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Edward Judd is a Actor Chinois born on 4 october 1932 at Shanghai (Chine)
Edward Judd (4 October 1932 – 24 February 2009) was a British actor.
Born in Shanghai, China, he and his English father and Russian mother fled when the Japanese attacked China five years later.
His career was at its peak in the 1960s, with a series of leading roles in British science fiction films, including The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961 - a disaster film in which he played an alcoholic reporter during a time when ever larger nuclear explosions could alter the Earth's axis, propelling the Earth towards the sun), First Men in the Moon (1964), and Island of Terror (1966). As well as starring in these films, he worked as a soap opera actor and performed other character parts on television. His roles in these classic science fiction films were highly praised by audiences and critics alike. Judd was also famous for the 1975 "Think Once, Think Twice, Think Bike" campaign on making motorists aware of the risks faced on the road by motorcyclists.
Judd's success in The Day the Earth Caught Fire saw Columbia Pictures sign him to a long term contract. According to Val Guest though "he was such a pain in the ass to everybody. He had an enormous opinion of himself and he was his own worst enemy. Columbia just loaned him out here and there and then let him go."
Judd appeared regularly on TV. In particular he played the tyrannical uncle, William Russell, in the 1979 TV mini-series Flambards, a man who was obsessed with fox hunting, but crippled in a hunting accident.
Very little is known of his life after the 1970s. He was heard in an episode of the BBC Radio comedy Drop Me Here, Darling, starring Leslie Phillips, in 1983, as well as playing Barrymore in a televised version of The Hound of the Baskervilles the same year, and the BBC Radio play Philadelphia Moonshine in 1985. He appeared in the 1988 TV film Jack the Ripper as Thomas Arnold.
In the early 1970s, he lived in Cottenham Park Road, Wimbledon. During the 1970s and 1980s, Judd (known as Eddie to some friends, as evidenced in Michael Caine's 2011 autobiography) was a highly respected voice-over artist, used on many mainstream commercials recorded in the recording studios in London's Soho.
As of 1990, he lived in the Phoenix Hotel in Wimbledon and was a credit officer for a Canadian Investment Bank. He lived at a retirement home in Mitcham in his last years.
He was married twice; his first wife, who had also appeared in The Day the Earth Caught Fire, was Gene Anderson, who died in 1965. His second wife was actress Norma Ronald, with whom he had two daughters.
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Nationality Chine
Birth 4 october 1932 at Shanghai (Chine)
Death 24 february 2009 (at 76 years) at Mitcham (United-kingdom)
Birth 4 october 1932 at Shanghai (Chine)
Death 24 february 2009 (at 76 years) at Mitcham (United-kingdom)
Edward Judd (4 October 1932 – 24 February 2009) was a British actor.
Born in Shanghai, China, he and his English father and Russian mother fled when the Japanese attacked China five years later.
His career was at its peak in the 1960s, with a series of leading roles in British science fiction films, including The Day the Earth Caught Fire (1961 - a disaster film in which he played an alcoholic reporter during a time when ever larger nuclear explosions could alter the Earth's axis, propelling the Earth towards the sun), First Men in the Moon (1964), and Island of Terror (1966). As well as starring in these films, he worked as a soap opera actor and performed other character parts on television. His roles in these classic science fiction films were highly praised by audiences and critics alike. Judd was also famous for the 1975 "Think Once, Think Twice, Think Bike" campaign on making motorists aware of the risks faced on the road by motorcyclists.
Judd's success in The Day the Earth Caught Fire saw Columbia Pictures sign him to a long term contract. According to Val Guest though "he was such a pain in the ass to everybody. He had an enormous opinion of himself and he was his own worst enemy. Columbia just loaned him out here and there and then let him go."
Judd appeared regularly on TV. In particular he played the tyrannical uncle, William Russell, in the 1979 TV mini-series Flambards, a man who was obsessed with fox hunting, but crippled in a hunting accident.
Very little is known of his life after the 1970s. He was heard in an episode of the BBC Radio comedy Drop Me Here, Darling, starring Leslie Phillips, in 1983, as well as playing Barrymore in a televised version of The Hound of the Baskervilles the same year, and the BBC Radio play Philadelphia Moonshine in 1985. He appeared in the 1988 TV film Jack the Ripper as Thomas Arnold.
In the early 1970s, he lived in Cottenham Park Road, Wimbledon. During the 1970s and 1980s, Judd (known as Eddie to some friends, as evidenced in Michael Caine's 2011 autobiography) was a highly respected voice-over artist, used on many mainstream commercials recorded in the recording studios in London's Soho.
As of 1990, he lived in the Phoenix Hotel in Wimbledon and was a credit officer for a Canadian Investment Bank. He lived at a retirement home in Mitcham in his last years.
