(Susannah and Jennifer). He was knighted in 1974 and created a life peer as Baron Delfont of Stepney in Greater London on 29 June 1976. He died from a heart attack at his Angmering home in Sussex, England. Portrayals In the 2018 film Stan & Ollie, which recounts the 1953 tour of the United Kingdom by Laurel & Hardy, he is portrayed by Rufus Jones. He is played by Michael Gambon in the 2019 film Judy, which recounts Judy Garland's last days. Other appointments Companion of the Grand Order of Water Rats Member of Saints and Sinners Printers Charitable Corporation President 1979 References External links Entertainment Artistes' Benevolent Fund 1909 births 1994 deaths People from Tokmak People from Berdyansky Uyezd Ukrainian Jews Emigrants from the Russian Empire to the United Kingdom Naturalised citizens of the United Kingdom English people of Ukrainian-Jewish descent English theatre managers and producers Impresarios Knights Bachelor Life peers People from Bethnal Green 20th-century English businesspeople Burials at Liberal Jewish Cemetery, Willesden Life peers created by Elizabeth II