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Pardoe Woodman

6/3/2019

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The British actor Pardoe Woodman was born on 26 March 1891 in Worcestershire as Ernest Pardoe Woodman.

He appeared in a small number of films, mainly 1920’s silent ones including; Nobody’s Child 1919, Queen’s Evidence 1919, Desire 1920, the Amateur Gentleman 1920, The Tidal Wave 1920 – he played the part of Frank Knight (see photo) opposite Poppy Wyndham and Sydney Seaward, The Place of Honour 1921, A Gentleman of France 1921, The Mystery of Mr Bernard Shaw 1921.  His final appearance was shortly before his death when he landed an un-credited role in Carol Reed’s Night Train to Munich 1940.

He died on December 8, 1940 in London.

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Tommy Trinder

6/3/2019

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Born 24th March 1909, Tommy Trinder started entertaining for laughs at the young age of 13. The ‘funny faced’ comedian developed a reputation for comedy entertainment across the UK in traveling variety shows with his trademark leering glare, wagging finger, spade-jawed grin, effortless ad-libbing, and catchphrase "You lucky people!". 

He made his film debut in 1938 in the musical comedy Save a Little Sunshine and in the same year starred in the comedy Almost a Honeymoon.  In 1940, he appeared in Laugh It Off and She Couldn't Say No and also co-starred in the cheeky WWII comedy Sailors Three.  Sharing the top billing with Claude Hulbert and Michael Wilding, the plot tells the story of three tipsy navy friends who accidentally find themselves aboard a Nazi ship and become heroes. Trinder's standout role kept him in the Ealing Studios fold for years to come.

He continued to be a huge radio favourite alongside his film roles and his live stage appearances at the top of the bill at theatres such as the London Palladium. His film career continued throughout the war years with comedy relief in the war adventure The Foreman Went to France (1942), then showed a serious side in a moving tribute to firefighters during the "blitz" with The Bells Go Down (1943).

For fans of Charters and Caldicott, Tommy Trinder made an appearance in 1943’s Millions Like Us as the Radio Announcer.

Other films during the war years that he appeared in include Fiddlers Three (1944) and the almost semi-autobiographical role in Champagne Charlie (1944), the story of 1860s music hall entertainer George Leybourne.

His film career began to wane after the war and he did not appear in another film until Bitter Springs (1950). He eventually moved in to TV productions becoming a top presence in variety shows.  In later years the entertainer continued to draw large crowds on stage, in pantomime and in cabaret shows.

The entertainer died 10th July 1989.


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Charles Cullum

6/3/2019

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Charles Cullum was born on March 8, 1899 in Barry Docks, Wales as Robert Perry Cullum and started his film acting career during the 1920’s in The Children of Gideon 1920.

For fans of Charters and Caldicott he appeared alongside Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne in It’s Not Cricket in 1949 – he played the part of Sir Leslie Lawson (pictured).

Some of the other films that he appeared in include; To Be a Lady 1934, Borrow a Million 1934, The Chiltern Hundreds 1949, The Happiest Days of Your Life 1949, The Man in the White Suit 1951, Barnacle 1957, The President 1961 and Games That Lovers Play 1971.

He died in 1979 in Lewes, Sussex.

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Richard Vernon

6/3/2019

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The British actor Richard Evelyn Vernon was born 7th March 1925.  He appeared in many feature films and television programmes, often in aristocratic or supercilious roles.  By appearance, he was prematurely balding and greying, which led him in to being typecast as the archetypal middle-aged lords and military types while still in his 30’s. During his career he appeared in over 180 film and TV productions.  He began acting near the end of his wartime service with the Royal Navy Volunteer Reserve, producing, directing and starring in a production of George Bernard Shaw's 'Heartbreak House' for the Combined Services Club.

His first appearance in film was in an uncredited role in the 1949 film, Stop Press Girl which starred Basil Radford and Naunton Wayne.

His other film career include appearances in; Sapphire 1959, The Siege of Pinchgut 1959, Village of the Damned 1960, Foxhole in Cairo 1960, Cash on Demand 1961 (pictured), Just for Fun 1963, The Beatles A Hard Days Night 1964 – he played the part of the man on the train, Goldfinger 1964, The Early Bird 1965, Goodbye, Mr Chips 1969, One Brief Summer 1971 and Gandhi 1982.

He had much more success on the small-screen; some of his many TV appearances include; 1960’s The Odd Man as Charles Ormiston, as David Gough in Stranger on the Shore 1961 and Stranger in the City 1961, as Edwin Oldenshaw in 1967’s The Fellow, as Oliver Warburton in 1973’s Harriet’s Back in Town, as Lord Wharfedale in 1981’s Bognor and as Sir Horace Mainwaring in 1994’s Class Act.

He died 4th December 1997.

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Wilfred Walter

1/3/2019

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Wlfred Walter was born 2nd March 1882 in Yorkshire.

He was originally a Shakespearian actor during the first half of the 20th century, playing at the Stratford-upon-Avon and the Old Vic, where his major roles included Mark Antony, Falstaff, Othello, Bottom and Titus Andronicus.

Probably his best known film role was as Max Slessor the eponymous inmate in the 1938 Will Hay comedy Convict 99, where he is mistaken for the prison governor Benjamin Twist.  Walter also acted as the monstrous lumbering brute Jake, Dr Orloff's assistant in Bela Lugosi’s 1939 film The Dark Eyes of London.  Other films that he appeared in include Hearts of Humanity 1936, Owd Bob 1938, A Window in London 1940, Operation Stocking 1946, No Highway in the Sky 1951 and Judgement Deferred 1952.

For Charters and Caldicott fans he appeared in Carol Reed’s Night Train to Munich – he played the uncredited part of the Official at the Prague Steel Works.

The actor died 9th July 1958.
The image below is of a scene from Night Train to Munich, and lists the actor as featuring in it; however as the credit only lists three actors, it isn't clear which one is Wilfred Walter.

NIGHT TRAIN TO MUNICH 1940 Still - James Harcourt, Wilfred Walter, David Horne

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    Yorkshire born Peter Storey is the author of Charters and Caldicott: As War begins

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