Philip Friend Z-Cars Buccaneer's Girl Antique 1953 Signed & Hand Addressed Photo

PFAS177 This is a rare opportunity to secure this antique 5.5" x 3.5" hand signed photo for Philip Friend where the front of the card is a young Philip Friend from the start of his career and on the reverse he has signed the souvenir ("All Good Wishes Philip Friend" then addressed it by hand to the fan in Wales all of which is in his handwriting and franked Horsham Sussex 4th November 1953 for lifetime COA and in great condition.

Philip Wyndham Friend (20 February 1915 in Horsham, Sussex 1 September 1987 in Chiddingfold, Surrey) was a British film and television actor. He was in Dangerous Moonlight (1941), 'Pimpernel' Smith (1941), Sheepdog of the Hills (1941), Back-Room Boy (1942), The Day Will Dawn (1942), The Next of Kin (1942), In Which We Serve (1942), The Young Mr. Pitt (1942), and We Dive at Dawn (1943). Friend had bigger parts in The Bells Go Down (1943) with Tommy Trinder, Warn That Man (1943) with Gordon Harker and The Flemish Farm (1943), and could be seen in Two Thousand Women (1944). He had a decent sized role in Great Day (1945). He played the lead of Buccaneer's Girl (1950) with Yvonne de Carlo. Friend was kept at Universal for Spy Hunt (1950) then played the villain in Smuggler's Island (1951), he had the star role in The Highwayman (1952)He had support roles in Background (1952), The Diamond (1954), Dick Turpin: Highwayman (1956), Cloak Without Dagger (1956) and The Betrayal (1956). He also appeared regularly on British TV shows such as The Errol Flynn Theatre. Friend's later work included Son of Robin Hood (1958), The Solitary Child (1958), Web of Suspicion (1959), The Fur Collar (1962), Stranglehold (1962), and The Vulture (1966).