Michael Medwin
Michael Hugh Medwin OBE (born July 18, 1923 in London , England , † February 26, 2020 in Bournemouth ) was a British actor and film producer .
Life
Medwin attended Canford School in Dorset and the Fischer Institute in Montreux . He made his first stage appearance in 1940. He gained fame in England in the late 1950s thanks to his leading role in the television series The Army Game . He sang the theme song of this series with Bernard Bresslaw , Leslie Fyson and Alfie Bass . It reached number 5 in the British singles chart in 1958 . In the 1980s he appeared in the BBC series Shoestring and in Mel Smith's comedy series Colin's Sandwich .
As a supporting actor, Medwin appeared mainly in British films, but also occasionally in international productions, for example in 1962 in the 1962 Oscar-winning war film The Longest Day at the side of John Wayne and Henry Fonda . In Charlie Chaplin's last movie The Countess of Hong Kong , he played the comical supporting role of a sailor. By 2008, Medwin was in front of the camera for a total of over 110 film and television productions. He was also an experienced stage actor who was awarded the Order of the British Empire in 2005 for his services to the theater .
Michael Medwin founded the film production company Memorial Enterprises together with Albert Finney in the 1960s . In this context, he produced a number of feature films up until the 1980s, the best-known being the classic If ... by Lindsay Anderson , which won the main prize at the Cannes Film Festival in 1969 .
Filmography (selection)
presentation
- 1947: Black Memory
- 1948: Anna Karenina
- 1949: The Queen of Spades
- 1949: The Tingeltangelgräfin (Trottie True)
- 1951: Four in a Jeep (Four in a Jeep)
- 1953: At the street corner (Street Corner)
- 1953: Malta Story
- 1953: The fiery Isabella (Genevieve)
- 1955: Doctor Ahoy! (Doctor at Sea)
- 1955: X-boats attack ( Above Us the Waves , reference title: Submarine - U-boats attack )
- 1956: On the front lines (A Hill in Korea)
- 1957: Help, the doctor is coming! (Doctor at Large)
- 1958: ... because the wind cannot read (film) (The Wind Cannot Read)
- 1958: 41 degrees of love (Carry On Nurse)
- 1962: The Longest Day (The Longest Day)
- 1963: Kali Yug: The Goddess of Vengeance (Kali Yug, la dea della vendetta)
- 1964: Grasp from the Dark (Night Must Fall)
- 1965: The Nights Are Long in Beirut (Twenty-Four Hours to Kill)
- 1967: The Countess of Hong Kong (A Countess from Hong Kong)
- 1970: Scrooge
- 1973: The Successful (O Lucky Man!)
- 1980: The Sea Wolves (The Sea Wolves)
- 1982: Britannia Hospital
- 1983: Never Say Never (Never Say Never Again)
- 1983: Agents Die Twice (The Jigsaw Man)
- 1988: The Falcon's Maltese (Just Ask for Diamond)
- 1994: Wedding Hangover (Staggered)
- 1999: Fanny and Elvis (Fanny and Elvis)
- 2000: Cinderella (TV movie)
- 2008: The Duchess (The Duchess)
- 2008: Framed
production
- 1967: A Successful Dud (Charlie Bubbles)
- 1968: If ... (if ....)
- 1970: Herring and Port Wine (Spring and Port Wine)
- 1971: On quiet feet (Gumshoe)
- 1973: The Successful (O Lucky Man!)
- 1981: Memoirs of a Survivor
Web links
- Michael Medwin in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Michael Medwin in the All Movie Guide (English)
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Medwin, Michael |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Medwin, Michael Hugh (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor and film producer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 18, 1923 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | London , England |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 26, 2020 |
| Place of death | Bournemouth , England |