Kenneth More Kenneth More Kenneth Gilbert More, CBE (20 September 1914 – 12 July 1982) was an English film and stage actor. Raised to stardom by the veteran car based film-comedy "Genevieve" (1953), he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. His biggest hits from this period include "Raising a Riot" (1955), "Reach for the Sky" (1956), and "The Admirable Crichton" (1957). He starred in "Doctor in the House" (1954), the first of the popular "Doctor" film series. Although his career declined in the early 1960s, two of his own favourite films date from this time – "The Comedy Man"
The Admirable Crichton society". At the beginning of Act Two, Loam, his family and friends, and Crichton are shipwrecked on a deserted tropical island. The resourceful Crichton is the only one of the party with any practical knowledge, and he assumes, initially with reluctance, the position of leader. This role begins to take on sinister tones when he starts training Ernest, one of the young aristocrats with them, to break a liking for laboured epigrams by putting his head in a bucket of water whenever he makes one. Crichton's social betters at first resist his growing influence and go their separate ways, but