Hugo Pratt origin, his maternal grandfather was of Marrano (Jewish) descent, and his grandmother was of Turkish origin. He was also related to actor Boris Karloff (né William Henry Pratt). In 1937, Pratt moved with his mother to Abyssinia (Ethiopia), joining his father who was working there following the conquest of that country by Benito Mussolini's Italy. Pratt's father, a professional Italian soldier, was captured in 1941 by British troops and in late 1942, died from disease as a prisoner of war. The same year, Hugo Pratt and his mother were interned in a prison camp at Dirédaoua, where he would buy
William Abney (actor) William Abney (actor) William Edward Charles Wootton Abney (7 January 1921 – 9 August 1997) played Reverend Copley on "Coronation Street" in 1977, and Jim Lorimer in 1980. His other television credits include "The Adventures of William Tell", "Crossroads", "Special Branch", "Play for Today", "All Creatures Great and Small", "Robin's Nest" and "The Return of Sherlock Holmes". The son of Henry Charles Wootton Abney, of the landed gentry family of Abney of Measham Hall, Derbyshire, by his wife, Janet Bentley Littlejohn, Abney was educated at Cranleigh School and the Central School of Speech and Drama. As a film actor, Abney