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Wilfrid Hyde-White is a Actor and Director British born on 12 may 1903 at Bourton-on-the-Water (United-kingdom)

Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White
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Birth name Wilfrid Hyde White
Nationality United-kingdom
Birth 12 may 1903 at Bourton-on-the-Water (United-kingdom)
Death 6 may 1991 (at 87 years) at Woodland Hills (USA)

Wilfrid Hyde-White (12 May 1903 - 6 May 1991) was an English character actor of stage, film and television, who achieved international recognition in his later years as Colonel Pickering in the 1964 film My Fair Lady.

Biography

On 17 December 1927, he married Blanche Hope Aitken, a Glamorganshire-born actress known professionally as Blanche Glynne (1893–1946), who was a decade his senior. The couple had one son. His first wife died in 1946, and he remarried in 1957 to actress Ethel Drew. He and Drew remained married until his death in 1991. The couple had two children, including actor Alex Hyde-White.

Hyde-White died in 1991 at the Motion Picture Country Home in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, from natural causes, six days before his 88th birthday. He was interred in his native Bourton-on-the-Water.

Best films

My Fair Lady
My Fair Lady
(1964)
(Actor) The Toy
The Toy
(1982)
(Actor) Let's Make Love
Let's Make Love
(1960)
(Actor) North West Frontier
North West Frontier
(1959)
(Actor)

Usually with

Anatole de Grunwald
Anatole de Grunwald
(5 films)
Harry Alan Towers
Harry Alan Towers
(5 films)
Aubrey Mallalieu
Aubrey Mallalieu
(9 films)
Terry-Thomas
Terry-Thomas
(6 films)
Herbert Lom
Herbert Lom
(6 films)
Source : Wikidata

Filmography of Wilfrid Hyde-White (115 films)

