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"
Aircraft in fiction featured in Derek Robinson's 1999 novel "Hornet's Sting", set in 1917 over the Western Front, exchange their outdated Sopwith Pups for the new Bristol F2Bs. A Bristol Type 170 Freighter Mk. 11A played a major role in the 1957 British film "The Man in the Sky" directed by Charles Crichton and starring Jack Hawkins who played a test pilot. A major sequence of the film featured Hawkins testing a Bristol Type 170 when one of the engines catches fire and he has to stay aloft long enough to use up enough fuel in order to make an emergency landing with