Patrick Waddington | |
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| Born | 19 August 1901 |
| Died | 4 February 1987 (aged 85) York, England |
Patrick William Simpson Waddington (19 August 1901 – 4 February 1987) was an English actor, educated at Gresham's School at Holt in Norfolk.[1] He was born and died in York, England.[2]
Biography
Waddington was the grandson of William Waddington, the piano manufacturer who also took over the management of the Theatre Royal York.[3] After an Oxford education, he started his career singing, and in the 1930s was in That Certain Trio with Peggy Cochrane.[4][5] On stage from 1924, often in upper-class roles, his theatre work included the original West End run of Patrick Hamilton's Rope in 1929; a lengthy tour of My Fair Lady, as Colonel Pickering, in 1963-5; and the musical Kean on Broadway, in 1961.[6][4][7][8][9] Film and TV included The Wooden Horse (1950), A Night to Remember (1958), and two episodes of Dad's Army, as 'The Brigadier'.[10]
In 1951 he became General Secretary of TACT (The Actors Charitable Trust) and was headmaster of its children's home, Silverlands, until 1953.[11][4] A plaque to commemorate him can be seen in the Courtyard entrance to the Merchant Adventurers' Hall in York - he was a member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York from 1933 to his death in 1987.[3] In 1986, he self-published his autobiography, Patrick: Or, That Awful Warning.[3]
Filmography
- If Youth But Knew (1926) - Arthur Noel-Vane
- Loyalties (1933) - Augustus Borring
- The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1935) - René
- The Black Tulip (1937) - Cornelus Van Baerle
- Journey Together (1945) - Flight Lt Mander
- Gaiety George (1946) - Lt Travers
- School for Secrets (1946) - Group Captain Aspinall
- The Clouded Crystal (1948) - Jack
- It's Not Cricket (1949) - Valentine Christmas
- That Dangerous Age (1949) - Rosley
- Stop Press Girl (1949) - Airline Director (uncredited)
- The Wooden Horse (1950) - Senior British Officer
- The fire lake where the old man walks (1956)
- Wideawake (1957) - Male, senior
- The White Cliffs Mystery (1957) - Matrion
- O.S.S.: Operation Big House (1957) - German Ambassador
- Rx Murder (1958) - Sir George Watson
- The Moonraker (1958) - Lord Dorset
- A Night to Remember (1958) - Sir Richard
- Battle of the V-1 (1958) - Air Marshal (uncredited)
- Play of the Week: Mary Stuart (1960) - Leicester
- Naked City: The Man Who Bit a Diamond in Half (1960) - Mitcham
- The Jazz Age: The Outstation (1968) - Lord Hollington
- Armchair Theatre: The Mandarins (1969) - Sir Henry
- Dad's Army: The Showing Up of Corporal Jones (1968) - The Brigadier
- Dad's Army: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker (1969) (Lost) - The Brigadier
- Department S: Who Plays the Dummy? (1969) - NATO General
Bibliography
- Waddington, Patrick S. (1986). Patrick: Or, That Awful Warning. Self-published. ISBN 0-951132601.
References
- ^ "Patrick Waddington".
- ^ League, The Broadway. "Patrick Waddington – Broadway Cast & Staff - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ a b c "Autobiography of Patrick Waddington - Borthwick Catalogue". borthcat.york.ac.uk.
- ^ a b c McFarlane, Brian (16 May 2016). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9781526111975 – via Google Books.
- ^ Pathé, British. "That Certain Trio". www.britishpathe.com.
- ^ "Production of Rope - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ "My Fair Lady – Hippodrome Heritage". birminghamhippodromeheritage.com.
- ^ "Patrick Waddington - Theatricalia". theatricalia.com.
- ^ League, The Broadway. "Kean – Broadway Musical – Original - IBDB". www.ibdb.com.
- ^ "Patrick Waddington". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ http://www.noelcoward.net/pdfs/Noel%20Coward%20and%20the%20Actors%20Orphanage.pdf
External links
- Patrick Waddington at IMDb
- Patrick Waddington at the Internet Broadway Database