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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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45 | [[AC:Series]] |
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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