Norman Lumsden: Norman Lumsden. Actor: White Hunter Black Heart. Born Norman Thompson in London in 1906. Son of a butler, started his working life as a commercial artist designing book jackets for the publishers Hodder & Stoughton. After surviving emphysema he was advised by his surgeon to take up singing to revive his lungs. Made his first radio broadcast for the BBC in the 1930s, singing negro spirituals and Czech songs by Dvorak....
Known For: White Hunter Black Heart (Butler George), Poirot (Vicar), A Handful of Dust (Ambrose), Runners (The Train - Ticket Collector)