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'''Samuel John Kydd''' (15 February 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a British actor.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f123863|title=Sam Kydd}}</ref> His best-known roles were in two major British television series of the 1960s, as the smuggler Orlando O'Connor in ''[[Crane (TV series)|Crane]]'' and its sequel ''[[Orlando (TV series)|Orlando]]''. He also played a recurring character in ''[[Coronation Street]]''.<ref name=screenonline/><ref name=belfasttelegraph/> Kydd's first film was ''[[The Captive Heart]]'' (1946), in which he played a [[POW]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqyuDQAAQBAJ&q=sam+kydd+the+captive+heart+1949&pg=PA429|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=29 August 2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780719091391}}</ref> He made over 290 films, more than any other British actor, including 119 between 1946 and 1952. |
'''Samuel John Kydd''' (15 February 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a British actor.<ref name=bfi>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f123863|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170321064909/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b9f123863|url-status=dead|archive-date=21 March 2017|title=Sam Kydd}}</ref> His best-known roles were in two major British television series of the 1960s, as the smuggler Orlando O'Connor in ''[[Crane (TV series)|Crane]]'' and its sequel ''[[Orlando (TV series)|Orlando]]''. He also played a recurring character in ''[[Coronation Street]]''.<ref name=screenonline/><ref name=belfasttelegraph/> Kydd's first film was ''[[The Captive Heart]]'' (1946), in which he played a [[POW]].<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=mqyuDQAAQBAJ&q=sam+kydd+the+captive+heart+1949&pg=PA429|title=The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition|first1=Brian|last1=McFarlane|first2=Anthony|last2=Slide|date=29 August 2018|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780719091391}}</ref> He made over 290 films, more than any other British actor, including 119 between 1946 and 1952. |
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==Early life and career== |
==Early life and career== |
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An army officer's son, Kydd was born on 15 February 1915 in [[Belfast]], [[Ireland]],<ref>Northern Ireland was only created in 1921</ref> and moved to [[London]] as a child. He was educated at [[Dunstable Grammar School|Dunstable School]] in [[Dunstable]], [[Bedfordshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/sam-kydd-p39699|title=Sam Kydd - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> During the mid-1930s Kydd was an [[MC]] for the [[Oscar Rabin Band]] and one of his "Hot Shots". He would warm up audiences with jokes, impressions (Maurice Chevalier was a favourite) and tap dance routines before introducing the singers and attractions on the bill. During the late 1930s he joined the [[ |
An army officer's son, Kydd was born on 15 February 1915 in [[Belfast]], [[Ireland]],<ref>Northern Ireland was only created in 1921</ref> and moved to [[London]] as a child. He was educated at [[Dunstable Grammar School|Dunstable School]] in [[Dunstable]], [[Bedfordshire]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/sam-kydd-p39699|title=Sam Kydd - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> During the mid-1930s Kydd was an [[MC]] for the [[Oscar Rabin Band]] and one of his "Hot Shots". He would warm up audiences with jokes, impressions (Maurice Chevalier was a favourite) and tap dance routines before introducing the singers and attractions on the bill. During the late 1930s he joined the [[Army Reserve (United Kingdom)|Territorial Army]] serving with the [[Queen Victoria's Rifles]] and when war broke out he was called up for active service. |
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Early in the [[Second World War]], he went to [[France]] with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] but was quickly captured, spending the rest of the war in [[Stalag XX-A]], a camp |
Early in the [[World War II|Second World War]], he went to [[France]] with the [[British Expeditionary Force (World War II)|British Expeditionary Force]] but was quickly captured, spending the rest of the war in [[Stalag XX-A]], a camp in [[Toruń]] in [[Occupation of Poland (1939–1945)|German-occupied]] [[Poland]].<ref>[http://www.wwiimemories.com/journals/rcjournalsAA1006.jpg Letter and photo in camp magazine 1942] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070929012415/http://www.wwiimemories.com/journals/rcjournalsAA1006.jpg |date=29 September 2007 }}</ref> Kydd later wrote of his experiences as a [[Prisoner of war|POW]] in his autobiographical book ''For You the War Is Over''.<ref>''For You The War Is Over'' by Sam Kydd - Futura, London, 1974. {{ISBN|0-85974-005-6}}</ref> While held in a [[Forced labour under German rule during World War II|forced labour]] subcamp in [[Wyrzysk]], he learned various Polish phrases through contact with the local [[Polish people|Polish population]].<ref>{{cite magazine|last=Bukowska|first=Hanna|year=2013|title=Obóz jeniecki Stalag XXA w Toruniu 1939-1945|magazine=Rocznik Toruński|publisher=Towarzystwo Miłośników Torunia, [[The Nicolaus Copernicus University Press|Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika]]|language=pl|volume=40|page=108|issn=0557-2177}}</ref> |
