Paul eddington biography
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Paul Eddington
Born:
June 18th, 1927
St. John's Wood, England
Died:
November 4th, 1995
Southwark, England
Paul Eddington was an English actor.
Biography[]
Born in St. John's Wood, London, he began acting as a member of the Entertainment National Service Association and was a repertory performer before his television debut on The Adventures of Robin Hood. This led to further television roles on The Prisoner and The Avengers as well as parts in films such as The Devil Rides Out and The Amazing Mr. Blunden.
Eddington gained recognition in his forties due to two major television roles, that of Jerry Ledbetter in The Good Life and Jim Hacker MP in Yes, Minister/Yes, Prime Minister. He also appeared in television productions of Henry IV, Camomile Lawn and The Wind in the Willows.
Eddington passed away in 1995.
Singing[]
Eddington originated the role of Captain Miserrimus Doleful in Jorrocks as well as playing Sir Joseph Porter in H.M
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Paul Eddington
Biography: Brian Slade
In 1975, John Howard Davies began casting for a show far ahead of its time about a couple trying to live a more environmentally friendly lifestyle from the heart of Surbiton. For the role of Jerry Leadbetter, they turned to an actor who had to this point struggled to persuade any television producer that he could carry off comedy acting in front of a live studio audience. The laugh would be on them, as Paul Eddington would become a household name for his roles as hen-pecked hubby Jerry to Penelope Keith’s Margo in The Good Life, and subsequently as Jim Hacker in the hugely successful political sitcoms Yes, Minister and Yes, Prime Minister.
Eddington was born in 1927 and had what for most would be considered a troubled childhood. His parents split during his younger days and in an effort to jakt job opportunities, his mother took Eddington and his sister around the country, wherever work could be found. By the time he completed h
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by Pete Stampede
A staple of British television and a still much-missed presence, Paul Eddington had an uncharacteristic entry into the medium in one of the most repeated bits of early TV ever, an episode of the plodding (in all senses of the word) early cop opera Dixon of Dock Green, "The Rotten Apple" (1955). The unintentionally funny sight of him, as a crooked constable with a strange West Country accent, being ordered by Jack Warner's Dixon to remove his jacket so that he can be arrested as a civilian—"There's ingenting in the world worse than a rotten copper! It's the lowest thing on Gawd's earth!" splutters Warner—has often turned up in clip shows. He then played all sorts of minor roles in The Adventures of Robin Hood (1955-59), eventually getting to play Will Scarlett; he stayed with ITC as it moved into contemporary action, appearing with Sheffield Rep colleague Patrick McGoohan in both Danger Man/Secret Agent