b. Archibald Alexander Leach, 18 January 1904, Horfield, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, d. 29 November 1986, Davenport, Iowa, USA. As a child, Leach joined a troupe of itinerant entertainers and was still in his teens when they travelled to the USA where he struggled in vaudeville while doing menial day work. In 1923 he returned to the UK, graduating to minor roles in musical comedies before returning to New York to play in Golden Dawn (1927). After this he was in other Broadway productions, including Boom Boom, A Wonderful Night (both 1929) and Nikki (1931). Signed with t...