Patrick Waddington

Patrick Waddington
Born	(1903-08-19)19 August 1903 York, England, United Kingdom
Died	York, England, UK
Occupation	English actor

Patrick Waddington (19 August 1903 – 4 February 1987) was an English actor, educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk. Born and died in York, England.

Biography

Waddington was the grandson of William Waddington, the piano manufacturer who also took over the management of the Theatre Royal York. He started his career singing and in the 1930s was in That Certain Trio with Peggy Cochrane. He appeared in numerous plays, films and TV series including "Dad's Army".

In 1951 he became General Secretary of TACT (The Actors Charitable Trust) and was headmaster of its children's home, Silverland, until 1953. A plaque to commemorate him can be seen in the Courtyard entrance to the Merchant Adventurers' Hall in York - he was a member of the Company of Merchant Adventurers of the City of York from 1933 to his death in 1987. In 1986, he self-published his autobiography, Patrick: Or, That Awful Warning.

Filmography

• Department S: Who Plays the Dummy? (1969) - NATO General
• Dad's Army: The Loneliness of the Long Distance Walker (1969) (Lost) - The Brigadier
• Dad's Army: The Showing Up of Corporal Jones (1968) - The Brigadier
• Armchair Theatre: The Mandarins (1969)
• The Jazz Age: The Outstation (1968)
• Naked City: The Man Who Bit a Diamond in Half (1960) - Mitcham
• Play of the Week: Mary Stuart (1960)
• Rx for Murder (1958) - Sir George Watson
• Battle of the V-1 (1958) - Air Marshal
• A Night to Remember (1958) - Sir Richard
• The Moonraker (1958) - Lord Dorset-
• OSS: Operation Big House (1957) - German Ambassador
• The White Cliffs Mystery (1957) - Matrion
• Wideawake (1957) - Male, senior
• The Wooden Horse (1950) - Senior British Officer
• Stop Press Girl (1949)
• It's Not Cricket (1949) - Valentine Christmas
• The Clouded Crystal (1948) - Jack
• School for Secrets (1946) - Group Captain Aspinall
• Gaiety George (1946) - Lt Travers
• Journey Together (1946) - Flight Lt Mander
• The Loves of Madame Dubarry (1938)
• The Black Tulip (1937) - Cornelus Van Baerle
• I Give My Heart (1935) - René
• Loyalties (1933) - Augustus Borring
• If Youth But Knew (1926) - Arthur Noel-Vane
• The fire lake where the old man walks (1956)

References

• Patrick Waddington at the Internet Movie Database
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