Alan Durban
Football (Soccer) player winning European football trophies with Derby and Nottingham Forest.
Andrew Vicari
Andrew Vicari is a welsh painter living and working in France. He has made a career out of paining portraits of the rich and famous despite being largely unknown in own country, in 2004 Vicari was Britain's richest living painter, with an estimated fortune of 92 million.
Bernard Fox
Actor From Port Talbot, Wales
Versatile character actor, played the quintessential Brit in dozens of American TV shows-best known over here for his role as 'Dr.Bombay' on the 'Bewitched' sitcom.
Born Bernard Lawson on the 11th of May 1927 Bernard sadly passed away 14th December 2016.
A busy acting career saw in a number of well known productions including a role as Dr. Bombay in the comedy series Bewitched, Colonel Crittendon in the U.S. TV comedy Hogan's Heroes and films such as the 1997 Titanic...
Bernice Carlill
Primarily water-colours. Does anyone have anymore details?
Brian Flynn
Football (Soccer) player for Wrexham, Swansea and Wales.
Geoffrey Howe
Senior minister during the reign of Jolly Queen Thatcher, what a lovely time we all had.
George Thomas
First broadcast Speaker of the House of Commons
Harry Grindell-Matthews
Wacky inventor of so called 'Death Ray' and various electrical devices including burglar alarms, projectors and automatic street lighting.
Ivor Emmanuel
Singer and actor of note.
Keneth Connor
Actor in various Carry On films in the 1960's and played undertaker Alfaunce in the BBC comedy series 'Allo, Allo'.
Matt Davies
Lead singer in famous band 'Funeral for a Friend'.
Michael Sheen
Actor From Port Talbot, Wales
Micheal was actually born in Newport, Wales to Irene and Meyrick. Meyrick worked for British Steel so moving to Baglan, closer to the steel works and Port Talbot was natural.
The family now including a younger sister Joanne were always interested in the theatre and took part in local performances. Indeed, his dad Meyrick was a 'Jack Nicholson' look-alike. During his 'teens' Michael was played with the West Glamorgan Youth Theatre and following the National Youth Theatre...
Mike Locke
He is one part of the 'Dirty Sanchez' (Jackass style stunt show) crew, a MTV comedy? Reality TV show. And a proffesional skateboarder.
Nigel Harris
Vulcanologist. Significant research in polar regions, some tropical exploration too.
Paul Potts
Becoming well known as a singer of opera music after winning a major competition, Britain's got talent. Paul has since toured the world performing to thousands of opera fans.
Peg Entwistle
Peg emigrated to New York with her father in 1922. She had several parts on Broadway before moving to Los Angeles where she appeared in just one movie, it was a flop. Peg was very depressed and climbed up the famous Hollywood sign to jump to her death. She was just twenty-four years old.
Richard Burton
Actor with strong Welsh connections!
Born Richard Walter Jenkins in Pontrhydyfen, Wales on November 10, 1925, wasn't just an actor; he was a force of nature. His booming voice, Shakespearean prowess, and fiery spirit left an indelible mark on the silver screen and theater stage for over three decades.
From a young age, Burton devoured words and dreamt of the stage. After serving in the RAF, he honed his craft at Oxford, his charismatic presence electrifying audiences even then. His professional debut...
Rob Brydon
Actor From Port Talbot, Wales
Rob appeared in and co-wrote hit BBC series 'Marion and Jeff'. Rob has also hosted his own BBC chat show.
Born Baglan in Port Talbot on 3rd May 1965 Robert Brydon Jones accepted his MBE saying it was on behalf of "short Welshmen everywhere", actually it was a just reward for his excellent work for charities including Tenovus. A comedian, actor, presenter on radio and television. A singer and impressionist. Rob Brydon is another amazing talent from the Port...
Rod Thomas
Football (Soccer) player for Swindon. Went on to play in the first division and played for Wales many times.
Ronald Lewis
A career spanning the 1950's through to the 1970's. Appearances include such films as 'Helen of Troy', 'Jigsaw' and his last movie in 1974, 'Paul and Michelle'.