Cast & creator
Noël Coward
Best known for What's My Line?, The Dick Cavett Show, Tony Awards
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Sir Noël Peirce Coward (16 December 1899 – 26 March 1973) was an English playwright, composer, director, actor and singer, known for his wit, flamboyance, and what Time magazine called "a sense of personal style, a combination of cheek and chic, pose and poise". Born in Teddington, a suburb of London, Coward attended a dance academy in London as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of eleven. As a teenager he was introduced into the high society in which most of his plays would be set. Coward achieved enduring success as a playwright, publishing more than 50 plays from his teens onwards. Many of his works, such as Hay Fever, Private Lives, Design for Living, Present Laughter and Blithe Spirit, have remained in the regular theatre repertoire. He composed hundreds of songs, in addition to well over a dozen musical theatre works (including the operetta Bitter Sweet and comic revues), poetry, several volumes of short stories, the novel Pomp and Circumstance, and a three-volume autobiography. Coward's stage and film acting and directing career spanned six decades, during which he starred in many of his own works. At the outbreak of World War II, Coward volunteered for war work, running the British propaganda office in Paris. He also worked with the Secret Service, seeking to use his influence to persuade the American public and government to help Britain. Coward won an Academy Honorary Award in 1943 for his naval film drama, In Which We Serve, and was knighted in 1969. In the 1950s he achieved fresh success as a cabaret performer, performing his own songs, such as "Mad Dogs and Englishmen", "London Pride" and "I Went to a Marvellous Party". His plays and songs achieved new popularity in the 1960s and 1970s, and his work and style continue to influence popular culture. Coward did not publicly acknowledge his homosexuality, but it was discussed candidly after his death by biographers including Graham Payn, his long-time partner, and in Coward's diaries and letters, published posthumously. The former Albery Theatre (originally the New Theatre) in London was renamed the Noël Coward Theatre in his honour in 2006. Description above from the Wikipedia article Noël Coward, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Also known as: Noël Peirce Coward, Sir Noël Peirce Coward, Sir Noël Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Coward
107
film credits
23
television credits
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1918–2026 · acting roles
6.8
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Known for
Across film & television
Filmography (130)
Showing 130 of 130 credits
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
1950
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
Tony Awards
Self - Recipient
1956
Play for Today
Writer
1970
The Wednesday Play
Writer
1964
The South Bank Show
1978
ITV Playhouse
Writer
1967
Playhouse
Theatre Play
1974Playhouse
Writer
1974
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Omnibus
Self
1967
BBC Play of the Month
Writer
1965
Alta comedia
Theatre Play
1970
Brief Encounter
Train Station Announcer (uncredited)
1945Brief Encounter
Producer
1945Brief Encounter
Theatre Play
1945Brief Encounter
Screenplay
1945Festival
Writer
1963
The Italian Job
Mr. Bridger
1969
Around the World in 80 Days
Roland Hesketh-Baggott
1956The Jazz Age
Writer
1968
Blithe Spirit
Theatre Play
2020Small World
Self
1958
A Choice of Coward
Self
1964A Choice of Coward
Theatre Play
1964A Choice of Coward
Creator
1964
Easy Virtue
Theatre Play
2008
Armchair Theatre
Writer
1956
Paris When It Sizzles
Alexander Meyerheim
1964
Schlitz Playhouse of Stars
Story
1951
Bunny Lake Is Missing
Wilson
1965
Blithe Spirit
Narrator (uncredited)
1945Blithe Spirit
Theatre Play
1945Blithe Spirit
Producer
1945Blithe Spirit
Screenplay
1945
Tonight at 8.30
Writer
1991
Our Man in Havana
Hawthorne
1960
In Which We Serve
Captain E. V. Kinross R.N. / Captain 'D'
1942In Which We Serve
Director
1942In Which We Serve
Writer
1942In Which We Serve
Music
1942In Which We Serve
Producer
1942
This Happy Breed
Theatre Play
1944This Happy Breed
Producer
1944
Estudio Uno
Writer
1965
Twentieth Century Blues: The Songs of Noël Coward
Music
1998
Burton and Taylor
Theatre Play
2013
Relative Values
Story
2000Relative Values
Original Story
2000
Cavalcade
Screenplay
1933Cavalcade
Novel
1933Cavalcade
Writer
1933
Pretty Polly
Story
1967Pretty Polly
Original Story
1967
Mr. and Mrs. Edgehill
Original Story
1985
Boom!
