Malcolm Cherry

Biography

Liverpool welcomed Malcolm Cherry on 17 May 1878, and by the time the cameras began to turn he had already traded the Mersey docks for the hiss of arc-lamps. Between 1915 and 1919 he slipped into three very different skins: the steadfast shepherd in Far from the Madding Crowd, a battle-scarred dreamer in Hope, and the voice that lifted a Welsh chapel in A Welsh Singer. Off-screen he shared his life with actress Una Venning. On 13 April 1925 the curtain fell for good in London, leaving the city a little quieter and the screen a shade less bright.