1. Cyril Francis Maude was an English actor-manager.
13 Facts About Cyril Maude
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Cyril Maude returned to Britain without having regained his health, but nursing the ambition to be an actor.
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Cyril Maude studied acting under Charles Cartwright and Roma Le Thiere, but was forced to leave the country again for health reasons.
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Cyril Maude travelled to Canada and America, fulfilling his acting ambition with Daniel Bandman's company in Denver, Colorado in 1884.
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Cyril Maude returned to London in 1919 and established himself at the Criterion Theatre.
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Cyril Maude became very well known for his role in Grumpy as a spoilt old man, who as a retired lawyer solved a crime to keep his loved ones happy.
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Cyril Maude took this play to Australia and toured Adelaide, Melbourne, Brisbane and Sydney where it was immensely popular.
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Cyril Maude starred in several films in the 1930s, including Grumpy.
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Cyril Maude was the eldest son of Captain Charles Henry Cyril Maude, a captain in the Indian Army, and the Honorable Georgina Hanbury-Tracy.
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In 1888, Cyril Maude married actress Winifred Emery, the daughter of Samuel Anderson Emery and granddaughter of John Emery, both well-known actors in their day.
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Pamela Cyril Maude married Major William La Touche Congreve VC, DSO, MC on 1 June 1916.
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Cyril Maude was killed in action on 20 July 1916 during World War I, for which he was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross.
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In 1905, Cyril Maude succeeded Sir Henry Irving as the President of the Actors' Orphanage Fund.