The son of a Greek immigrant father . Towards the end of his life he tried his hand at writing and produced some charming memoirs describing his early life in Manchester and his early stage experiences, as yet unpublished except for a vivid excerpt published in the Guardian newspaper in February 1986.
Two children: George Franklin, born 1937, a computer science professor living and working in London; Mary Louise, born 1939, a practicing artist living and working in Scotland, UK.,.
Shares his birthday with his Citizen Kane co-star Everett Sloane.
Born in the Salford area of Manchester.
