Edward Underdown
Edward Underdown (born December 3, 1908 in London , † December 15, 1989 in Hampshire ) was a British actor.
Life
Edward Underdown attended Eton College and initially worked as a jockey and rider before he began his acting career on stage in the early 1930s. From 1934 he also appeared in movies. Most of them were minor roles, often playing police inspectors, government officials, or business people. In the post-war period, some leading roles were also added, for example in the crime thriller The Man in Black Underdown was tall and handsome, but many of his characters were rather docile and overly correct - for example as the aristocratic husband of Jennifer Jones in Chess the Devil from the year 1953. In the course of the 1950s he was very big with major supporting roles in films such as Little Jockey and The Yellow Hell , but later his cinema roles (such as an Air Force officer in the James Bond film Fireball ) were often small. Underdown has also appeared in numerous British television series, most recently as Zastor in four episodes of Doctor Who in 1980 .
Underdown was a World War II veteran and rose to the rank of captain. He was married from 1953 to the divorce in 1964 with Rosemary Sybella Violet Grimston, a daughter of the British politician and diplomat Baron Robert Grimston of Westbury (1897-1979).
Filmography (selection)
- 1934: The Warren Case
- 1937: Gypsy Princess (Wings of the Morning)
- 1948: The Woman in the Hall
- 1951: The Man in Black (The Dark Man)
- 1953: Chess the Devil (Beat the Devil)
- 1953: The Vampire of Soho (Street of Shadow)
- 1953: Chased to Death (Recoil)
- 1954: Little jockey really big (The Rainbow Jacket)
- 1958: The two-headed Spy
- 1958: The yellow Hell (The Camp on Blood Iceland)
- 1961: The Third Alibi
- 1961: Scotland Yard is listening in (Information Received)
- 1961: The Day the Earth Caught Fire (The Day the Earth Caught Fire)
- 1963: Woman of Straw (Woman of Straw)
- 1964: The Traitor's Gate
- 1965: James Bond 007 - Thunderball
- 1965: The death cards of Dr. Schreck (Dr. Terror's House of Horrors)
- 1966: Khartoum
- 1966: The Hand of Night
- 1967: Pony Thieves (The Great Pony Raid)
- 1971: The Last Valley (The Last Valley)
- 1974: Christina - Between Throne and Love (The Abdication)
- 1979: Tarka the Otter (Tarka the Otter)
- 1980: Doctor Who (TV series, four episodes)
Web links
- Edward Underdown in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Kay Less : The film's great personal dictionary . The actors, directors, cameramen, producers, composers, screenwriters, film architects, outfitters, costume designers, editors, sound engineers, make-up artists and special effects designers of the 20th century. Volume 8: T - Z. David Tomlinson - Theo Zwierski. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2001, ISBN 3-89602-340-3 , p. 105.
- ↑ Edward Underdown | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos. Retrieved August 13, 2020 (American English).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Underdown, Edward |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 3, 1908 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 15, 1989 |
| Place of death | Hampshire |