Donald Novis

Biography

Donald George Novis was a versatile actor and tenor born in Hastings, Sussex on March 3, 1906. He won the Atwater Kent Foundation singing competition in 1928, earning $5,000 and a university scholarship. This victory marked the beginning of his acting and singing career, which included notable roles in films such as Bulldog Drummond and Monte Carlo, where he played Monsieur Beaucaire.