page_title: Kenneth More
section_title: Second World War
hierarchical_section_title: Kenneth More / Early life / Second World War
caption_attribution_description: IWM caption&#160;: An aerial view of HMS Victorious at sea. Steam can be seen venting from the catapult towards the front of the flight deck.
context_page_description: Kenneth Gilbert More, CBE was an English film and stage actor.
  Initially achieving fame in the comedy Genevieve, he appeared in many roles as a carefree, happy-go-lucky gent. Films from this period include Doctor in the House, Raising a Riot, The Admirable Crichton, The Sheriff of Fractured Jaw and Next to No Time. He also played more serious roles as a leading man, beginning with The Deep Blue Sea, Reach for the Sky, A Night to Remember, North West Frontier, The 39 Steps and Sink the Bismarck.
  Although his career declined in the early 1960s, two of his own favourite films date from this time – The Comedy Man and The Greengage Summer with Susannah York, "one of the happiest films on which I have ever worked." He also enjoyed a revival in the much-acclaimed TV adaptation of The Forsyte Saga and the Father Brown series.
context_section_description: More received a commission as a lieutenant in the Royal Navy, and saw active service aboard the cruiser HMS Aurora and the aircraft carrier HMS Victorious.
caption: HMS Victorious, on which More saw service during the Second World War
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