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During his internment in the German prisoner-of-war camp, where he remained for the next five years, he took command of the camp's theatrical activities - devising and staging plays.<ref name=belfasttelegraph>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/day-of-movies-devoted-to-sam-kydd-northern-ireland-veteran-of-240-films-36595614.html|title=Day of movies devoted to Sam Kydd - Northern Ireland veteran of 240 films|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk |via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}</ref> He felt so strongly about his work there that, when he was offered repatriation after three years, he turned it down to continue with his theatrical work. In recognition of his valuable services during these years he was awarded a pair of drama masks, made by the [[Red Cross]] from barbed wire. |
During his internment in the [[German prisoner-of-war camps in World War II|German prisoner-of-war camp]], where he remained for the next five years, he took command of the camp's theatrical activities - devising and staging plays.<ref name=belfasttelegraph>{{cite news|url=https://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/film-tv/day-of-movies-devoted-to-sam-kydd-northern-ireland-veteran-of-240-films-36595614.html|title=Day of movies devoted to Sam Kydd - Northern Ireland veteran of 240 films|newspaper=Belfasttelegraph.co.uk |via=www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk}}</ref> He felt so strongly about his work there that, when he was offered repatriation after three years, he turned it down to continue with his theatrical work. In recognition of his valuable services during these years, he was awarded a pair of drama masks, made by the [[Red Cross]] from barbed wire. |
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==Career== |
==Career== |
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Returning to Britain after the war, Kydd auditioned for the film ''[[The Captive Heart]]'', which was about life in a prison camp, and as this was an area where he had much experience, he got a part as an advisor cum actor. He went on to appear in more than 290 films and 1,000 TV plays and series, including such films as ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'', ''[[Father Brown (film)|Father Brown]]'', ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' and ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]''.<ref name=bfi/> He often played the part of a strong and resilient [[cockney]]. He is best remembered as a character actor in films such as ''[[Chance of a Lifetime (1950 film)|Chance of a Lifetime]]'', ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'', ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'', ''[[Yangtse Incident (1957 film)|The Yangtse Incident]]'', ''[[Reach for the Sky]]'', ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'', ''[[Too Many Crooks]]'', ''[[Smokescreen (film)|Smokescreen]]'', ''[[Island of Terror]]'', ''[[Too Late the Hero (film)|Too Late the Hero]]'', ''[[Eye of the Needle (film)|Eye of the Needle]]'' and ''[[Steptoe and Son Ride Again]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/sam-kydd-p39699/filmography|title=Sam Kydd - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He also appeared in the big-screen versions of ''[[Dad's Army]]'' and ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]].'' |
Returning to Britain after the war, Kydd auditioned for the film ''[[The Captive Heart]]'', which was about life in a prison camp, and as this was an area where he had much experience, he got a part as an advisor cum actor. He went on to appear in more than 290 films and 1,000 TV plays and series, including such films as ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'', ''[[Father Brown (film)|Father Brown]]'', ''[[The 39 Steps (1959 film)|The 39 Steps]]'' and ''[[I'm All Right Jack]]''.<ref name=bfi/> He often played the part of a strong and resilient [[cockney]]. He is best remembered as a character actor in films such as ''[[Chance of a Lifetime (1950 film)|Chance of a Lifetime]]'', ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'', ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'', ''[[Yangtse Incident (1957 film)|The Yangtse Incident]]'', ''[[Reach for the Sky]]'', ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'', ''[[Too Many Crooks]]'', ''[[Smokescreen (film)|Smokescreen]]'', ''[[Island of Terror]]'', ''[[Too Late the Hero (film)|Too Late the Hero]]'', ''[[Eye of the Needle (film)|Eye of the Needle]]'' and ''[[Steptoe and Son Ride Again]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.allmovie.com/artist/sam-kydd-p39699/filmography|title=Sam Kydd - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie|website=AllMovie}}</ref> He also appeared in the big-screen versions of ''[[Dad's Army]]'' and ''[[Till Death Us Do Part]].'' |
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In 1963, Kydd appeared as the lovable smuggler Orlando O'Connor in ''[[Crane (TV series)|Crane]]'' starring [[Patrick Allen]] as a Briton who moved to [[Morocco]] to run a cafe and had an aversion to smuggling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1525811/Patrick-Allen.html|title=Patrick Allen|date=7 August 2006|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8cd6deb5|title=The Price of Friendship (1963)}}</ref> The programme ran for 39 episodes and was watched each week by over 16 million viewers. Sam's character was so popular that when ''Crane'' finished he was given his own programme, ''[[Orlando (television)|Orlando]]'', a children's adventure series which ran for 126 episodes.<ref name=screenonline>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/976102/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Orlando (1965-68)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> |
