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When Thomas Stanley Pleasence was born on 2 October 1887, in Notton, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, James Pleasance, was 31 and his mother, Agnes Smith, was 29. He married Alice Armitage on 10 June 1913, in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom.
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Thomas Stanley Pleasence. Birth. 2 Oct 1887. England. Death. 27 May 1966 (aged 78) Reading, Reading Borough, Berkshire, England. Burial Details Unknown Add to Map. Memorial ID. 258996275. · View Source. Suggest Edits. Memorial. Photos 0. Flowers 2. Created by: J. Wilson. Added: Aug 30, 2023. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 258996275. Source citation.
Pleasence was born in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, the son of Alice (née Armitage) and Thomas Stanley Pleasence, a railway station master. He was brought up as a strict Methodist in the small village of Grimoldby, Lincolnshire. He received his formal education at Crosby Junior School, Scunthorpe and Ecclesfield Grammar School in Sheffield.
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She married Thomas Stanley Pleasence on 10 June 1913, in Worksop, Nottinghamshire, England, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 2 sons. She lived in Llangynidr, Breconshire, Wales, United Kingdom in 1891 and Yorkshire West Riding, England, United Kingdom in 1939.
He was a convincingly devious Thomas Cromwell in Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972), disturbing in his portrayal of the crazed, bloodthirsty preacher Quint in Will Penny (1967); and as sexually depraved, alcohol-sodden 'Doc' Tydon in the brilliant Aussie outback drama Wake in Fright (1971).