The Witch of Capri
1968
National Theatre Live: Present Laughter
Screenplay
2019
Fallen Angels
Writer
2026
Fallen Angels
Original Story
1974
Design for Living
Theatre Play
1933Geisterkomödie
Theatre Play
1962
A Song At Twilight
Writer
1982
Mad About the Boy: The Noël Coward Story
Self (archive footage)
2023
Brief Encounter
Theatre Play
1976
Androcles and the Lion
Caesar
1967
Me and the Girls
Writer
1985
Hearts of the World
The Man with the Wheelbarrow / A Villager in the Streets
1918
Preminger: Anatomy of a Filmmaker
actor 'Bunny Lake Is Missing' (archive footage) (uncredited)
1991
Men Are Not Gods
Passer-by (uncredited)
1936
Bitter Sweet
Theatre Play
1940Bitter Sweet
Songs
1940Bitter Sweet
Lyricist
1940
Private Lives
Writer
1940
Ken Russell's ABC of British Music
Self (archive)
1988
A Choice of Coward: Design for Living
Writer
1964
Blithe Spirit
Writer
2020
Final Act
Writer
1987
The Caretaker
Associate Producer
1964
Noël Coward's Present Laughter
Theatre Play
2017
Mrs Capper's Birthday
Short Story
1985
Easy Virtue
Writer
1928
Surprise Package
King Pavel II
1960Anglická sobota
Short Story
1967
I'm a Gigolo
Songs
1994
Blithe Spirit
Theatre Play
1966
Come Into The Garden Maud
Writer
1982
Private Lives
Theatre Play
2013
Blithe Spirit
Charles Condomine
1956Blithe Spirit
Theatre Play
1956Blithe Spirit
Director
1956
The Kindness of Mrs Radcliffe
Writer
1981
Hay Fever
Writer
1984
Um Breve Encontro
Story
1968
A Choice of Coward: The Vortex
Original Story
1964
The Scoundrel
Anthony Mallare
1935
The Queen Was in the Parlour
Theatre Play
1927Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Story
1968Mrs. Capper's Birthday
Songs
1968
Meet Me Tonight
Theatre Play
1952Meet Me Tonight
Writer
1952A Choice of Coward: Blithe Spirit
Original Story
1964
Present Laughter
Writer
1967
A Choice of Coward: Present Laughter
Original Story
1964
The Astonished Heart
Dr. Christian Faber
1950The Astonished Heart
Original Music Composer
1950The Astonished Heart
Writer
1950
Tonight Is Ours
Author
1933
The Red Peppers
Novel
2001
What Mad Pursuit
Writer
1985Al calar del sipario
Writer
1965
Private Lives
Theatre Play
1931
We Were Dancing
Theatre Play
1942Intimitäten
Writer
1980The Little Damozel
Music
1933
The Vortex
Writer
1969This Happy Breed
Writer
1969
Private Lives
Writer
1976Oh, diese Geister
Theatre Play
1966
Design for Living
Writer
1979
Present Laughter
Writer
1981
Bon Voyage
Story
1985
Star Quality
Writer
1985
Interlude
Writer
1968
Bitter Sweet
Novel
1933
Alice
Original Story
2017
The Vortex
Author
1928
Geisterkomödie
Theatre Play
1965
The Marquise
Writer
1980
Blithe Spirit
Writer
2023Blithe Spirit
Theatre Play
2023