Last Updated : 31 Aug 2009

Reginald Carey Harrison, otherwise known as "Sir Rex Harrison" was born in Huyton on the 5th of March 1908. The house he lived in, a semi-detached property known as "Derry Lodge" still exists on Tarbock Road and not far away is "Harrison Hey", a road named after him. He became a famous actor both in films and on the stage. Before joining the Liverpool Repertory Theatre in 1924 at the age of 16 and making his theatre debut the same year, he had attended Liverpool College. He remained a member of the repertory company for over twenty years.