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Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. Felix Aylmer was born in Corsham, Wiltshire, the son of Lilian (Cookworthy) and Thomas Edward Aylmer Jones. He was educated at King James's Grammar School, Almondbury near Huddersfield, where he was a boarder from 1897 to 1900, Magdalen College School, and Exeter College, Oxford, where he was a member of Oxford University Dramatic Society. He trained under the Victorian-era actress and director Rosina Filippi before securing his first... MORE

Sir Felix Edward Aylmer Jones, OBE (21 February 1889 – 2 September 1979) was an English stage actor who also appeared in the cinema and on television. Felix Aylmer was born in Corsham, Wiltshire, the son of Lilian (Cookworthy) and Thomas Edward Aylmer Jones. He was educated at King James's Grammar School, Almondbury near Huddersfield, where he was a boarder from 1897 to 1900, Magdalen College School, and Exeter College, Oxford, where he was a member of Oxford University Dramatic Society. He trained under the Victorian-era actress and director Rosina Filippi before securing his first professional engagement at the London Coliseum in 1911. He acted with Sir Laurence Olivier in Shakepearean films, appearing as Polonius in Hamlet (1948), and often played wise old men, such as Merlin in Knights of the Round Table (1953). He played the Archbishop of Canterbury in the film adaptation of Becket (1964), with Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole and gave elocution lessons to the young Audrey Hepburn. His memorable style of delivery was frequently mimicked by comedians such as Peter Sellers and Kenneth Williams. Williams observed that an impersonation of Aylmer was a speciality of a colleague LESS