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{{Short description|British actor and commentator (1924–2004)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Garard Green
| image = Actor_Garard_Green.jpg
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| birthname =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1924|07|31|df=yes}}
| birth_place = [[Madras]], India
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2004|12|26|1924|07|31|df=yes}}
| death_place = [[London]], England
| othername =
| occupation = Actor
| years_active = 1954–1998
| spouse = Margaret Tansley
| website =
}}
'''Garard Green''' (31 July 1924 – 26 December 2004) was a British actor and commentator.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20090115063234/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/29823 BFI.org]</ref><ref name="noble" />

Green was born in [[Madras]], India in 1924 where his father was superintendent of the government press. When his father died in 1933 the family returned to the United Kingdom and Green finished his education at [[Watford Grammar School for Boys|Watford Grammar School]].<ref name="obit" /> He developed an interest in acting at Watford but when he left the school he returned to India and the [[Indian Military Academy|Military Academy]] and was commissioned into the [[2nd King Edward VII's Own Gurkha Rifles (The Sirmoor Rifles)]].<ref name="obit" />

At the end of the [[Second World War|war]] he was demobilised and won a Sir [[Alexander Korda]] scholarship to [[Royal Academy of Dramatic Art|Royal Academy of Dramatic Art (RADA)]]. On leaving RADA he worked in the theatre in London.<ref name="obit" /> In 1953 he married the actress [[Margaret Tansley]].<ref name="obit" /> He developed mobility problems caused by severe arthritis which ended his stage career and he concentrated on films and television, appearing in over 40 films including ''[[Hour of Decision (film)|Hour of Decision]]'' (1957), ''[[Horrors of the Black Museum]]'' (1959) and ''[[The Hand (1960 film)|The Hand]]'' (1960).<ref name="obit" />

As well as radio work where his talent for voices was in demand, Green recorded nearly 250 audio-books many for the [[Royal National Institute for the Blind]]. In 1992 Green compered and narrated a TV spectacular ''Forty Glorious Years'' to mark the 40th anniversary of Queen [[Elizabeth II]]'s accession.<ref name="obit" />

Green died on [[Boxing Day]] 2004 aged 80.<ref name="obit" />

==Filmography==
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* ''[[Profile (1954 film)|Profile]]'' (1954)
* ''[[High Terrace]]'' (1956)
* ''[[Morning Call (film)|Morning Call]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Hour of Decision (film)|Hour of Decision]]'' (1957)
* ''[[The Steel Bayonet]]'' (1957)
* ''[[Crash Drive]]'' (1959)
* ''[[Horrors of the Black Museum]]'' (1959)
* ''[[The Flesh and the Fiends]]'' (1960)
* ''[[The Hand (1960 film)|The Hand]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Compelled]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Sentenced for Life (1960 film)|Sentenced for Life]]'' (1960)
* ''[[Three Spare Wives]]'' (1962)
* ''[[The Spanish Sword]]'' (1962)
* ''[[Emergency (1962 film)|Emergency]]'' (1962)
* ''[[A Matter of Choice]]'' (1963)
{{div col end}}

==Sources==

* {{cite book |editor-last= Noble |editor-first= Peter |title=1982–1983 Screen International Film And TV Year Book |year=1982 |publisher=King Publications |location=London }}

==References==
{{Reflist|refs=
<ref name="obit">{{cite web | title=Garard Green |url=http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/comment/obituaries/article409164.ece |date=7 January 2005| work=[[The Times]] | access-date=23 August 2022}}</ref>
<ref name="noble">Noble 1982, p. 419</ref>
}}

==External links==
* {{IMDb name|0337854}}

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[[Category:1924 births]]
[[Category:2004 deaths]]
[[Category:Alumni of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art]]
[[Category:British male stage actors]]
[[Category:British male voice actors]]
[[Category:British male radio actors]]
[[Category:British male film actors]]
[[Category:Indian Army personnel of World War II]]
[[Category:Male actors from Chennai]]
[[Category:People educated at Watford Grammar School for Boys]]
[[Category:British people in colonial India]]
[[Category:Royal Gurkha Rifles officers]]

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