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- Birth nameDavid Johnston Thursby
- David Thursby was born on February 28, 1889 in Cumbria, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Zero Hour! (1957), Rope of Sand (1949) and The Heiress (1949). He died on April 20, 1977 in Hollywood, California, USA.
- Thursby began acting at the dawn of the talkies. Spending much of his career at 20th Century Fox playing unbilled cameos, he remained active in films up to his retirement in 1957.
- Appeared in two Oscar Best Picture winners: Mutiny on the Bounty (1935) and Mrs. Miniver (1942), and four other nominees: Captain Blood (1935), Captains Courageous (1937), The Adventures of Robin Hood (1938) and The Heiress (1949).
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