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ERIC GEORGE SIMON
Stage name: ERIC CLAVERING		 Spouse: MARION THEODORA GILLON
Parent/s: Prior Martin George and Eleanor (Johnson) Simon. Parent/s: Ernest Carthagh and Rose Marion (Simon) Gillon.
Born: 15 March 1901, at 10 Wren Road, Camberwell, London. Born: 1915, Stockholm, Sweden.
Married: 5 December 1941, St. Mary's Church, Stansted, Essex. Saffron Walden dist 4a 2842. Married: 5 December 1941, St. Mary's Church, Stansted, Essex. Saffron Walden dist 4a 2842.
Died: 10 June 1989, Toronto, Canada.
Buried Beechwood cemetery with his mother.		 Died: 1951.
Occupation: Actor in Film and Television. Occupation:
Notes: See below. Notes: After a visit to England, Marion sailed on the SS Mauretania with two of her children from Liverpool on the 21 May 1947, arriving in New York 27 May.
Source: Family notes, GRO, Rick Simon.
1901 RG13/496 F86 P45,
Filmography at www.imdb.com/name/nm0165432/		 Source: Family notes, Ancestry.com passenger lists.

Eric George and Marion Theodora were second cousins and had two sons and two daughters:-
SOURCE:  Family Bible, Friend of Jeremy in  Australia, GRO/

The Sons:-

JEREMY JOHN SIMON born 22 March 1944, Stansted, Essex, Bishops Stortford dist 3a 1748.
Died 28 August 2007, Melbourne, Australia.
Jeremy's ashes were scattered at Mangalore Airport 15 September 2007.
See PHOTOGRAPH of Jeremy.

.......... SIMON      living

The Daughters:-

.......... SIMON     living

.......... SIMON     living


Eric was an original member of the BBC Repertory Company formed in 1940.

His many film appearances include:-
Where's That Fire, with Will Hay, 1940.
The Patient Vanishes, with James Mason, 1941.
49th Parallel, with Eric Portman, 1941.
South American George, with George Formby, 1941.
Gasbags, with The Crazy Gang, 1941.
Much Too Shy, with George Formby, 1942.
Hawkeye and The Last of The Mohicans, 1957.
The Forest Rangers, 1963.
To Kill a Clown, with Alan Alda, 1972.
Vengeance is Mine, with Ernest Borgnine, 1974.
 

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