Biography
He was born Harold Thomas Gregson, of Irish descent, and grew up in Wavertree, Liverpool, Lancashire, where he was educated at Greenbank Road Primary School and later at St Francis Xavier School. He left school at 16, working first for a telephone company, then for Liverpool Corporation, as the city council was then known, before World War II started. During this time, he became interested in amateur dramatics, joining first his local Catholic church theatre group at St. Anthony’s, Mossley Hill, and later the Liverpool Playgoers' Club.
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