Person    | Male  Born 7/12/1876  Died 28/10/1951

Ernie Lotinga

Categories: Cinema, Humour, Theatre

Comedian and film actor. Born Sunderland. Best known for a series of films in which he played a character, Josser, in the 1930s. T. S. Eliot was a big fan. Died London.

British Pathe have some film of Lotinga in performance - confirmation that what's funny changes over time.

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Ernie Lotinga

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Saville Theatre - Khaki

This shows Ernie Lotinga in the play 'Khaki'.

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