Michael Wilding (actor)
Michael Wilding (born July 23, 1912 in Westcliff-on-Sea , Essex , England , † July 8, 1979 in London , England) was a British actor .
Life
In the 1930s, Michael Wilding gained his first stage and film experience. For example, he toured Australia and New Zealand with Fay Compton's theater company in 1937 and 1938. Wilding became a star in British cinema in the early 1940s, with his appearance in the comedy Dear Octopus (1943) alongside Margaret Lockwood made him known. He also appeared on the side of Anna Neagle in a number of films . Wilding developed with his "good looks and dashing personality" to one of the leading actors of romantic lovers in Great Britain, from 1947 he was chosen six times in a row among the ten most popular British film stars. He took on important roles in the Alfred Hitchcock films Slave of the Heart (1949) and The Red Lola (1950).
In 1952 he signed a contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and moved to Hollywood, where he played the pharaoh in the monumental film Sinuhe the Egyptians (1954) and appeared as a lover of Leslie Caron in The Glass Slipper (1955). Overall, however, his success in Hollywood soon waned; he played more supporting roles and appeared as a guest actor on television. From the 1960s, Wilding's film appearances became less frequent, not least due to health problems associated with his epilepsy . His last appearance was in 1973 in the television film Frankenstein: The True Story , since the 1930s Wilding has appeared in more than 60 productions.
His first marriage was from 1937 to 1951 with the actress Kay Young. In 1952 he married Elizabeth Taylor, who was 20 years his junior . From this marriage two sons were born: Michael junior (* 1953) and Christopher (* 1955). In 1957 the marriage ended in divorce. From 1958 to 1963 he was married to Susan Neill and from 1964 to her death in 1976 with the actress Margaret Leighton . After Leighton's death, he largely withdrew from the public eye. He died in July 1979 at the age of 66 after falling down a flight of stairs during an epileptic seizure and sustaining a head injury.
Filmography (selection)
- 1933: Heads We Go
- 1935: Late Extra
- 1941: Kipps - novel of a simple person ( Kipps )
- 1942: The blockade ( The Big Blockade )
- 1942: In Which We Serve
- 1943: Dear Octopus
- 1946: a heart is lost ( Carnival )
- 1947: An Ideal Husband ( An Ideal Husband )
- 1949: Slave of the Heart ( Under Capricorn )
- 1950: The Red Lola ( Stage Fright )
- 1951: The Rogue and the Lady ( The Law and the Lady )
- 1951: Florence Nightingale - A Life for Neighbor ( The Lady with a Lamp )
- 1952: Trent's Last Case ( Trent's Last Case )
- 1953: Hearts in Fever ( Torch Song )
- 1954: Sinuhe the Egyptian ( The Egyptian )
- 1955: the glass slipper ( The Glass Slipper )
- 1959: Treason at Camp 127 ( Danger Within )
- 1960: The World of Suzie Wong ( The World of Suzie Wong )
- 1961: A Man Goes His Way ( The Naked Edge )
- 1961: Lovable Enemies ( The Best of Enemies )
- 1962: The girl Tamiko ( A Girl Named Tamiko )
- 1963: Alfred Hitchcock Presents ( The Alfred Hitchcock Hour ; TV series, 1 episode)
- 1968: Mannix (TV series, 1 episode)
- 1968: The wild years ( The Sweet Ride )
- 1970: Waterloo ( Waterloo )
- 1972: The great love of Lady Caroline ( Lady Caroline Lamb )
- 1973: Frankenstein as he really was ( Frankenstein: The True Story ; TV movie)
Web links
- Michael Wilding in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Michael Wilding, Sr. | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos | AllMovie. Retrieved November 14, 2017 .
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Wilding, Michael |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British actor |
DATE OF BIRTH | July 23, 1912 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Essex , UK |
DATE OF DEATH | July 8, 1979 |
Place of death | London , UK |