Peter Madden

Peter Madden (9 August 1904 – 24 February 1976) was a British actor.

Early life The son of Frederick Charles Linnet Butler-Madden and Margaret Teresa ( McCabe), Peter Madden's name at birth was Dudley Frederick Peter Butler-Madden.

Career Madden was a character actor who made several appearances in Hammer films and was a familiar face in British film and television during the 1950s and 1960s.

He appeared as the innkeeper Bruno in Kiss of the Vampire (1963) and as the stern Police Chief in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967).

On television he was seen in Danger Man, Z-Cars, The Avengers, The Saint and The Champions, Out of the Unknown, Orson Welles Great Mysteries ("The Ingenious Reporter" episode), and Steptoe and Son ( episode "Live Now P.A.Y.E. Later"). He played Inspector Lestrade opposite Douglas Wilmer's Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 BBC series.

Personal life In 1940, he married actress Mary Jordan (1913–1973). They subsequently divorced. In 1955, he married Marion Snelling, a singer with The Mike Sammes Singers. They had a daughter, Martine (born 1956).

Death Madden died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm at his home in Felpham in 1976.

Filmography

Tom Brown's School Days (1940) - Jacob (uncredited) Rhythm Serenade (1943) The Wicked Lady (1945) - Hawker Counterblast (1948) - William Lucas, Nazi (uncredited) A Matter of Murder (1949) - Sgt. Bex A Town Like Alice (1956) - Aussie POW (uncredited) Fiend Without a Face (1958) - Dr. Bradley Battle of the V-1 (1958) - Stanislaw Hell Is a City (1960) - Bert Darwin Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) - Drunken Man Exodus (1960) - Dr. Clement A Story of David (1961) - Chief Herder A Kind of Loving (1962) - Registrar The Road to Hong Kong (1962) - Lama (Slim) (uncredited) The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) - Mr. Smith (uncredited) The Very Edge (1963) - Sergeant Williams 80,000 Suspects (1963) - Ambulance Driver (uncredited) Kiss of the Vampire (1963) - Bruno Stolen Hours (1963) - Reynolds From Russia with Love (1963) - McAdams Espionage (TV series) ("Do You Remember Leo Winters" episode) (1964) - Martin Davenport Nothing But the Best (1964) - Ex-Politician Woman of Straw (1964) - Yacht Captain Do You Know This Voice? (1964) - Supt. Hume Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1964) - Caleb (segment "Werewolf") He Who Rides a Tiger (1965) - Peepers Woodley Dr Zhivago (1965) - Political Officer Out of the Unknown ('Time in Advance', episode) (1965) - Examiner Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) - Chief of Police The Violent Enemy (1968) - Hewitt The Picasso Summer (1969) - Blind Man Vendetta for the Saint (1969) - Lo Zio The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) - Von Tirpitz Tales of Unease ("Calculated Nightmare") (1970) - Flint Hadleigh ("Breakdown" and "Mrs. Paige") (1971-1973) - Judge, Peters On the Buses (1971) - Mr. Brooks Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) - Fisher Nearest and Dearest (1972) - Court Bailiff Steptoe and Son (1972, TV Series) - Norman, Retired Policeman Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) - Coach Driver Cause for Concern (1974) - Narrator (voice) One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) - Sanders The Message (1976) - Toothless Man (final film role)