In 1963, Kydd appeared as the lovable smuggler Orlando O'Connor in ''[[Crane (TV series)|Crane]]'' starring [[Patrick Allen (actor)|Patrick Allen]] as a Briton who moved to [[Morocco]] to run a cafe and had an aversion to smuggling.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/1525811/Patrick-Allen.html|title=Patrick Allen|date=7 August 2006|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8cd6deb5|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180830073751/https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2b8cd6deb5|url-status=dead|archive-date=30 August 2018|title=The Price of Friendship (1963)}}</ref> The programme ran for 39 episodes and was watched each week by over 16 million viewers. Sam's character was so popular that when ''Crane'' finished he was given his own programme, ''[[Orlando (television)|Orlando]]'', a children's adventure series which ran for 126 episodes.<ref name=screenonline>{{cite web|url=http://www.screenonline.org.uk/tv/id/976102/index.html|title=BFI Screenonline: Orlando (1965-68)|website=www.screenonline.org.uk}}</ref> |
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He also appeared on TV in ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'', ''[[Mess Mates]]'', ''[[Arthur Askey]]'', ''[[Benny Hill]]'', ''[[Charlie Drake]]'', ''[[Harry Worth]]'', ''[[The Expert (TV series)|The Expert]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/sam-kydd/|title=Sam Kydd|last=TV.com|website=TV.com}}</ref> ''Fossett Saga'', ''[[Curry and Chips]]'',<ref name=bfi/> ''[[The Tony Hancock Show]]'', ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'', ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (playing the part of [[Mike Baldwin (Coronation Street)|Mike Baldwin]]'s father, Frankie), ''The [[Eric Sykes]] Show'', and ''[[Follyfoot]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=9670|title=Sam Kydd|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> |
He also appeared on TV in ''[[The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)|The Adventures of Robin Hood]]'', ''[[The Pickwick Papers]]'', ''[[Mess Mates]]'', ''[[Arthur Askey]]'', ''[[Benny Hill]]'', ''[[Charlie Drake]]'', ''[[Harry Worth]]'', ''[[The Expert (TV series)|The Expert]]'', ''[[Dixon of Dock Green]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tv.com/people/sam-kydd/|title=Sam Kydd|last=TV.com|website=TV.com}}</ref> ''Fossett Saga'', ''[[Curry and Chips]]'',<ref name=bfi/> ''[[The Tony Hancock Show]]'', ''[[Minder (TV series)|Minder]]'', ''[[Crossroads (British TV series)|Crossroads]]'', ''[[Coronation Street]]'' (playing the part of [[Mike Baldwin (Coronation Street)|Mike Baldwin]]'s father, Frankie), ''The [[Eric Sykes]] Show'', and ''[[Follyfoot]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.aveleyman.com/ActorCredit.aspx?ActorID=9670|title=Sam Kydd|website=www.aveleyman.com}}</ref> |
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==Personal life and death== |
==Personal life and death== |
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He married [[Pinkie Barnes]], an ex-international [[table tennis]] champion (she was World Doubles Finalist in 1948) and one of Britain's first women advertising copywriters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9587892/Pinkie-Barnes.html|title=Pinkie Barnes|date=4 October 2012|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Their son, [[Jonathan Kydd (actor)|Jonathan Kydd]], followed his father into the acting profession.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba111ddca|title=Jonathan Kydd}}</ref> |
He married [[Pinkie Barnes]], an ex-international [[table tennis]] champion (she was World Doubles Finalist in 1948) and one of Britain's first women advertising copywriters.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/obituaries/9587892/Pinkie-Barnes.html|title=Pinkie Barnes|date=4 October 2012|via=www.telegraph.co.uk}}</ref> Their son, [[Jonathan Kydd (actor)|Jonathan Kydd]], followed his father into the acting profession.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba111ddca|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171229030513/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba111ddca|url-status=dead|archive-date=29 December 2017|title=Jonathan Kydd}}</ref> |
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Sam Kydd died of [[emphysema]] on 26 March 1982, aged 67. His son Jonathan Kydd reported that his father smoked up to 80 cigarettes a day, and he has edited 4 volumes of his father’s memoirs, the first of which is 'Be a Good Boy Sam' 1945-52 |
Sam Kydd died of [[emphysema]] on 26 March 1982, aged 67. His son Jonathan Kydd reported that his father smoked up to 80 cigarettes a day, and he has edited 4 volumes of his father’s memoirs, the first of which is 'Be a Good Boy Sam' 1945-52 |
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* ''[[They Made Me a Fugitive]]'' (1947) as Eddie (uncredited) |
* ''[[They Made Me a Fugitive]]'' (1947) as Eddie (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Fortune Lane]]'' (1947) (uncredited) |
* ''[[Fortune Lane]]'' (1947) (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Frieda (film)|Frieda]]'' (1947) as ex-P.O.W. |
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* ''[[A Song for Tomorrow]]'' (1948) as Sergeant |
* ''[[A Song for Tomorrow]]'' (1948) as Sergeant |
