Charles Penrose (entertainer) a character actor in a number of films in the 1930s and 1940s. Charles Penrose died of heart disease on 17 November 1952 at the Princess Beatrice Hospital, Kensington, aged 79. Charles Penrose (entertainer) Charles Penrose (born Charles Penrose Dunbar Cawse; 11 November 1873 – 17 November 1952) was an English music hall and theatre performer, and later radio comedian, who is best known for his unusual comic song "The Laughing Policeman". He was born in Biggleswade, Bedfordshire, the son of a master watchmaker and jeweller. He initially followed his father into the jewellery trade, but enjoyed such success with
Fred Barnes (performer) 2–12 May 2018 Green starred in the World Première of a play he wrote, with songs about Barnes' life, entitled Music Hall Monster: The Insatiable Fred Barnes at Wilton's Music Hall with John Orchard (piano), Michael Sheldon and Lucy Jane Parkinson. On Thursday 7 June 2018 Green gave a talk with songs to members of the British Music Hall Society, at The Club For Act & Actors in London, entitled The Life & Music Of Fred Barnes, with John Orchard at the piano. Fred Barnes (performer) Frederick "Fred" Jester Barnes (31 May 1885 – 23 October 1938) was an English