John Cazabon

John Forde Cazabon 3 August 1914 22 June 1983 was an English actor and stage writer whose career began in Sydney Australia Cazabon was born in Hertford Hertfordshire to violinist and composer Albert Cazabon 18831970 and Norah Cazabon née Delaney a professional actress born in Australia He had an older sister Norah Cazabon and a younger brother Robert Brendan Cazabon born c 1919 who was killed in action in 1941 In 1927 the family moved to Sydney where Albert Cazabon had secured the post of musical director to the Prince Edward Theatres orchestra and Gladys née Curtin a professional actress born in Australia Cazabon and sister Norah were members of Sydneys Impressionist Theatre in 1933 and in 1934 with their mother joined the Independent Theatre and Pickwick Theatre Group both run by Doris Fitton They later joined Beryl Bryants group Albert Cazabon returned to London in 1936 living at Aberdeen Place and was hired by the BBC but Cazabon stayed behind and secretly married actress Margery Gielis of Toowoomba They had a son Charles who married Margaret Burns on 20 May 1967 His sister Norah married Stephen Merivale of Middleton Hall Leeds Stephen was cousin of Philip Merivale who married Gladys Cooper