Ivor Novello (born David Ivor Davies; 15 January 1893 – 6 March 1951) was a Welsh actor, dramatist, singer and composer who became one of the most popular British entertainers of the first half of the 20th century.

Ivor Novello. Writer: Downhill. While his special gifts seemed to lie in music and composing, the dapper, multi-talented Welsh actor Ivor Novello (ne David Ivor Davies), with his leading-man good looks, had a strong affinity for the camera.

2025年1月11日 · Ivor Novello (born Jan. 15, 1893, Cardiff, Glamorganshire, Wales—died March 6, 1951, London, Eng.) was a Welsh actor-manager, composer, and playwright, best known for his lush, sentimental, romantic musicals.

Ivor Novello. Writer: Downhill. While his special gifts seemed to lie in music and composing, the dapper, multi-talented Welsh actor Ivor Novello (ne David Ivor Davies), with his leading-man good looks, had a strong affinity for the camera.

He is box-office poison nowadays but Ivor Novello, at his zenith, dominated the musicals genre and had a large charismatic capital on which he could draw. When, in 1951, he died a few hours after coming off stage at the Palace Theatre in London’s West End where he was heading the cast in his favourite musical, King’s Rhapsody, many of his ...

2010年5月18日 · Profile of songwriter, playwright, composer and actor Ivor Novello, on the BBC Wales Arts website.

He was only 15 years old when, as Ivor Novello, his first song, 'Spring of the year', was published. At the age of 21 he became famous for his war-time song 'Keep the home fires burning', the lyrics written by Lena Guilbert Ford.

Writer, composer, manager, and playwright as well as actor, Ivor Novello (real name David Ivor Davies) was very much of his age. "Dear Ivor", as his fans called him, produced a string of hit musicals, starring himself, and including Careless Rapture (1936), The Dancing Years (1939), and Perchance to Dream (1945), all of which attracted an ...

2025年1月14日 · Discover the remarkable life and legacy of Ivor Novello, the celebrated composer, playwright, and actor whose name inspires The Ivors. Learn how his music brought hope during hardship and how his contributions continue to shape British music and theatre today.

The Ivor Novello Appreciation Bureau was founded to perpetuate the great man's memory and to foster the appreciation of his prodigious legacy of music, films and plays.