Max Adrian

Max Adrian (born Guy Thornton Bor; 1 November 1903 – 19 January 1973) was an Irish actor and singer. He was a founding member of both the Royal Shakespeare Company and the National Theatre.

In addition to his success as a character actor in classical drama, Adrian was known for his work as a singer and comic actor in revue and musicals, and in one-man shows about George Bernard Shaw and Gilbert and Sullivan, and in cinema and television films, notably Ken Russell's Song of Summer, in which he played the ailing composer Frederick Delius.