Great Liverpudlians

I thought it would be a nice idea to have a thread dedicated to great people to come out of Liverpool. Actors, comedians, scientists, footballers singers whatever and give a little bio on them,


George Harrison

Born in Liverpool February 25 1943. Lived in Wavertree before moving to Speke.His first school was Dovedale Road Infants & Juniors School, very close to Penny Lane the same school as John Lennon who was a couple of years ahead of him. There he passed his 11-plus examination and achieved a place at the Liverpool Institute for Boys (in the building that now houses the Liverpool Institute for Performing Arts), which he attended from 1954 to 1959. While at the Liverpool Institute, Harrison formed a skiffle group called The Rebels with his brother Peter and a friend, Arthur Kelly. At this school he met Paul McCartney, one year older, who played in a band called The Quarrymen.

The rest is History as we all know he became a member of the greatest band of all time. He was a Beatle from 1960 to 1970. On November 29 2001 he died from lung cancer.

Nice idea, R.I.P George Harrison.

Leonard Rossiter

Leonard Rossiter (21 October 1926 – 5 October 1984) was an English actor known for his role as Rupert Rigsby in the British comedy television series Rising Damp and as the eponymous Reginald Perrin.

Rossiter was born in Liverpool, where he lived over the barber shop which had been owned by his father. His father was killed during an air raid in the Second World War, which put an end to Rossiter's ambitions to study languages at university. Leaving school early, he worked in an insurance office. He began acting when he picked up a girlfriend from her amateur dramatics class and was challenged to do better when he criticised her and her fellow performers. He soon gave up his job in insurance to enrol in repertory theatre and turned professional as an actor at the comparatively late age of 27. He made his stage debut in The Gay Dog in Preston, Lancashire.

Rossiter died from hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in 1984 while waiting to go onstage at the Lyric Theatre, London, where he was performing in Joe Orton's play Loot. He left behind his second wife Gillian Raine, the actress, and a daughter Camilla. His affair with broadcaster Sue MacGregor was not revealed until long afterwards. Raine was unaware of the affair, but described the marriage as "up and down". She received a letter from MacGregor breaking the news that her memoirs which were about to be published would include an account of the affair. He had previously been married to actress Josephine Tewson, a cousin of actor John Inman