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* ''[[Trouble in the Air]]'' (1948) (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Colonel Bogey (film)|Colonel Bogey]]'' (1948) as Bit Role (uncredited) |
* ''[[Colonel Bogey (film)|Colonel Bogey]]'' (1948) as Bit Role (uncredited) |
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* ''[[To the Public Danger]]'' (1948) as Police Driver |
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* ''[[Love in Waiting]]'' (1948) as Bit Part (uncredited) |
* ''[[Love in Waiting]]'' (1948) as Bit Part (uncredited) |
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* ''[[It's Hard to Be Good]]'' (1948) as Husband (uncredited) |
* ''[[It's Hard to Be Good]]'' (1948) as Husband (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Scott of the Antarctic (film)|Scott of the Antarctic]]'' (1948) as Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N. |
* ''[[Scott of the Antarctic (film)|Scott of the Antarctic]]'' (1948) as Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N. |
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* ''[[A Piece of Cake (film)|A Piece of Cake]]'' (1948) as Uncredited (uncredited) |
* ''[[A Piece of Cake (film)|A Piece of Cake]]'' (1948) as Uncredited (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Once a Jolly Swagman]]'' (1949) as Johnny Briggs (uncredited) |
* ''[[Once a Jolly Swagman]]'' (1949) as Johnny Briggs (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Portrait from Life]]'' (1949) as Army Truck Driver |
* ''[[Portrait from Life]]'' (1949) as Army Truck Driver |
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* ''[[Forbidden (1949 film)|Forbidden]]'' (1949) as Joe |
* ''[[Forbidden (1949 film)|Forbidden]]'' (1949) as Joe |
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* ''[[Floodtide]]'' (1949) as Barman (uncredited) |
* ''[[Floodtide]]'' (1949) as Barman (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'' (1949) as Sapper |
* ''[[Passport to Pimlico]]'' (1949) as Sapper |
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* ''[[Stop Press Girl]]'' (1949) as Railway Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
* ''[[Stop Press Girl]]'' (1949) as Railway Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Poet's Pub]]'' (1949) as George (uncredited) |
* ''[[Poet's Pub]]'' (1949) as George (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Obsession (1949 film)|Obsession]]'' (1949) as Club steward |
* ''[[Obsession (1949 film)|Obsession]]'' (1949) as Club steward |
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* ''[[Trottie True]]'' (1949) as 'Bedford' Stage Manager (uncredited) |
* ''[[Trottie True]]'' (1949) as 'Bedford' Stage Manager (uncredited) |
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* ''[[The Hasty Heart]]'' (1949) as Driver (uncredited) |
* ''[[The Hasty Heart]]'' (1949) as Driver (uncredited) |
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* ''[[The Cure for Love]]'' (1949) as Charlie Fox |
* ''[[The Cure for Love]]'' (1949) as Charlie Fox |
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* ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' (1950) as Bookmakers Assistant White City (uncredited) |
* ''[[The Blue Lamp]]'' (1950) as Bookmakers Assistant White City (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Chance of a Lifetime (1950 film)|Chance of a Lifetime]]'' (1950) as Worker |
* ''[[Chance of a Lifetime (1950 film)|Chance of a Lifetime]]'' (1950) as Worker |
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* ''[[The Body Said No!]]'' (1950) as Sam (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Treasure Island (1950 film)|Treasure Island]]'' (1950) as Cady |
* ''[[Treasure Island (1950 film)|Treasure Island]]'' (1950) as Cady |
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* ''[[The Miniver Story]]'' (1950) as Removal Man (uncredited) |
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* ''[[No Trace (1950 film)|No Trace]]'' (1950) as Mechanic |
* ''[[No Trace (1950 film)|No Trace]]'' (1950) as Mechanic |
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* ''[[Seven Days to Noon]]'' (1950) as Soldier in House Search (uncredited) |
* ''[[Seven Days to Noon]]'' (1950) as Soldier in House Search (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Cage of Gold]]'' (1950) as Waiter (uncredited) |
* ''[[Cage of Gold]]'' (1950) as Waiter (uncredited) |
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* ''[[The Magnet (film)|The Magnet]]'' (1950) as Postman |
* ''[[The Magnet (film)|The Magnet]]'' (1950) as Postman |
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* ''[[The Clouded Yellow]]'' (1950) as Police Radio Operator (uncredited) |
* ''[[The Clouded Yellow]]'' (1950) as Police Radio Operator (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Highly Dangerous]]'' (1950) as Customs Man (uncredited) |
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* ''[[The Dark Man (film)|The Dark Man]]'' (1951) as Sergeant Major |
* ''[[The Dark Man (film)|The Dark Man]]'' (1951) as Sergeant Major |
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* ''[[Mister Drake's Duck]]'' (1951) (uncredited) |
* ''[[Mister Drake's Duck]]'' (1951) (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Pool of London (film)|Pool of London]]'' (1951) as 2nd Engineer (uncredited) |
* ''[[Pool of London (film)|Pool of London]]'' (1951) as 2nd Engineer (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.]]'' (1951) as Seaman Garvin (uncredited) |
* ''[[Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.]]'' (1951) as Seaman Garvin (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Penny Points to Paradise]]'' (1951) as Porter / Taxi Driver |
