Best remembered for his performance as Ashley Wilkes in Gone with the Wind. During WWII he devoted his energies to the war effort and was killed in 1943 at the age of fifty, when the British Overseas Airways plane he was on was shot down by German fighters over the Bay of Biscay. Outstanding vintage sepia matte-finish 5 x 7 close-up portrait of the actor, signed in fountain pen. In fine condition, with adhesive residue on the reverse from a previous mounting, small tear to left edge. PSA/DNA COA and R&R COA.