Our Famous Customers

All the autographs below are taken from the
Austin Reed visitors books
           
PETER SELLERS
"If the cap fits - Buy it. Peter Sellers. A satisfied customer"
One of the greatest comedians of our time. Most famous
for his role as Inspector Closeau in the Pink Panther
movies Sellers rose to fame on the BBC Radio comedy
series The Goon Show.
 
           
DEAN MARTIN
was an American singer, film actor and comedian. He was
one of the best known musical artists of the 1950s and 1960s. Martin's hit singles included "Memories Are Made
Of This", and "Ain't That A Kick In The Head?". One of the leaders
of "The Rat Pack", he was a major star.
 
                
          
ELIZABETH TAYLOR
is an English-born British-American actress. Known for
her acting skills and beauty, as well as her Hollywood lifestyle, including many marriages. Taylor is considered
one of the great actresses of Hollywood's golden years,
as well as a larger-than-life celebrity.
             
             
EDWARD AND WALLIS WINDSOR
Edward became King Edward VIII in 1936 but chose to abdicate from the throne 10 months later so he could
marry Wallis Simpson, the love of his life in 1937.
 
 
            
BING CROSBY
was an American popular singer and actor whose career stretched over more than half a century. He is one of the
few people to have three stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
 
          
Alan Ladd - American Film Producer

 
         
Bette Davis - American TV, film and Theatre actress 
 
          
Burgess meredith - starred as Penguin in the Batman
series and was in the Rocky movies
 
         
Cecil Beaton - Portrait and fashion photographer
(pictured - Marilyn by Cecil)
 
        
David Nixon - At the height of his career, Nixon was
the best-known magician in the UK
 
        
Duke Ellington - was an American composer, pianist,
and jazz orchestra leader
 
         
Gregory Peck - One of 20th Century Fox's most popular
film stars from the 1940s to the 1960s
 
         
Jimmy Stewart - an American film and stage actor,
best known for his self-effacing persona. Films
include It's A Wonderful Life
 
          
Michael Horden - an English actor, knighted in 1983
for his services to the theatre. The narrator for the
Paddington Bear stories
 
         
Montgomery of Alamein - often referred to as "Monty", 
was Chief of the Imperial General Staff from 1946 until
1948.
 
 
British Ryder Cup Team 1947
  • England Henry Cotton
  • England Max Faulkner
  • Scotland Jimmy Adams
  • Wales Dai Rees
  • England Charlie Ward
  • Northern Ireland Fred Daly
  • England Arthur Lees
  • England Sam King

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    Sophie Tucker - an American singer. Known for her
    stentorian delivery of comical and risque songs
     
     
          
    The books were in our shops on board the 
                    RMS Queen Elizabeth and the RMS Queen Mary  
     
                
    TOMMY COOPER
    British comedian known for his dark humour and red fez.
    He was known for making an art of getting magic tricks
    wrong, although he was actually an accomplished magician.
     
     
     
                 
    WINSTON CHURCHILL
    Austin Reed famously made Prime Minister Churchill's
    Siren Suit which he wore during World War II. He served
    as Prime Minister from 1940 to 1945 and again from
    1951 to 1955.
     
     
                 
    RICHARD BURTON
    was a Welsh actor. He was at one time the highest-paid
    actor in Hollywood and is closely associated in the
    public consciousness with his second wife, actress
    Elizabeth Taylor.
     
     
                
    DAME VERA LYNN
    Known as The Forces Sweetheart, Vera Lynn entertained
    the troups singing such classic songs as 'The White Cliffs
    of Dover' and 'We'll Meet Again'. She is currently number
    one in the album charts (Oct 09)
     
                 
    SIR ALEC GUINESS
    Sir Alec won the Academy Award for the Bridge on the
    River Kwai in 1956 and more recently has apeared as
    Obi-Wan Kenobi in the Star Wars movies 
     
                  
    Anthon Eden - British Prime Minister 1955 - 1957
     
                 
    Bruce Welch - member of the Shadows
     
                 
    Cary Grant - noted as perhaps the foremost exemplar of the debonair leading man, handsome, charismatic and charming
     
                  
    David Niven - best known for his roles as Phileas Fogg
    in Around the World in 80 Days and "the Phantom," in
    The Pink Panther. 
                 
    Deborah Kerr - British actress, most famous for her role
    as Anna in The King and I
     
               
    Gracie Fields - widely hailed as one of the greatest stars
    of both cinema and music hall.
     
               
    Jerry Lewis - best known for his slapstick humor in
    stage, screen & TV. This is on the same page as Dean Martin's .
      
              
    Max Factor - Polish  cosmetician who founded the Max
    Factor Cosmetics Company.
     
     
             
    Montgomery Clift - known for his brooding, sensitive
    working-class character roles
     
            
    Orson Welles - an American film director, writer, actor
    and producer, best known for Citizen Kane and the War
    of the Worlds  
     
     
    WAR 1939
    QM (Queen Mary) on active service.
     
              
    Eamonn Andrews - presenter of This is Your Life  
     
     
    Ryder Cup Team 1959 -
  • Wales Dai Rees — Captain
  • England Bernard Hunt
  • Republic of Ireland Christy O'Connor
  • England Harry Weetman
  • Scotland Eric Brown
  • England Ken Bousfield
  • England Peter Alliss
  • Wales Dave Thomas
  • Northern Ireland Norman Drew



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    MCC Cricket Team 1937
    CJ Barnett 
    RES Wyatt 
    WH Copson    
    G Duckworth 
    J Hardstaff  
    H Verity  
    W Voce
      
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     
     

     

     

     

     
               
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