Henry Mollison

{{Short description|British actor (1905–1985)}}

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{{Infobox person

| name = Henry Mollison

| image = Henry Mollison in A Bride for Henry (1937).jpg

| caption = Mollison in A Bride for Henry (1937)

| birth_name = Evelyn Henry Mollison

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1905|02|21|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Dundee, Angus, Scotland

| death_date = {{Death date and age|1985|07|19|1905|02|21|df=yes}}

| death_place = London, England

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1928–1956

| spouse = {{plainlist|

• {{marriage|Jane Welsh|1932|1934|end=divorced}}
• {{marriage|Lina Basquette|1937|1947|end=divorced}}

}}

| relatives = Clifford Mollison (brother)

}}

Evelyn Henry Mollison (21 February 1905 – 19 July 1985) was a British theatre and film actor.{{cite web|url=http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/127267|title=Henry Mollison|work=BFI|access-date=2010-08-24|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131004214304/http://ftvdb.bfi.org.uk/sift/individual/127267|archive-date=2013-10-04|url-status=dead}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Qy-M1O53kdYC&pg=PA157|title=John Gielgud: Matinee Idol to Movie Star|isbn=9781408131077|last1=Croall|first1=Jonathan|date=2011-05-05}} He was the brother of the actor Clifford Mollison.

During World War II, he was held as a Prisoner of War for five years by the Germans, after his ship was captured. During his time in the POW camp, he organized 56 shows for other prisoners. Following the war, he never completely returned to acting.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=A6z0AgAAQBAJ&pg=PT51|title=The Barbed-Wire University|isbn=9781845137274|last1=Gillies|first1=Midge|date=25 May 2011}}

He was married to actresses Jane Welsh from 1932 to 1934 and Lina Basquette from 1937 until their divorce in 1947.{{cite web|url=http://www.powell-pressburger.org/Obits/Welsh/Independent.html|title=Jane Welsh - Obituary from The Independent (UK)|work=powell-pressburger.org}}{{cite web|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ZLUWAAAAIBAJ&pg=1982,4290860&dq=lina+basquette+henry+mollison+divorce&hl=en|title=The Milwaukee Journal - Google News Archive Search|work=google.com}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}