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Robert Bilcliffe Loraine DSO, MC (14 January 1876 – 23 December 1935) was a successful London and Broadway British stage actor, actor-manager, and soldier who later enjoyed a side career as a pioneer aviator.
The once-renowned Robert ‘Bobbie’ Lorraine is now an obscure figure. Born on 14 January 1876 in New Brighton, Merseyside, he was known in his heyday as the ‘Actor-Airman’. He became a matinee idol before gaining his Royal Aero Club pilot’s certification in 1910 at the age of thirty five.
Actor, soldier and early aviator. Lt R Loraine, No 2 Sqn RFC, 1915. Having run away from school at 13, Robert Loraine followed his parents, Harry and Nellie, into the theatrical profession without their support.
Robert Bilcliffe Loraine MC DSO (14 January 1876 – 23 December 1935) was a successful London and Broadway British stage actor, actor-manager and soldier who later enjoyed a side career as a pioneer aviator.
Robert Loraine was born on 14 January 1876 in New Brighton, Merseyside, England, UK. He was an actor, known for Father Brown, Detective (1934), Limehouse Blues (1934) and Outcast Lady (1934). He was married to Winifred Lydia Strangman and Julie Oop.
- January 14, 1876
- December 23, 1935
Jul 16, 2023 · On 26th October 1915, Loraine won the Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry and skill when he attacked a German Albatross biplane, following it from a height of 9,000 feet to 600 feet.
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Here is Robert Loraine (January 14,1876 - December 23,1935), like modern actor John Travolta he was an actor-aviator. Loraine was a very well known stage actor before becoming a pilot around 1910. He acted in a play by George Bernard Shaw called Man & Superman around 1905.
