Edward Judd

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Edward Judd (born October 4, 1932 in Shanghai , China , † February 24, 2009 in Mitcham , Surrey , England ) was a British actor .

Life

Judd was born in Shanghai. His parents fled with him back to England in 1937 because of the Sino-Japanese War. There he took acting classes at Bolton's Theater Club . He made his feature film debut at the age of 15 in The Voice of Conscience with Howard Keel in the lead role. Judd then played for a few years at the theater in Windsor and Nottingham and was cast in various television productions in the 1950s. In the late 1950s he played at the Royal Court Theater in London's West End alongside Peter O'Toole and Robert Shaw in The Long and the Short and the Tall .

He celebrated his breakthrough in 1961 with his leading role in the science fiction film The Day the Earth caught fire . He then had leading roles in HG Wells ' novel The First People on the Moon- based feature film The First Journey to the Moon, as well as in Island of Secrets alongside Peter Cushing . He also had a major supporting role in the US film comedy Stranger Bettgesellen with Rock Hudson and Gina Lollobrigida . However, he did not succeed in gaining a foothold in the US film business, and his career as a leading actor in British films was drawing to a close. In the 1970s and 1980s he played mainly in television productions and had guest roles in the series Mit Schirm, Charme und Melone and Die Profis , among others . In 1982 he starred in the soap opera Coronation Street , one of his last appearances he had in the two-part miniseries Jack the Ripper - The Monster of London . In the early 1990s he withdrew into private life.

Judd was widowed twice. His first wife, actress Gene Anderson , died of a cerebral haemorrhage at the age of 34 . He had two children with his second wife, the actress Norma Ronald . She passed away in 1993.

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SURNAME Judd, Edward
BRIEF DESCRIPTION British actor
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1932
PLACE OF BIRTH Shanghai , China
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 2009
Place of death Mitcham , Surrey , England