 Unsure if he could play a man with a heart condition,  Charles Laughton (qv) (Sir Wilfrid) staged a heart attack in the  pool one day at home. His wife, Elsa Lanchester (qv) (Miss  Plimsoll), and a houseguest panicked and pulled him from the water,  at which point he explained his trick. Elsas reaction has not been  recorded.