Famous Welsh Actors and Actresses

[amethyst]

The late Richard Burton from near Port Talbot
The late Stanley Baker who appeared in black and white films
Nerys Hughes who was Sandra in the liverbirds
Anthony Hopkins has been in some great films from Ammanford
Catherine Zeta Jones first appeared in Darling buds of May before moving to Hollywood from The Mumbles Swansea

[Twocky61]

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"Nerys Hughes who was Sandra in the liverbirds"

& she was supposed to be Scouse on the Liver Birds & I sure did fancy her on that

[zabadak]

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Philip and Ruth Madoc

[amethyst]

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Hugh Griffith

[Niggit]

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Ohhhh - Hywel Bennett. I had such a huge crush on him. I wonder what he's up to now?

[amethyst]

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Ohhhh - Hywel Bennett. I had such a huge crush on him. I wonder what he's up to now?

Dont know

The late Hollywood actor Ray Milland he was born in Neath

[victorbrunswick]

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John Rhys-Davies



Ioan Gruffud

[staffslad]

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Stanley Baker was a great actor and one of my favourites. I read somewhere that he was considered for the part of Jack Regan in The Sweeney TV series.

[staffslad]

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The lovely Angharad Rees, sadly no longer with us.

[darren]

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WOW REALLY I NEVER KNEW SHE WAS NO LONGER ABOUT.

I CHECKED IT SAID SHE WAS BORN IN Edgware, Middlesex, England BUT IS A WELSH ACTRESS.?? UNLESS AT LEAST ONE OF HER PARENTS WHERE WELSH.

BUT YES ALWAYS A FAMILIAR FACE TO ME ON TV.

The lovely Angharad Rees, sadly no longer with us.

[Richard1978]

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Sian Phillips was really good as Livia I, Claudius; & Ann Smiley in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy / Smiley's People.

[amethyst]

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Windsor Davies
Rhys Ifans
Ruth Madoc

[amethyst]

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Glyn Houston

[amethyst]

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Meredith Edwards

[wispa lover]

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Probably not that famous but... Brian Hibbard. He appeared briefly in a few soaps and was in the Flying Pickets.