Early Life
Reginald Tate was born in Garforth, near Leeds in the West Riding of Yorkshire, and went to school in York. During World War I he served with the Northamptonshire Regiment and later with the Royal Flying Corps. He left the armed forces after the end of the war and studied acting at Leeds College of Music and Drama. He made his first professional acting appearance at Leeds Art Theatre in 1922, and for the next four years was a resident performer both there and at the city's Little Theatre.
In 1926, he moved to London, with his first major role being in a production of Romeo and Juliet at the Strand Theatre. He had particular success with the lead role of Stanhope in R.C. Sherriff's play Journey's End, playing the part in a 1929 tour of Australia and New Zealand and again in a 1934 revival production at the Criterion Theatre in London.
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