Wilfrid Hyde-White
Wilfrid Hyde-White (
May 12,
1903 â€"
May 6,
1991) was a
British character actor.
Born in Bourton-on-the-Water in
Gloucestershire, he studied at
Marlborough College and later at
RADA, making his stage debut in
London in
1922. He worked steadily on the stage, including a tour of
South Africa in 1932 before making his film debut, credited as "Hyde White" in 1934. After a memorable supporting role in
The Third Man (1949), he became a fixture in British
films of the 1950s.
Two-Way Stretch (
1960) probably shows best the more roguish side to some of the characters he played in this period.
From
1962 to
1965 he also starred in the
BBC radio comedy
The Men from the Ministry.
He later found success in the
United States, and is probably best-known there for playing "Colonel Pickering" in the
1964 film of
My Fair Lady. In the 1970s he featured in the US TV series
Buck Rogers in the 25th Century and
The Associates.
He continued to act upon the stage, and played opposite
Laurence Olivier and
Vivien Leigh in
Caesar and Cleopatra and
Antony and Cleopatra in 1951. He also appeared on Broadway and was nominated for two
Tony Awards as best actor.
He was married to actress Blanche Glynne, and later to Ethel Drew. His son is the actor
Alex Hyde-White.
He died of
congestive heart failure, in
Woodland Hills, California, on
May 6,
1991 (6 days before his 88th birthday), survived by his wife and son.
Josser on the Farm (1934)
Rembrandt (1936)
Back Room Boy (1942)
The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947)
The Winslow Boy (1948)
Quartet (1948)
The Third Man (1949)
Outcast of the Islands (1951)
Top Secret (1952)
The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953)
The Million Pound Note (1953)
The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955)
Vicious Circle (1957)
Up the Creek (1958)
Carry On Nurse (1959)
Northwest Frontier (1959)
Two-Way Stretch (1960)
On The Double (1961)
On the Fiddle (1961)
In Search of the Castaways (1962)
Crooks Anonymous (1962)
My Fair Lady (1964)
You Must be Joking! (1965)
Ten Little Indians (1965 film)The Sandwich Man (1966)
Run a Crooked Mile (1969) (TV)
The Magic Christian (1969)
The Toy (1982)
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Wilfrid Hyde-White's Gravesite