* ''[[Penny Points to Paradise]]'' (1951) as Porter / Taxi Driver |
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* ''[[The Galloping Major (film)|The Galloping Major]]'' (1951) as Newspaper Vendor (uncredited) |
* ''[[The Galloping Major (film)|The Galloping Major]]'' (1951) as Newspaper Vendor (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Hell Is Sold Out]]'' (1951) (uncredited) |
* ''[[Hell Is Sold Out]]'' (1951) (uncredited) |
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* ''[[High Treason (1951 film)|High Treason]]'' (1951) as Sam - Printer (uncredited) |
* ''[[High Treason (1951 film)|High Treason]]'' (1951) as Sam - Printer (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Mr. Denning Drives North]]'' (1951) as Minor Role (uncredited) |
* ''[[Mr. Denning Drives North]]'' (1951) as Minor Role (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Secret People (film)|Secret People]]'' (1952) as Irish Police Sergeant |
* ''[[Secret People (film)|Secret People]]'' (1952) as Irish Police Sergeant |
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* ''[[Hunted (1952 film)|Hunted]]'' (1952) as Potman |
* ''[[Hunted (1952 film)|Hunted]]'' (1952) as Potman |
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* ''[[Angels One Five]]'' (1952) as Mess Waiter |
* ''[[Angels One Five]]'' (1952) as Mess Waiter |
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* ''[[Time Bomb (1953 film)|Time Bomb]]'' (1953) as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
* ''[[Time Bomb (1953 film)|Time Bomb]]'' (1953) as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Appointment in London]]'' (1953) as Ackroyd |
* ''[[Appointment in London]]'' (1953) as Ackroyd |
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* ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (1953) as Carslake |
* ''[[The Cruel Sea (1953 film)|The Cruel Sea]]'' (1953) as Carslake |
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* ''[[Death Goes to School]]'' (1953) as Sergeant Harvey (uncredited) |
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* ''[[The Steel Key]]'' (1953) as Chauffeur |
* ''[[The Steel Key]]'' (1953) as Chauffeur |
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* ''[[Sailor of the King|Single-Handed]]'' (1953) as Naval Rating (uncredited) |
* ''[[Sailor of the King|Single-Handed]]'' (1953) as Naval Rating (uncredited) |
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* ''[[Malta Story]]'' (1953) as Soldier (uncredited) |
* ''[[Malta Story]]'' (1953) as Soldier (uncredited) |
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* ''[[The Saint's Return]]'' (1953) as Barkley (Joe Podd) |
* ''[[The Saint's Return]]'' (1953) as Barkley (Joe Podd) |
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* ''[[Love in Pawn]]'' (1953) (uncredited) |
* ''[[Love in Pawn]]'' (1953) (uncredited) |
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* ''[[They Who Dare]]'' (1954) as Marine Boyd |
* ''[[They Who Dare]]'' (1954) as Marine Boyd |
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* ''[[The Runaway Bus]]'' (1954) as Security Officer |
* ''[[The Runaway Bus]]'' (1954) as Security Officer |
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* ''[[Final Appointment]]'' (1954) as Vickery |
* ''[[Final Appointment]]'' (1954) as Vickery |
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* ''[[Lilacs in the Spring]]'' (1954) as Actor in Beaumont Film (uncredited) |
* ''[[Lilacs in the Spring]]'' (1954) as Actor in Beaumont Film (uncredited) |
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* ''[[The Glass Cage (1955 film)|The Glass Cage]]'' (1955) as George |
* ''[[The Glass Cage (1955 film)|The Glass Cage]]'' (1955) as George |
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* ''[[The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959 film)|The Hound of the Baskervilles]]'' (1959) as Perkins |
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* ''[[Sink the Bismarck!]]'' (1960) as Civilian Worker on 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited) |
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* ''[[The Price of Silence (1960 film)|The Price of Silence]]'' (1960) as Slug |
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Sam Kydd | |
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Born | Samuel John Kydd 15 February 1915 |
Died | 26 March 1982 London, England | (aged 67)
Occupation | Actor |
Years active | 1945–1982 |
Spouse | |
Children | Jonathan Kydd |
Samuel John Kydd (15 February 1915 – 26 March 1982) was a British actor.[1] His best-known roles were in two major British television series of the 1960s, as the smuggler Orlando O'Connor in Crane and its sequel Orlando. He also played a recurring character in Coronation Street.[2][3] Kydd's first film was The Captive Heart (1946), in which he played a POW.[4] He made over 290 films, more than any other British actor, including 119 between 1946 and 1952.
Early life and career
An army officer's son, Kydd was born on 15 February 1915 in Belfast, Ireland,[5] and moved to London as a child. He was educated at Dunstable School in Dunstable, Bedfordshire.[6] During the mid-1930s Kydd was an MC for the Oscar Rabin Band and one of his "Hot Shots". He would warm up audiences with jokes, impressions (Maurice Chevalier was a favourite) and tap dance routines before introducing the singers and attractions on the bill. During the late 1930s he joined the Territorial Army serving with the Queen Victoria's Rifles and when war broke out he was called up for active service.