He was married twice; his first wife, who had also appeared in The Day the Earth Caught Fire, was Gene Anderson, who died in 1965. His second wife was actress Norma Ronald, with whom he had two daughters.
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The Kitchen Toto (1988)
, 1h36Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama
Actors Bob Peck, Phyllis Logan, Robert Urquhart, Edward Judd
Roles Dick Luis
Rating61%
In Kenya 1950, a British policeman takes a murdered black priest's son to live with him at his home as a houseboy.
Night Train to Murder (1984)
, 1h29Directed by Joseph McGrath
Genres Thriller, Comedy
Actors Eric Morecambe, Ernie Wise, Kenneth Haigh, Margaret Courtenay, Fulton Mackay, Pamela Salem
Roles Knife Thrower
Rating53%
, 1h40Directed by Douglas Hickox
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Sherlock Holmes films, Buddy films
Actors Ian William Richardson, Martin Shaw, Denholm Elliott, Glynis Barber, Brian Blessed, Eleanor Bron
Roles Barrymore
Rating65%
Sherlock Holmes et le docteur Watson enquêtent sur les menaces qui pèsent sur l'héritier des Baskerville...
The Boys in Blue (1982)
, 1h19Directed by Val Guest
Genres Comedy
Actors Tommy Cannon, Bobby Ball, Suzanne Danielle, Roy Kinnear, Eric Sykes, Jack Douglas
Roles Hilling
Rating45%
Sgt. Cannon (Tommy Cannon) and PC Ball (Bobby Ball) run the police station in the quiet town of Little Botham. When the station is threatened with closure due to a lack of crime, they decide to invent some crimes to justify their existence. When they try to steal a painting from a local rich businessman (Roy Kinnear), they accidentally stumble across a gang of real art thieves who have just stolen £1 million worth of paintings. It is up to the two bungling cops to stop them escaping with their haul.
, 1h38Directed by Peter Collinson
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Thriller
Themes Spy films, Films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism
Actors Martin Balsam, Chaim Topol, Janet Suzman, Leo McKern, Charles Gray, Nick Mancuso
Roles Meged
Rating66%
Israeli premier David Ben-Gurion approves a Mossad operation to be led by Isser Harel to kidnap Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi mass murderer. Harel's team travels to Argentina to track down Ricardo Klement, who they believe is Eichmann. They soon discover that the Klement family moved two months before. Primo, a local contact, goes to their former residence and gets a lead to Dieter, one of Eichmann's sons. They arrange for a bellboy to deliver a parcel to Dieter, addressed to another son, Nicholas. They trail Dieter, but he goes to the dentist instead of his house. Michael, the agent in charge, sends the bellboy back to the Klements' old address, and he learns their new one. Harel is told that Israel has been invited to send a delegation to Argentina's 150th celebration of its independence, so a special flight can be sent, on which Eichmann can be smuggled out of the country. The Mossad finally spot Eichmann, and Harel flies to Argentina to take over the operation. The Mossad rent three houses near Buenos Aires. They snatch Eichmann off the street and take him to one of the houses. Dieter Eichmann contacts other local Nazis for help in finding his father. The Israeli agents watching Eichmann are conflicted: they want to kill him, but their orders are to bring him back alive. The Israeli special plane arrives. Meanwhile, Michael interrogates Eichmann about his role in the Holocaust. Michael thinks they are on the verge of being caught by the police and should kill Eichmann while they can, but the others talk him out of it. When it is time to leave, they drug Eichmann and disguise him as an Israeli mechanic injured in an accident. A policeman in the pay of the Nazis tries to stop the takeoff, but they persuade the airport officials to let the flight proceed. The plane returns to Israel, where Eichmann is tried, found guilty of crimes against humanity, and executed.
The Incredible Sarah (1976)
, 1h46Directed by Richard Fleischer
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Biography
Actors Glenda Jackson, Daniel Massey, Yvonne Mitchell, Douglas Wilmer, David Langton, Simon Williams
Roles Jarrett
Rating55%
Whose Child Am I? (1976)
Genres Drama
Actors Kate O'Mara, Paul Freeman, Edward Judd, Bob Sherman, Beth Porter, Melissa Stribling
Roles Dr. Benson
Rating59%
The Vault of Horror (1973)
, 1h23Directed by Roy Ward Baker
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Anthology film, Horror
Themes Films about magic and magicians, Vampires in film
Actors Terry-Thomas, Curd Jürgens, Daniel Massey, Tom Baker, Dawn Addams, Denholm Elliott
Roles Alex (segment 4 "Bargain in Death")
Rating64%
Framing Story Five strangers board a descending lift, one by one, in a modern office block in London. They reach the sub-basement, though none of them have pressed for that destination. There they find a large, elaborately furnished room which appears to be a gentlemen's club. The lift door has closed and there are no buttons to bring it back, nor any other exit. Resigned to waiting for help, they settle down with drinks and talk. The conversation turns to dreams, and each man tells of a recurring nightmare.
