---
name: "Loris Rey"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/loris-rey"
fi1m_id: "loris-rey"
tmdb_id: 1646754
roles: []
born: "11 December 1903"
died: "17 August 1962"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-25T03:19:58.659974+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Loris Rey

## Identity

Loris Rey

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/loris-rey
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** loris-rey
- **TMDB ID:** 1646754
- **Same entity:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1646754

Actor. Born 11 December 1903 in Rutherglen, Scotland. Died 17 August 1962.

## Details

- **Born:** 11 December 1903, Rutherglen, Scotland
- **Died:** 17 August 1962
- **Elsewhere:** https://www.themoviedb.org/person/1646754

## Biography

Loris Rey was a Scottish sculptor, potter and teacher who also worked as an actor. Born in Rutherglen in 1903, he trained at Glasgow School of Art and later headed the sculpture department at Leeds College of Art before settling in London.

During the Second World War he served as a fireman and appeared uncredited as J. Rumbold in Humphrey Jennings’s documentary-style film *Fires Were Started* (1943). He died in London in 1962.

*Sources: artuk.org, reelstreets.com, sculpture.gla.ac.uk.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Fires Were Started* (1943), Fi1m 85, as J. Rumbold (uncredited) — [page](https://film.one/film/fires-were-started.md)

## Complete filmography (1)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Fires Were Started* (1943), as J. Rumbold (uncredited) — Fi1m 85, [page](https://film.one/film/fires-were-started.md)

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