in
The Adventures of Robin Hood, 1959 Gauge was born in a
Methodist Mission station in
Wenzhou, China. He attended school in California before moving to England. He served in the
British Army in India during
World War II, where he became acquainted with
John Masters. He first appeared on the
New York stage in 1945. He acted in many of
Shakespeare's plays and usually played villains in British films, but many considered his forte to be comedy. Gauge appeared in the films
The Interrupted Journey in 1949. In 1952, he appeared in
Murder in the Cathedral,
Mother Riley Meets the Vampire, with
Old Mother Riley and
Béla Lugosi, and
The Pickwick Papers as the flirtatious
Tracy Tupman. He also appeared in the
Martin Luther (1953),
Beau Brummell (1954),
The Green Man (1956) and
The Iron Petticoat (1956) starring
Bob Hope. In 1955 he joined the cast of both
The Scarlet Pimpernel (as George, the Prince Regent) and
The Adventures of Robin Hood, as
Friar Tuck, a role he played until 1960. In 1959, Gauge starred as Brigadier Wellington-Bull in the series
The Adventures of Brigadier Wellington-Bull alongside
Valerie Singleton. In 1960, just weeks before his death, he played the
Duke of Norfolk in the original
West End production of
A Man for All Seasons at the
Globe Theatre. His last performance was a posthumous appearance in the 1961 film
Nothing Barred starring
Brian Rix. Gauge married Phyllis Anne Young in Penzance in 1957. He died aged 46 in
Woking in
Surrey in 1960 from an overdose. ==Partial filmography==