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Actor

Fanny Hill
Fanny Hill (1983)
, 1h38
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Drama, Erotic, Comedy, Romance
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Oliver Reed, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Shelley Winters, Alfred Marks, Barry Stokes, Paddie O'Neil
Roles John Barville
Rating52% 2.608182.608182.608182.608182.60818
Poor country lass Fanny Hill sets off for London where she embarks on a series of sexual encounters in pursuit of wealth and happiness.
The Toy
The Toy (1982)
, 1h42
Directed by Richard Donner
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about children, Jeu, Films about toys, Buddy films
Actors Jackie Gleason, Richard Pryor, Ned Beatty, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Scott Schwartz, Teresa Ganzel
Roles Barkley
Rating58% 2.9001852.9001852.9001852.9001852.900185
Jack Brown (Pryor) is an unemployed newspaper reporter in Baton Rouge, Louisiana in danger of losing his house to the bank. After numerous unsuccessful attempts to get a job working for the local paper, the Bugle, he becomes so desperate that he ends up taking a job as a "cleaning lady" for wealthy U.S. Bates (Gleason), who owns the paper and many other businesses. Brown is humiliated as he clumsily attempts to serve food at a luncheon. He is fired, but lands a part-time job in a department store owned by Bates.
Tarzan the Ape Man
Tarzan the Ape Man (1981)
, 1h47
Directed by John Derek
Origin USA
Genres Erotic, Comedy, Action, Adventure
Themes Films set in Africa, Films about animals, Films about children, Le thème de l'enfant sauvage, Films about sexuality, Erotic films, Sexploitation films, Films about apes, L'enfance marginalisée, Tarzan films, Mise en scène d'un mammifère
Actors Bo Derek, Miles O'Keeffe, Richard Harris, John Phillip Law, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Laurie Main
Roles Club Member (voice)
Rating34% 1.708591.708591.708591.708591.70859
James Parker is a hunter in Africa, searching for a mythical "white ape". He is joined by his estranged daughter, Jane, after her mother's death. They discover the "white ape" is actually Tarzan, an uncivilized white man raised by apes living in the jungle. James continues to pursue Tarzan with the purpose of capturing him, dead or alive, and bringing him back to England.
Oh, God! Book II
Oh, God! Book II (1980)
, 1h34
Directed by Gilbert Cates
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Fantastic, Comedy, Fantasy
Actors George Burns, Suzanne Pleshette, David Birney, Louanne Sirota, Howard Duff, Conrad Janis
Roles Judge Thomas Miller
Rating53% 2.651542.651542.651542.651542.65154
In this sequel, God asks the help of 11-year-old Tracy Richards (Louanne Sirota) to help promote Himself. Tracy creates the slogan "Think God" and soon has her friends spreading the message by posters, graffiti and other ways. But Tracy's parents and psychiatrists think the young girl is just insane. God is the only one that can straighten out the situation. One of the memorable scenes showed God riding a motorcycle, with Tracy riding in the sidecar, where there were scenes that showed nobody on the motorcycle, which baffled the two policemen.
Xanadu
Xanadu (1980)
, 1h33
Directed by Robert Greenwald
Origin USA
Genres Science fiction, Musical theatre, Fantasy, Musical, Romance
Themes Films about music and musicians, Films based on mythology, Sports films, Musical films, Films based on Greco-Roman mythology
Actors Olivia Newton-John, Michael Beck, Gene Kelly, James Sloyan, Dimitra Arliss, Sandahl Bergman
Roles Heavenly Voice #1
Rating53% 2.6535852.6535852.6535852.6535852.653585
Sonny Malone is a talented artist who dreams of fame beyond his job, which is the non-creative task of painting larger versions of album covers for record-store window advertisements. As the film opens, Sonny is broke and on the verge of giving up his dream. Having quit his day job to try to make a living as a freelance artist, but having failed to make any money at it, Sonny returns to his old job at AirFlo Records. After some humorous run-ins with his imperious boss and nemesis, Simpson, he resumes painting record covers.
In God We Tru$t
In God We Tru$t (1980)
, 1h37
Directed by Marty Feldman
Origin USA
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about religion
Actors Marty Feldman, Peter Boyle, Andy Kaufman, Louise Lasser, Richard Pryor, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Roles Abbot Thelonious
Rating54% 2.7103352.7103352.7103352.7103352.710335
A naive monk, Brother Ambrose (Feldman), is sent by the abbot on a mission to raise $5000 in order to save their monastery from closing. He goes to Hollywood where he encounters a number of eccentric characters. He is at first robbed and later befriended by con artist Dr. Sebastian Melmoth (Boyle), and meets a prostitute named Mary (Lasser) who lets him stay at her apartment. Mary grows to care for Ambrose and seduces him while he is taking a cold shower to try to alleviate his lustful thoughts about her. While he is in Hollywood, he visits several churches including a service at the Church of Divine Profit, performed by the televangelist Armageddon T. Thunderbird (Kaufman) in which he sees the focus of the sermon being a request for money in exchange for salvation. Ambrose is angered by this message and tries to meet a number of times with Thunderbird, being ejected each time.
Scout's Honor
Scout's Honor (1980)
, 1h40
Directed by Henry Levin
Origin USA
Genres Drama, Comedy
Actors Gary Coleman, Katherine Helmond, Pat O'Brien, Wilfrid Hyde-White, Harry Morgan, Eric Taslitz
Roles Uncle Toby 'Nuncle' Bartlett
Rating59% 2.9570652.9570652.9570652.9570652.957065
The Plank
The Plank (1979)
, 30minutes
Directed by Eric Sykes
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Actors Eric Sykes, Arthur Lowe, Lionel Blair, Bernard Cribbins, Harry H. Corbett, Diana Dors
Roles Old Gent Wanting to Cross the Road
Rating73% 3.6860353.6860353.6860353.6860353.686035
The Rebels
The Rebels (1979)
, 4h
Directed by Russ Mayberry
Origin USA
Genres Drama, War, Historical
Themes Political films
Actors Andrew Stevens, Don Johnson, Kim Cattrall, Doug McClure, Jim Backus, Richard Basehart
Roles Gen. Howe
Rating65% 3.266683.266683.266683.266683.26668
Philip Kent takes part in the American Revolution and the newly formed congress.
The Cat and the Canary
The Cat and the Canary (1978)
, 1h38
Directed by Radley Metzger
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Thriller, Comedy, Comedy thriller, Horror, Crime
Themes Comedy horror films
Actors Honor Blackman, Michael Callan, Edward Fox, Wendy Hiller, Olivia Hussey, Wilfrid Hyde-White
Roles Cyrus West
Rating56% 2.80442.80442.80442.80442.8044
On the 20th anniversary of his death, the remaining relatives of Cyrus West (Wilfred Hyde-White) are called to his mansion to view the filmed reading of his will. Cyrus lets it be known how much he despised and loathed his kin by setting up a dogfight for the fortune and revealing that Annabelle West (Carol Lynley) is to be the sole beneficiary. However, to claim the inheritance, Annabelle must spend the night in the house with the rest of the family and be deemed sane the next morning. A doctor from the asylum up the road, Dr Hendricks (Edward Fox), arrives and informs the guests that a homicidal maniac, has escaped and is hiding out in the area. With a history of insanity in the family, a mansion replete with secret rooms and corridors and "The Cat" murderer on the loose, the night becomes a tale of gruesome murders, suspense, and, ultimately, revelations.
That's Carry On!
That's Carry On! (1977)
, 1h35
Directed by Gerald Thomas
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Comedy
Themes Films about sexuality, Erotic films
Actors Kenneth Williams, Barbara Windsor, Eric Barker, Amanda Barrie, John Bluthal, Bernard Bresslaw
Roles Colonel
Rating53% 2.6651552.6651552.6651552.6651552.665155
Kenneth Williams and Barbara Windsor are imprisoned in a Pinewood Studios projection room and trawl through film can after film can of the classic Carry On series. Kenneth is delighted with the slap-up food hamper and champagne, while Barbara loads the vintage clips. As the films remorselessly play out, Kenneth feels the need to relieve himself but Barbara is determined to plough through every film. Finally, scenes of speedy roadside urinating from Carry On at Your Convenience prove too much for Kenneth to bear but he holds back the flow to enjoy his finest role as the Khasi in Carry On... Up the Khyber. While Kenneth pontificates about the glories of the Empire, Barbara leaves the projection room and locks her co-star in. Unable to hold out any longer, Kenneth goes against the projection room door.