Early in the Second World War, he went to France with the British Expeditionary Force but was quickly captured, spending the rest of the war in Stalag XX-A, a camp in Toruń in German-occupied Poland.[7] Kydd later wrote of his experiences as a POW in his autobiographical book For You the War Is Over.[8] While held in a forced labour subcamp in Wyrzysk, he learned various Polish phrases through contact with the local Polish population.[9]
During his internment in the German prisoner-of-war camp, where he remained for the next five years, he took command of the camp's theatrical activities - devising and staging plays.[3] He felt so strongly about his work there that, when he was offered repatriation after three years, he turned it down to continue with his theatrical work. In recognition of his valuable services during these years, he was awarded a pair of drama masks, made by the Red Cross from barbed wire.
Career
Returning to Britain after the war, Kydd auditioned for the film The Captive Heart, which was about life in a prison camp, and as this was an area where he had much experience, he got a part as an advisor cum actor. He went on to appear in more than 290 films and 1,000 TV plays and series, including such films as The Blue Lamp, Father Brown, The 39 Steps and I'm All Right Jack.[1] He often played the part of a strong and resilient cockney. He is best remembered as a character actor in films such as Chance of a Lifetime, The Cruel Sea, Sink the Bismarck!, The Yangtse Incident, Reach for the Sky, The Hound of the Baskervilles, Too Many Crooks, Smokescreen, Island of Terror, Too Late the Hero, Eye of the Needle and Steptoe and Son Ride Again.[10] He also appeared in the big-screen versions of Dad's Army and Till Death Us Do Part.
In 1963, Kydd appeared as the lovable smuggler Orlando O'Connor in Crane starring Patrick Allen as a Briton who moved to Morocco to run a cafe and had an aversion to smuggling.[11][12] The programme ran for 39 episodes and was watched each week by over 16 million viewers. Sam's character was so popular that when Crane finished he was given his own programme, Orlando, a children's adventure series which ran for 126 episodes.[2]
He also appeared on TV in The Adventures of Robin Hood, The Pickwick Papers, Mess Mates, Arthur Askey, Benny Hill, Charlie Drake, Harry Worth, The Expert, Dixon of Dock Green,[13] Fossett Saga, Curry and Chips,[1] The Tony Hancock Show, Minder, Crossroads, Coronation Street (playing the part of Mike Baldwin's father, Frankie), The Eric Sykes Show, and Follyfoot.[14]
He was the subject of This Is Your Life in 1974 when he was surprised by Eamonn Andrews.[citation needed]
Personal life and death
He married Pinkie Barnes, an ex-international table tennis champion (she was World Doubles Finalist in 1948) and one of Britain's first women advertising copywriters.[15] Their son, Jonathan Kydd, followed his father into the acting profession.[16]
Sam Kydd died of emphysema on 26 March 1982, aged 67. His son Jonathan Kydd reported that his father smoked up to 80 cigarettes a day, and he has edited 4 volumes of his father’s memoirs, the first of which is 'Be a Good Boy Sam' 1945-52
Selected filmography
- The Captive Heart (1946) as POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)
- They Made Me a Fugitive (1947) as Eddie (uncredited)
- Fortune Lane (1947) (uncredited)
- A Song for Tomorrow (1948) as Sergeant
- Trouble in the Air (1948) (uncredited)
- Colonel Bogey (1948) as Bit Role (uncredited)
- To the Public Danger (1948) as Police Driver
- Love in Waiting (1948) as Bit Part (uncredited)
- It's Hard to Be Good (1948) as Husband (uncredited)
- Scott of the Antarctic (1948) as Leading Stoker E. McKenzie R.N.
