Eric Messiter was born on August 14, 1892 in Dudley, West Midlands, England as Eric Hugh Messiter. He was an actor, known for Kind Hearts and Coronets (1949), BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (1950) and Lost Daughter (1949). He was married to Daphne Riggs. He died on September 13, 1960 in Datchet, Berkshire, England.