Please answer the following question: Read the bio below and try to give details on ivor novello 's: - imagesize - death place - years active - birth name - death date - birth date - partner - name - image - birth place - occupation Bio: david ivor davies -lrb- 15 january 1893 -- 6 march 1951 -rrb- , better known as ivor novello , was a welsh composer and actor who became one of the most popular british entertainers of the first half of the 20th century . he was born into a musical family and his first successes were as a songwriter . his first big hit was '' keep the home fires burning '' , which was enormously popular during the first world war . his 1917 show , '' theodore & co '' , was a wartime hit . after the war , novello contributed numbers to several successful musical comedies and was eventually commissioned to write the scores of complete shows . he wrote his musicals in the style of operetta and often composed his music to the librettos of christopher hassall . in the 1920s , he turned to acting , first in british films and then on stage , with considerable success in both . he starred in two silent films directed by alfred hitchcock , '' '' and '' downhill '' , both in 1927 . on stage , he played the title character in the first london production of '' liliom '' -lrb- 1926 -rrb- . novello briefly went to hollywood , but he soon returned to britain where he had more successes , especially on stage , appearing in his own lavish west end productions of musicals . the best known of these were '' glamorous night '' -lrb- 1935 -rrb- and '' the dancing years '' -lrb- 1939 -rrb- . from the 1930s , he often performed with zena dare , writing parts for her in his works . he continued to write for film , but he had his biggest late successes with stage musicals : '' perchance to dream '' -lrb- 1945 -rrb- , '' king 's rhapsody '' -lrb- 1949 -rrb- and '' gay 's the word '' -lrb- 1951 -rrb- .
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- imagesize is 200px- death place is london , england- years active is 1914 -- 1951- birth name is david ivor davies- death date is 6 march 1951- birth date is 15 january 1893- partner is bobbie -rrb- andrews -lrb- 1916 -- 51 ; his death- name is ivor novello- image is ivor novello.jpg- birth place is cardiff , wales- occupation is actor , composer