- A Piece of Cake (1948) as Uncredited (uncredited)
- Once a Jolly Swagman (1949) as Johnny Briggs (uncredited)
- Portrait from Life (1949) as Army Truck Driver
- The Small Back Room (1949) as Crowhurst, door sentry
- Badger's Green (1949) as Uncredited (uncredited)
- Forbidden (1949) as Joe
- Floodtide (1949) as Barman (uncredited)
- Passport to Pimlico (1949) as Sapper
- Stop Press Girl (1949) as Railway Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
- Poet's Pub (1949) as George (uncredited)
- Vengeance Is Mine (1949) as Stacey
- Obsession (1949) as Club steward
- Trottie True (1949) as 'Bedford' Stage Manager (uncredited)
- Saints and Sinners (1949) as Man in Bar (uncredited)
- Madness of the Heart (1949) as Soldier at airport
- The Hasty Heart (1949) as Driver (uncredited)
- The Cure for Love (1949) as Charlie Fox
- The Blue Lamp (1950) as Bookmakers Assistant White City (uncredited)
- Chance of a Lifetime (1950) as Worker
- The Body Said No! (1950) as Sam (uncredited)
- Treasure Island (1950) as Cady
- The Miniver Story (1950) as Removal Man (uncredited)
- No Trace (1950) as Mechanic
- Seven Days to Noon (1950) as Soldier in House Search (uncredited)
- Cage of Gold (1950) as Waiter (uncredited)
- Blackout (1950) (uncredited)
- The Magnet (1950) as Postman
- The Clouded Yellow (1950) as Police Radio Operator (uncredited)
- Highly Dangerous (1950) as Customs Man (uncredited)
- The Second Mate (1950) as Wheeler (uncredited)
- The Dark Man (1951) as Sergeant Major
- Mister Drake's Duck (1951) (uncredited)
- Pool of London (1951) as 2nd Engineer (uncredited)
- Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N. (1951) as Seaman Garvin (uncredited)
- Penny Points to Paradise (1951) as Porter / Taxi Driver
- Assassin for Hire (1951) as Bert
- The Galloping Major (1951) as Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
- Hell Is Sold Out (1951) (uncredited)
- Cheer the Brave (1951)
- High Treason (1951) as Sam - Printer (uncredited)
- Mr. Denning Drives North (1951) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- Secret People (1952) as Irish Police Sergeant
- Judgment Deferred (1952) as Ambulance Man (uncredited)
- Sing Along with Me (1952)
- Hunted (1952) as Potman
- Angels One Five (1952) as Mess Waiter
- Curtain Up (1952) as Ambulanceman (uncredited)
- Brandy for the Parson (1952) as Lorry Driver
- Derby Day (1952) as Harry Bunn
- The Brave Don't Cry (1952) as Porter
- The Lost Hours (1952) as Fred - mechanic at Bristow & Brown
- The Hour of 13 (1952) as Reporter (uncredited)
- Trent's Last Case (1952) as Inspector Murch
- The Voice of Merrill (1952) as Sgt. Baker
- Hot Ice (1952) as Adams
- Time Bomb (1953) as Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
- Appointment in London (1953) as Ackroyd
- The Titfield Thunderbolt (1953) as Policeman (uncredited)
- The Cruel Sea (1953) as Carslake
- Death Goes to School (1953) as Sergeant Harvey (uncredited)
- The Steel Key (1953) as Chauffeur
- Single-Handed (1953) as Naval Rating (uncredited)
- Malta Story (1953) as Soldier (uncredited)
- The Master of Ballantrae (1953) (uncredited)
- The Saint's Return (1953) as Barkley (Joe Podd)
- Love in Pawn (1953) (uncredited)
- They Who Dare (1954) as Marine Boyd
- The Runaway Bus (1954) as Security Officer
- Devil on Horseback (1954) as Darky
- The Rainbow Jacket (1954) as Bruce
- Father Brown (1954) as Scotland Yard Sergeant
- The Embezzler (1954) as Railway Inspector (uncredited)
- The Young Lovers (1954) as Driver, Embassy car JAK711 (uncredited)
- Radio Cab Murder (1954) as George Spencer
- Final Appointment (1954) as Vickery
- Lilacs in the Spring (1954) as Actor in Beaumont Film (uncredited)
- The End of the Road (1954) as First Postal Clerk
- Impulse (1954) as Ticket Inspector (uncredited)
- The Glass Cage (1955) as George
- Raising a Riot (1955) as Messenger (credited as 'Sam Kidd')
- As Long as They're Happy (1955) as Milkman (uncredited)
- Where There's a Will (1955) as Jeep driver
- The Dark Avenger (1955) as Minor Role (uncredited)
- The Constant Husband (1955) as Adelphi Barman (uncredited)
- Passage Home (1955) as Sheltia
- A Kid for Two Farthings (1955) (uncredited)
- The Quatermass Xperiment (1955) as Police sergeant questioning Rosie
- One Way Out (1955) as Gang Member (uncredited)
- Josephine and Men (1955) as Desk Sergeant
- The Cockleshell Heroes (1955) as Uncredited (uncredited)
- The Ladykillers (1955) as Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
- Portrait of Alison (1955) as Bill, the Telephone Engineer (uncredited)
- Storm Over the Nile (1955) as Joe (uncredited)
- A Town Like Alice (1956) (uncredited)
- Soho Incident (aka Spin a Dark Web) (1956) as Sam
- It's Never Too Late (1956) (uncredited)
- Ramsbottom Rides Again (1956) (uncredited)
- Jacqueline (1956) as Foreman
- The Long Arm (1956) as Police Constable in Information Room
- Reach for the Sky (1956) as Warrant Officer Blake
