Robert Eddison

Robert Eddison OBE (born June 10, 1908 in Yokohama , Japan , † December 14, 1991 in London , England ) was a British actor.

life and career

From 1938 Eddison stood in front of the camera for cinema and television productions. After the beginning of the Second World War , in which he served, he could not find a new role until 1948, this time for the film Vice Versa . From the 1970s, Eddison appeared increasingly in TV films with a historical or literary background, such as in 1970 in Edward II or Oedipus the King 1984. Eddison had his best-known film role as the ancient guardian of the Grail in the film Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade , his penultimate movie. He ended his film career in 1991 in American Girlfriends . He died at the end of the same year.

Compared to his film career, Eddison was clearly more profiled as a stage actor. He played in many of William Shakespeare's plays , one of his star roles being Hamlet at the Old Vic Theater . He also played King Lear in a New York production. Eddison received a Laurence Olivier Award for Best Supporting Actor for his appearance in Was ihr wollt . He also appeared on stage in other classical pieces by Sophocles , Henrik Ibsen , Anton Chekhov and Oscar Wilde . In 1988 he was promoted to the Order of the British Empire for his services to the theater .

Filmography (selection)

• 1938: Tobias and the Angel (TV movie)
• 1938: Sixty Glorious Years
• 1938: Doctor 'My Book' (TV movie)
• 1948: Vice Versa
• 1954: The Angel Who Pawned Her Harp
• 1964: Selkirk of Red River
• 1966: I Was Happy Here (I Was Happy Here)
• 1970: Edward II (TV movie)
• 1972: The Boy Who Turned Yellow
• 1975: Sky (TV series, six episodes)
• 1981: Bognor (TV series, six episodes)
• 1984: Antigone (TV movie)
• 1984: Oedipus the King (TV movie)
• 1987: Scoop (TV movie)
• 1987: Porterhouse Blue (TV miniseries, episode)
• 1989: Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade
• 1991: American Friends (American Friends)

Web links

• Robert Eddison in the Internet Movie Database (English)