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Aherne passed away on February 10, 1986, three months from what would have been his 84th birthday on May 2.

On Feb. 8, 1980, he was awarded a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 1752 Vine St.

Brian Aherne published his autobiography in 1969, and 10 years later, he published a biography of his friend George Sanders, entitled "A Dreadful Man".

In 1958-59 Aherne granted Columbia Pictures the right to access the eastern bluff of his hilltop property for the premiere of its production Pepe (1960), which occurred on Dec. 27, 1960. Columbia's art director Ted Haworth designed an exterior palatial patio with a full-size swimming pool, surrounded by a terrace with balustrade railings, overlooking Hollywood, downtown Los Angeles and a panoramic view of the West. The Aherne-'Joan Fontaine (I)' (qv( mansion facade served as the backdrop for the reverse location-angle shots. Upon completion of filming, the property area was restored to the original condition; the film company removed (dug out) the swimming pool, the concrete patio-terrace, the balustrades, all the Italian Cypress and shrubbery planted around the film's set. After Aherne and Fontaine divorced, the property was sold, then abandoned, and became a Sunset Strip hippie enclave-fort. In the late 1960s the mansion was torn down, with the property fenced and gated; Great Western Bank, in the mid-1970s, subdivided the property into home sites, building two-story "McMansions" that sold for approximately $350,000-$500,000.

Brian Aherne performed the role Professor Henry Higgins for one year, in the first roadshow Chicago company of "My Fair Lady" during the 1957-58 season. Bill Hargate was his personal wardrobe dresser during the run of the show. Sally Ann Howes performed the role Liza Doolittle opposite Brian Aherne's role Professor Henry Higgins during the entire first year roadshow "My Fair Lady" Chicago engagement.

Had played King Arthur in two different films: Prince Valiant (1954) and Sword of Lancelot (1963).

In 1945 he traveled to Italy, France, Holland and Germany to perform for the troops in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street".

In 1940, he was nominated for an Academy Award as Best Supporting Actor for Juarez (1939) for playing the Emperor Maximillian.

In 1931, he made his Broadway debut playing Robert Browning in "The Barretts of Wimpole Street.

Brian Aherne was an Oscar-nominated Anglo-American stage and screen actor who was one of the top cinema character actors in the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s.

" He alternated between the New York and London stage in the early 1930s.

Aherne made his movie debut in 1924, and by the mid-1930s, he moved to Hollywood.

After his experience in Birmingham, Aherne studied architecture, but a life as an actor was too strong to resist, so he returned to the theater in 1923. For the next eight years, he toured the provinces and appeared in the West End in various productions.

Born on May 2, 1902 in King's Norton, Worcestshire, England, Aherne performed as an actor as a child. At age 18 he made his debut as an adult with the company that would evolve into the world-famous Birmingham Repertory Theatre. Three years later, he made his debut in London's West End, the English equivalent of Broadway.