Cecil Henderson: What happened to Glynis Johns’ ex-husband?

Cecil Henderson is the ex-husband of Glynis Johns. Cecil Henderson’s ex-wife is a British retired actress, dancer, musician, and singer with a career span of eight decades. She has made appearances in more than 60 films and 30 plays. She is the recipient of awards and nominations in various drama award denominations, including the National Board of Review of Motion Pictures, the Academy Awards, the Golden Globe Awards, the Laurel Awards, and the Tony Awards.

Cecil Henderson: Bio Summary

Cecil Henderson gained much of his fame from being the ex-husband of the iconic actress Glynis Johns. Cecil’s ex-wife Glynis Johns was born on 5 October 1923. At the age of 5, Glynis joined the London Ballet School; by 6, she was hailed in Britain as a dancing wonder; by 10, she was working as a Ballet instructor; and by 11, she had earned a degree to teach. Cecil on the hand has been a mystery man with not so much information about his personal life before he met the actress available.

Cecil Henderson was a businessman

Glynis Johns is known by many for playing the malicious child in the London production of The Children’s Hour (1936) and first appeared in film as the hero’s motherless daughter in South Riding. Glynis’ screen career blossomed in the ’40s and ’50s, from the time she played her real-life father Mervyn Johns’ daughter in the wartime fantasy, The Halfway House. While she was kicking it on the screens her ex-husband Cecil was also a Businessman.

Though the type of business he was into was not mentioned, he was doing great in his field. Glynis was nominated for a Supporting Actress Oscar for The Sundowners, and she won a Tony for her stage lead in A Little Night Music (1973).

They were married for only two years

Glynis Johns has been married four times and Cecil Henderson was the third man the actress went to the alter with. The couple tied the knot on 10 October 1960 in Westminster, London. They married in a beautiful wedding ceremony in the presence of their loved ones. When they got married, she was 37 years old while he was 49 years old.

Things didn’t go as the couple planned even though they promised each other forever. They called their marriage a quit on 21 June 1962 due to Cecil’s claim that Glynis had had an affair with actor Robert Fitz Randolph Patten in Los Angeles. Though the claim remained unproven, the lovers’ relationship has already proven to be a failure.

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Where is Cecil Henderson now?

It is unclear what exactly happened to Cecil Henderson after their marriage came to an end. He went totally out of the limelight to leave a very private life away from the cameras. Glynis Johns on the other hand moved on to her fourth marriage with United States Air Force Captain Elliott Arnold. The couple announced their engagement on 25 June 1964 and walked down the aisle on 1 October in Los Angeles, California. They also divorced on 4 January 1973.

Cecil Henderson passed away in November 1978 in Oxford, England per sources; The cause of his death was not made public by his family. Johns currently resides at the Belmont Village Hollywood Heights, a senior living community, located near the Hollywood Bowl in Los Angeles, California. She will be 100 years old in October 2023.