...orn in [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]], in 1936. He was educated at [[Eastbourne College]] and [[St Edmund Hall, Oxford|St Edmund Hall]]. Wells started in cabaret at Oxford and began his television career as a writer on ''[[That Was The Week

...0s presenting ''Radio Normandy Calling'' from the stage of the Hippodrome, Eastbourne.]] ...nary of National Biography|year = 2004}}</ref> He was educated at [[King's College School]], Wimbledon. On leaving school he worked first briefly for an estat

| death_place = [[Eastbourne|Eastbourne]] ...dio and films.<ref name=bfi>{{Cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f4db93a|title=Ronald Frankau|website=BFI}}</ref>

...s Pavilion Archive}}</ref> They had one daughter, Joanna, who was educated at [[Ashford, Kent|Ashford]] School for Girls. ...e scene several times to bring soldiers home before the Nazis reached them at the seaport.

...f Musical and Dramatic Art as a child, making his professional stage début at the age of 19. His first [[West End theatre|West End]] role was in ''Nicely At the start of [[World War II]], together with [[Basil Dean]], he helped to f

...n College]] where his interest in the theatre developed. After leaving the college he joined an [[amateur dramatics|amateur dramatics]] company, and came to t ...won a [[British Academy Television Award for Best Actor|best actor]] award at that year's [[British Academy Television Awards]] for his role as the barri