From Wikipedia Leslie Lincoln Henson 3 August 1891 2 December 1957 was an English comedian actor producer for films and theatre and film director He initially worked in silent films and Edwardian musical comedy and became a popular music hall comedian who enjoyed a long stage career He was famous for his bulging eyes malleable face and raspy voice and helped to form the Entertainments National Service Association ENSA during the Second World War Hensons post war stage success continued in revues musicals and plays including a West End adaptation of The Diary of a Nobody in 1955 Hensons film career was intermittent and he made 14 films from 1916 to 1956 The most notable of these was Tons of Money in 1924 which introduced the popular Aldwych farces to British cinema audiences for the first time In 1956 Henson died at his home in Harrow Weald Middlesex in 1957 He was 66
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