Alan Wheatley was a radio announcer who turned to stage and screen acting in the 1930s and was much seen in British films, being a television actor during the black and white

Monochrome

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 era.

Wheatley left his job as an industrial psychologist

Psychologist

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 to start an acting career. The suave, debonair actor with the golden voice made his film debut in the 1936 movie Conquest of the Air

Conquest of the Air

Conquest of the Air was a 1936 documentary film on the evolution of aviation, up until the early stages of World War Two. It features historical footage of the developments of commercial and military aviation; including the early stages of technology developments in design, propulsion, and air...

, which was not released until four years later.