- The Baby and the Battleship (1956) as Chief Steward (uncredited)
- It's a Wonderful World (1956) as Attendant
- Home and Away (1956) as Albert West
- Tiger in the Smoke (1956) as Tom Gripper
- Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst (1957) as AB Walker RN
- Carry On Admiral (1957) as Attendant
- You Can't Escape (1957) as Ted the Poacher (uncredited)
- The Long Haul (1957) as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- The Scamp (1957) as Shopkeeper
- Just My Luck (1957) as Craftsman
- Barnacle Bill (1957) as Frogman
- Dangerous Exile (1957) (uncredited)
- A Tale of Two Cities (1958) as Joe—Coach Guard (uncredited)
- Happy Is the Bride (1958) as Foreman
- The Safecracker (1958) as McCullers
- Orders to Kill (1958)
- Up the Creek (1958) as Bates
- Law and Disorder (1958) as Shorty
- A Question of Adultery (1958) as Court Reporter
- I Was Monty's Double (1958) as Go-Between
- Further Up the Creek (1958) as Bates
- The Captain's Table (1959) as Sailor Opening Water Valve (uncredited)
- Too Many Crooks (1959) as Tramp (uncredited)
- Make Mine a Million (1959) as Mail Van Robber (uncredited)
- Carlton-Browne of the F.O. (1959) as Signaller
- The 39 Steps (1959) as Train Steward (uncredited)
- The Hound of the Baskervilles (1959) as Perkins
- I'm All Right Jack (1959) as Shop Steward
- Upstairs and Downstairs (1959) as Driver (uncredited)
- Libel (1959) as Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
- Sink the Bismarck! (1960) as Civilian Worker on 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
- Life Is a Circus (1960) as Removal man
- Dead Lucky (1960) as Harry Winston
- Follow That Horse! (1960) as Farrell
- The Price of Silence (1960) as Slug
- There Was a Crooked Man (1960) as Foreman
- Suspect (1960) as Slater. (Released in the United States as 'The Risk')
- The House in Marsh Road (1960) as Morris Lumley
- The Treasure of Monte Cristo (1961) as Albert
- Clue of the Silver Key (1961) as Tickler
- The Iron Maiden (1962) as Fred Carter
- Smokescreen (1964) as Hotel Waiter
- The Projected Man (1966) as Harry Slinger
- Island of Terror (1966) as Constable John Harris
- Smashing Time (1967) as Workman
- Till Death Us Do Part (1968) as Fred
- The Killing of Sister George (1968) as Taxi Driver (uncredited)
- Moon Zero Two (1969) as Barman
- The Last Grenade (1970) (uncredited)
- Too Late the Hero (1970) as Colour-Sergeant
- 10 Rillington Place (1971) as Furniture Dealer
- Dad's Army (1971) as Nazi Orderly
- Quest for Love (1971) as Taximan
- Up the Chastity Belt (1971) as Locksmith
- The Magnificent Six and 1/2 (1971)
- The Alf Garnett Saga (1972) (uncredited)
- My Name is Harry Worth (1972) T.V. Show ( Man with the Flu in Bed )
- Steptoe and Son Ride Again (1973) as Claude
- Confessions of a Window Cleaner (1974) as 1st Removal Man
- Great Expectations (1974) as Arthur Compeyson (scarred convict)
- The Amorous Milkman (1975) as Wilf
- Confessions of a Driving Instructor (1976) as Mr.Gibson (scenes deleted)
- Yesterday's Hero (1979) as Sam Turner
- Coronation Street (1980-1982) as Frank Baldwin, 12 episodes
- Danger on Dartmoor (1980)
- The Shillingbury Blowers (1980) as Reggie
- The Mirror Crack'd' (1980) as Film Technician (uncredited)
- Eye of the Needle (1981) as Lock Keeper
References
- ^ a b c "Sam Kydd". Archived from the original on 21 March 2017.
- ^ a b "BFI Screenonline: Orlando (1965-68)". www.screenonline.org.uk.
- ^ a b "Day of movies devoted to Sam Kydd - Northern Ireland veteran of 240 films". Belfasttelegraph.co.uk – via www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk.
- ^ McFarlane, Brian; Slide, Anthony (29 August 2018). The Encyclopedia of British Film: Fourth Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780719091391.
- ^ Northern Ireland was only created in 1921
- ^ "Sam Kydd - Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ Letter and photo in camp magazine 1942 Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ For You The War Is Over by Sam Kydd - Futura, London, 1974. ISBN 0-85974-005-6
- ^ Bukowska, Hanna (2013). "Obóz jeniecki Stalag XXA w Toruniu 1939-1945". Rocznik Toruński (in Polish). Vol. 40. Towarzystwo Miłośników Torunia, Wydawnictwo Naukowe Uniwersytetu Mikołaja Kopernika. p. 108. ISSN 0557-2177.
- ^ "Sam Kydd - Movies and Filmography - AllMovie". AllMovie.
- ^ "Patrick Allen". 7 August 2006 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "The Price of Friendship (1963)". Archived from the original on 30 August 2018.
- ^ TV.com. "Sam Kydd". TV.com.
- ^ "Sam Kydd". www.aveleyman.com.
- ^ "Pinkie Barnes". 4 October 2012 – via www.telegraph.co.uk.
- ^ "Jonathan Kydd". Archived from the original on 29 December 2017.
External links
- Sam Kydd at IMDb
- Sam Kydd on Jonathan Kydd's website
- Sam Kydd's profile on the Cherished Television website
- Cherished television: Crane
- Kydd's son recollections of his father
- [1] Sam Kydd Facebook page
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