David Tree
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David Tree (b. July 15, 1915) is a British actor. His mother was Viola Tree, and his grandfather Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree.
Beginning his career in the theatre, he entered films in 1937, and enjoyed a string of character roles in films such as Return of the Scarlet Pimpernel (1937), Pygmalion (1938, as Freddy Eynsford-Hill), Goodbye, Mr Chips (1939) and French Without Tears (1940). After losing an arm during service in World War II, Tree retired from acting to pursue a living as a farmer.
In 1973, his friend the director Nicolas Roeg persuaded him to return to the screen for a brief cameo as a headmaster in the horror film Don't Look Now.
