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Bernard Delfont, Baron Delfont (born Boris Winogradsky; 5 September 1909 – 28 July 1994) was a leading Russian-born British theatrical impresario.
According to his biography ( East End, West End, 1990), Bernard Delfont was paid the sum of £2 to perform a dance number in front of John Logie Baird's experimental TV camera as a demonstration for a small audience of Baird's potential backers.
Bernard Delfont was born on 5 September 1909 in the Russian Empire. He was a producer and director, known for The Benny Hill Show (1957), The Royal Variety Performance 1974 (1974) and Hancock (1963). He was married to Carole Lynne. He died on 28 July 1994 in Angmering, Sussex, England, UK.
BERNARD DELFONT, aged three when he came to England in 1913 from Russia, was the second of a trio of brothers, the Winogradskys, who became moguls of British show business.
The article argues that Bernard Delfont played a significant role in the development of the British film industry in the 1970s as head of EMI's entertainment division that included film.
DELFONT, BERNARD, LORD (1909–1994), British theatrical manager. Born in Russia, the son of Isaac Winogradsky, he grew up in England and entered theater management in 1941. He subsequently managed many West End theaters and controlled 30 companies with theatrical, film, television, music, and property interests.
Jun 2, 2024 · There was a time, roughly from the 1950s to the 1990s, when it seemed as though just about anything that was funny, as well as dramatic, that was going on inside a British theatre had arrived there courtesy of Bernard Delfont. Here's an in-depth profile of the entertainment impresario.