O Lucky Man! (1973)
, 3h3Directed by Lindsay Anderson
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Comedy, Comedy-drama, Fantasy, Musical
Actors Malcolm McDowell, Ralph Richardson, Rachel Roberts, Arthur Lowe, Helen Mirren, Graham Crowden
Roles Oswald
Rating75%
The film opens with a short fragment outside the plot but clearly related on repeated viewings. Grainy, black-and-white, and silent, a title "Once Upon a Time" leads to Latino labourers picking coffee beans while armed foremen push rudely between them. One worker (McDowell with black hair and moustache) pockets a few beans ("Coffee for the Breakfast Table") but is seen by a foreman. He is next seen before a fat Caucasian magistrate who loses some saliva as he removes his cigar only to say "Guilty." The foreman pulls his machete and lays it across the unfortunate laborer's wrists, bound to a wooden block, revealing that he is to lose his hands for the theft of a few beans. The machete lifts, descends, and we see McDowell draw back in a silent scream. The scene blacks out, the word NOW appears onscreen and expands quickly to fill it.
Assassin (1973)
, 1h23Directed by Peter Crane
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Thriller
Actors Ian Hendry, Edward Judd, Frank Windsor, Ray Brooks, Mike Pratt, Paul Whitsun-Jones
Roles Control
Rating60%
The British government hires an assassin to kill a Ministry of Defence official suspected of leaking secrets.
Because of the Cats (1973)
Directed by Fons Rademakers
Genres Drama, Crime
Themes Films about sexuality, Rape in fiction, Rape and revenge films
Actors Bryan Marshall, Alexandra Stewart, Sylvia Kristel, Edward Judd, Roger Hammond, George Baker
Roles Mierle
Rating56%
In Amsterdam, Inspector Van der Valk is on the trail of a group of wealthy young men who go round attacking women for entertainment.
Universal Soldier (1972)
, 1h34Directed by Cy Endfield
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Action
Actors George Lazenby, Ben Carruthers, Edward Judd, Cy Endfield, Ronan O'Rahilly, Rudolph Walker
Roles Rawlings
Rating42%
Ryker (Lazenby), a former mercenary, comes out of retirement to take part in the overthrow of an African dictator. He travels to London to meet former war comrade Jesse Jones (Ben Carruthers), and his associates Freddy Bradshaw (Robin Hunter) and Temple Smith (Alan Barnes). After helping fellow mercenaries test and ship weapons to South Africa, Ryker begins to have ethical concerns about his involvement. He eventually distances himself from the others, and rents a flat in London. He falls into hippie culture, and begins dating a girl named Chrissie (Chrissie Townson).
Living Free (1972)
Directed by Jack Couffer
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Adventure
Actors Nigel Davenport, Susan Hampshire, Geoffrey Keen, Edward Judd
Roles Weaver
Rating60%
Lorsque les trois lionceaux espiègles d'Elsa commencent à faire des ravages dans les villages voisins, Joy et son mari sont contraints de les déplacer à des centaines de kilomètres dans une réserve naturelle.
The Vengeance of She (1968)
, 1h41Directed by Cliff Owen
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Fantasy, Adventure
Actors John Richardson, Edward Judd, Olga Schoberová, Colin Blakely, Jill Melford, George Sewell
Roles Philip
Rating46%
A beautiful young European girl, Carol, is drawn through mental telepathy to the ancient lost city of Kuma, there to become the reincarnation of its lost former ruler, Ayesha, and consort of her predecessor's lover, Kallikrates. In return, Men-Hari, a member of the Magi, the ancient Chaldean race of wise men, will also be allowed to enter the sacred flame and become immortal, which will expand his already formidable mental powers to the point where he will be able to take over the entire world. To achieve this, however, he must bring Carol to Kallikrates before the sacred flame is ignited during a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical alignment. Men-Hari therefore uses his powers ruthlessly to compel Carol to come to Kuma.
Island of Terror (1966)
, 1h29Directed by Terence Fisher
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Science fiction, Horror
Actors Edward Judd, Peter Cushing, Eddie Byrne, Niall MacGinnis, Samuel John Kydd, Margaret Lacey
Roles Dr. David West
Rating60%
On the remote Petrie's Island off the east coast of Ireland, farmer Ian Bellows goes missing and his wife contacts the local constabulary. Constable John Harris goes looking for him and finds him dead in a cave without a single bone in his body. Horrified, Harris swiftly fetches the town physician Dr. Reginald Landers, but Dr. Landers is unable to determine what happened to the dead man's skeleton. Landers journeys to the mainland to seek the help of a noted London pathologist, Dr. Brian Stanley.