LEO G. CARROLL - AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED 01/24/1951 - HFSID 19228

LEO G. CARROLL. ALS: "Leo.", 1p, 7¼x10½. Hollywood, 1951 January 24. To Willa Gray Martin. Begins: "Willa Darling". In full: "Shall you be in N.Y. around the middle of February? If not I shall be awful down in the mouth. The post card you sent from Marblehead came to hand only when I got here at the tail-end of November. I did give you a jingle sometime after I got back from the Summer Theaters tour in September but there was never any answer. I hope you had a lovely holiday. I tried-out Miss Casey's play without too much success. But we had some lovely bus rides! My best to you & [illegible]." In the year of this letter, Carroll appeared in three films: The Desert Fox, Strangers on a Train and The First Legion. English actor LEO G. CARROLL (1892-1972), who usually played shy, self-effacing Englishmen, was reportedly a favorite of Alfred Hitchcock. He appeared in six of Hitchcock's films, including Spellbound and North by Northwest. Best known to television audiences for his title role in the sitcom, Topper (1953-1955), he later appeared as Alexander Waverly in The Man from U.N.C.L.E. (1964-1968) and The Girl From U.N.C.L.E (1966-1967), becoming one of the first actors to play the same character on two different TV series. WILLA GRAY MARTIN was an artist whose works include depictions of such notables as Woody Guthrie. Lightly creased with folds, not at signature. Fine condition.