Daily BirthdaysLyn Harding
He was born in 1867 at St. Brides Wentlooge, Wales into a strict Congregationalist Welsh-speaking family.
He started his career as an apprentice draper in Newport, Wales and but he was drawn to an acting career . He began giving readings from Shakespeare at a chapel in Cardiff. In 1890 a chance meeting with a touring group on a train led to him standing in for a sick actor and his first professional engagement. He opened on the 28th of August 1890 in 'The Grip Of Iron' at the Theatre Royal Bristol.
He toured the Provinces and eventually made his London debut at the Shakespeare Theatre Clapham on the 19th of July 1897.
He later changed his name to Lyn to make it more acceptable to English audiences who found Llewellyn difficult to pronounce.
His career spanned stage, silent screen , talkies and radio productions and he toured in the USA, Japan, India and Burma. He worked at different times with John Gielgud Ralph Richardson and Anthony Quayle.
His last stage appearance was as Abu Hassan in Chu Chin Chow in the West End in 1941 when he was 74 years old.
At the age of nearly 80 he played Owain Glyndwr in Shakespeare's Henry VII for BBC radio.
He lived for many years in Hemel Hempstead and died in London.
Lyn Harding Facts
| Birth Name | David Llewellyn Harding |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Birthday | October 12, 1876 |
| Sign | Libra |
| Birthplace | Wales, United Kingdom |
| Date of death | August 1, 1952 (age 75) |
| Height | 6' (1m83) |