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Paddy Crean

Paddy Crean,
born 27 June 1911, London.
See wikipedia.
Actor and theatrical fight director. One of the most influential modern figures in the art of stage combat.
Ran the Sophy School of Fencing in London. Used it to teach sword work for stage and films.
He himself performed as stunt double in films. He was Errol Flynn's stunt double.

He mar Helen Christie [Helen Mary Christie, born 22 October 1914, British India].
She was a film and television actress.
They divorced early. No issue.
He moved to Stratford, Ontario, after 1963.
Helen died 17 March 1995, Worthing, Sussex, age 80 yrs.
Paddy died 22 December 2003, Stratford, Ontario, age 92 yrs.
He was bur Avondale Cemetery, Stratford, Ontario. See grave.
The grave says: "We all came home from Paddy's wars".

British Pathe piece on Paddy Crean, 1946.

"The Fight Master".
A Documentary about Paddy Crean.

Grave of Paddy Crean, Stratford, Ontario.
See full size.
From findagrave.com.

Grave of Paddy Crean, Stratford, Ontario.
See full size.
From findagrave.com.

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Sources yet to be consulted

• More Champagne, Darling, the autobiography of Paddy Crean, Toronto, 1981.
  • Foreword by Gordon Pinsent.

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• The Paddy Crean International Workshop