Tex Perkins (born Gregory Steven Perkins on 28 December 1964) is an Australian singer-songwriter, who is widely known for fronting the popular Australian rock-band The Cruel Sea, but has also performed with the Beasts of Bourbon, Thug, James Baker Experience, The Butcher Shop, Salamander Jim, and Tex, Don and Charlie. He has also released many solo records.

Commander Nicholas John Turney Monsarrat RNVR (22 march 1910 - 8 august 1979) was a UK novelist best known today for his sea stories, particularly "The Cruel Sea" (1951).

John Edward "Jack" Hawkins (September 14, 1910 - July 18, 1973) was an English film actor of the 1950s and 1960s. Hawkins made his London stage debut aged 12, and was appearing on Broadway in "Journey's End" by the age of 18. Although he appeared in several films during the 1930s, it was only after service in World War II that he began to build a successful career in the cinema, …

Charles Frend (1909-1977) was an English film director, born in Pulborough, Sussex, England. Charles Frend worked as an editor on Alfred Hitchcocks movies "Secret Agent" (1936), "Sabotage" (1936) and "Young and Innocent" (1937). For several years, Frend was headquartered at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's British facilities at Elstree, where he edited MGM's "A Yank at Oxford" (1938), "The Citadel" (1938) and "Goodbye Mr. Chips" (1939).

Sir William Stanley Baker (February 8 1927 - June 28 1976), known as Stanley Baker, was a Welsh actor and film producer. Baker was born in Ferndale, Rhondda Valley, Wales, United Kingdom, but moved to London with his parents in the mid-1930s. He was an actor and film producer who came to prominence in the 1950s; although he made his film debut in 1943 as a teenager in the film "Undercover", …

Sir Donald Alfred Sinden, CBE (born Plymouth, 9 October 1923) is an English stage and film actor. A stalwart of the Royal Shakespeare Company he first acted at the Brighton Little Theatre (of which he later became President) in 1941 and broke into professional acting after appearing in revues for the armed forces during the Second World War. He subsequently appeared in many British films of the 1950s including "The Cruel Sea" and "Doctor in the House".

Alec McCowen (born May 26, 1925) is an English actor, best known for classical roles including Shakespeare. He was born in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, the son of Mary and Duncan McCowen. He was educated at the Skinners' School in Tunbridge Wells and a graduate of the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, McCowen made his film debut in 1953 in a British film, "The Cruel Sea", but achieved his greatest successes on stage.

Paul Mac (born Paul McDermott) is a musician, producer and remixer from Sydney, Australia (not to be confused with the UK Techno DJ and producer Paul Mac alias Paul Souter). Mac formed the bands Smash Mac Mac, Itch-e And Scratch-e, Boo Boo And Mace, The Lab and The Dissociatives as well as releasing records under his own name. He has also played with Severed Heads and Silverchair. Paul Mac has produced remixes for Silverchair, Powderfinger, …

Meredith Edwards (1917-1999) was a Welsh character actor and writer. Edwards was born in Rhosllannerchrugog, Denbighshire, Wales. He is the father of actor Ioan Meredith, and the grandfather of actors Ifan Meredith and Rhys Meredith His film appearances include "A Run for Your Money" (1949), "The Blue Lamp" (1950), "The Lavender Hill Mob" (1951), "The Cruel Sea" (1953) and "Tiger Bay" (1959).

Megs Jenkins (April 21, 1917 - October 5, 1998), was a British character actress who appeared in a huge number of British films and television programmes. Born Muguette Mary Jenkins in Birkenhead, Cheshire, she originally trained to be a ballet dancer. Although born in England, she was strongly associated with Wales and often played Welsh characters. She made her film debut in 1943, and appeared in such classics as "Green for Danger" (1946), …

Sam Kydd (born February 15, 1915, in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) - March 26, 1982) was an actor. He was educated at Dunstable Grammar School in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England. Early in WWII, he went to France with the British Expeditionary Force but was quickly captured, spending the rest of the war in Stalag XX-A, a camp near Thorn in German-occupied western Poland. After the war he wrote a book about his experience.

Ken Gormley is the bass player from Australian band The Cruel Sea. He often wears a red jacket to Sydney Swans matches at the SCG.

Harold Goodwin (October 22, 1917 - June 3, 2004) was a British actor born in Wombwell, Yorkshire, England. Goodwin trained at RADA and was a stage actor at Liverpool repertory theatre for 3 years. He appeared in numerous British films of the 1950s and 1960s, usually playing 'flat cap' wearing working class characters from Northern England or low ranks in the military. He had significant parts in the war films "The Dam Busters" (playing Guy Gibson's batman), …

Jim Morahan (1902 - 1976) was a British art director. He began his career in film in 1936. He worked in a number of prominent British productions in the 1940s and 1950s, such as "Scott of the Antarctic" (1948), "Whisky Galore!" (1949), "The Blue Lamp" (1950), "The Man in the White Suit" (1951), "The Cruel Sea" (1953), "The Ladykillers" (1955) and "Those Magnificent Men in Their Flying Machines" (1965).

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