen March.

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