John Julian Somers (12 November 1903 – 11 November 1976), known as Julian Somers, was a prolific English stage and screen actor.
By 1934, Somers was appearing in rep at Croydon.[1] In 1937, he was on stage in Jeffrey Dell's play Night Alone at the Embassy Theatre with Alexander Archdale.[2] In 1944, he appeared as the White Rabbit in a stage production of Alice in Wonderland.[3]
Early film roles came in The Peterville Diamond (1942) and Caravan (1946). Outside his developing screen career as a supporting actor, Somers continued to be heard in BBC radio productions and to appear in West End theatre plays and reviews.[4]
In October 1939, Somers was living with his mother, Ethel M. Somers, at Wolnoth, Park Lane, Leatherhead, and was registered as an actor.[5] In the summer of 1950, he married Betty Margaret Newcombe at Finsbury.[6] They had three sons and a daughter.
Somers died in London in 1976, aged 72. At the time of his death, he was living at 33, Wharton Street, Clerkenwell.[7] He was cremated at Islington.[8]