Line #24 Creator/VictorMaddern


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2	[[caption-width-right:805:One of the most distinctive and eloquent faces in post-[[UsefulNotes/WorldWarII war]] British cinema.]]
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4	->''"I only ever had one or two days' work on those very funny films. Going into a long-running team show is a frightening experience and so it was that each time I was lucky enough to be invited to play in a ''Film/CarryOn'', I always arrived at the studio with a certain amount of trepidation."''
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6	Victor Jack Maddern, (16 March 1928 -- 22 June 1993), was a British actor.
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8	He trained at the RADA after his time serving in UsefulNotes/WorldWarII. His first screen appearance came in ''Seven Days to Noon'' as a soldier tasked to shoot a scientist and two years later, he appeared in one of his earliest stage roles, Sam Weller in ''The Trial of Mr Pickwick''.
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10	For the rest of his career, Maddern was a familiar face in films and TV, often TypeCast as military men. He had memorable roles in ''Blood of the Vampire'', ''I'm All Right Jack'', ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'', five ''Film/CarryOn'' films, ''Film/CircusOfFear1966'', and a MissingEpisode of ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'', notable for a surviving outtake reel where Maddern repeatedly mispronounces "Dock Green Nick" as "Dock Green Dick".
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12	On the side, he ran a script printing business, opened a school for public speaking, and devoted much time to working for charity.
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14	He died of a brain tumour at the age of 65.
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18	!!Works on TV Tropes he appeared in:
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20	[[AC:Film]]
21	* ''Film/SailorOfTheKing'' (1953) -- Signalman Willy "Misery" Earnshaw
22	* ''Film/SaintJoan'' (1957) -- English Soldier
23	* ''Film/CarveHerNameWithPride'' (1958) -- Parachute Training Instructor (UncreditedRole)
24	* ''{{Film/Dunkirk\|1958}}'' (1958) -- Merchant Seaman
25	* ''Film/PleaseTurnOver'' (1959) -- Smithy
26	* ''Film/SinkTheBismarck'' (1960) -- Able Seaman
27	* ''Film/CarryOnConstable'' (1960) -- Detective Sergeant Liddell, CID
28	* ''Film/WatchYourStern'' (1960) -- Sailor Fishing for Bicycle
29	* ''{{Film/Exodus\|1960}}'' (1960) -- Sergeant
30	* ''Film/CarryOnRegardless'' (1961) -- Sinister Passenger
31	* ''Film/RaisingTheWind'' (1961) -- Removal Man
32	* ''Film/TheLongestDay'' (1962) -- Camp Cook (UncreditedRole)
33	* ''Film/CarryOnSpying'' (1964) -- Milchmann
34	* ''Film/CarryOnCleo'' (1964) -- Sergeant Major
35	* ''Film/BunnyLakeIsMissing'' (1965) -- Taxi Driver
36	* ''Film/{{Circus of Fear\|1966}}'' (1966) -- Mason
37	* ''Film/TheLostContinent'' (1968) -- Mate
38	* ''Film/ChittyChittyBangBang'' (1968) -- Junkman
39	* ''Film/TheMagicChristian'' (1969) -- Hot Dog Vender
40	* ''Film/{{Cromwell}}'' (1970) -- Executioner (UncreditedRole)
41	* ''Film/SteptoeAndSon'' (1972) -- Chauffeur
42	* ''Film/CarryOnEmmannuelle'' (1978) -- Man in Launderette
43	* ''WesternAnimation/FreddieAsFRO7'' (1992) -- Old Gentleman Raven
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46	* ''Series/TheAdventuresOfRobinHood'', episode "The Charm Pedlar" (1960) -- Hugo
47	* ''Series/{{Bonanza}}'', episode "A Passion for Justice" (1963) -- Dan Stoker
48	* ''Franchise/PerryMason'', episode "The Case of the Floating Stones" (1963) -- Gilbert Tyrell
49	* ''{{Series/The Avengers\|1960s}}'', episode "The Thirteenth Hole" (1966) -- Jackson
50	* ''Series/TheSaint'', 2 episodes:
51	** "The Fast Women" (1967) -- Enrico Montesino
52	** "The Scales of Justice" (1968) -- Jim Cowdry
53	* ''Series/DixonOfDockGreen'', 4 episodes:
54	** "The Witness" (1967) -- Fred Hall
55	** "Obsession" (1969) -- Jimmy Lester
56	** "Jig-Saw" (1971) -- Forbes
57	** "It's a Gift" (1975) -- Orrie Heppledene
58	* ''{{Series/The Prisoner\|1967}}'', episode "[[Recap/ThePrisonerE10HammerIntoAnvil Hammer Into Anvil]]" (1967) -- Bandmaster
59	* ''Series/DoctorWho'', 6-episode story "[[Recap/DoctorWhoS5E6FuryFromTheDeep Fury from the Deep]]" (1968) -- Robson
60	* ''Series/RandallAndHopkirkDeceased'', episode "A Sentimental Journey" (1970) -- Detective Sergeant Watts
61	* ''Series/CarryOnLaughing'', 3 episodes:
62	** "Orgy and Bess" (1975) -- Todd
63	** "The Nine Old Cobblers" (1975) -- Charlie
64	** "Under the Round Table" (1975) -- Sir Osis
65	* ''{{Series/Miss Marple\|1984}}'', episode "The Moving Finger Part 2" (1985) -- Police Constable Johnson
66	* ''Series/ScreenTwo'', episode "Defrosting the Fridge" (1989) -- Barney
67	* ''Series/TheBill'', episode "Addresses" (1990) -- Mr. Grant
68	* ''Series/ScreenOne'', episode "Sweet Nothing" (1990) -- Frankie
69	* ''Series/EastEnders'', 1 episode (1990) -- Stanley
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