Wilfrid Hyde-White

Wilfrid Hyde-White (né Hyde White; 12 May 1903 – 6 May 1991) was an English actor. Described by Philip French as a "classic British film archetype", Hyde-White often portrayed droll and urbane upper-class characters. He had an extensive stage and screen career in both the United Kingdom and the United States, and portrayed over 160 film and television roles between 1935 and 1987. He was twice nominated for a Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play, in 1957 for The Reluctant Debutante and in 1973 for The Jockey Club Stakes.

Early life Wilfrid Hyde White was born in Bourton-on-the-Water in Gloucestershire, England in 1903 to the Rev. William Edward White, canon of Gloucester Cathedral, and his wife, Ethel Adelaide ( Drought). He was the nephew of actor J. Fisher White.

Career Hyde-White made his stage debut in the farcical play Tons of Money on the Isle of Wight in 1922 and appeared in the West End for the first time three years later in the play Beggar on Horseback. who was a decade his senior. The couple had one son. Blanche Glynne died in 1946, aged 53, and in 1957 Hyde-White married 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 had a long reputation as a bon viveur, gambled heavily and spent money recklessly. In 1979, he was declared bankrupt by the Inland Revenue.

Filmography Complete films

Josser on the Farm (1934) as Brooks Smith's Wives (1935) (uncredited) Night Mail (1935) (uncredited) Alibi Inn (1935) as Husband Admirals All (1935) as Mr. Stallybrass Murder by Rope (1936) as Alastair Dane Rembrandt (1936) as Civil Guardsman (uncredited) The Scarab Murder Case (1936) as Philo Vance Spring Handicap (1937) as Hawkins (uncredited) Elephant Boy (1937) as Commissioner Bulldog Drummond at Bay (1937) as Conrad (uncredited) Change for a Sovereign (1937) as Charles Murder in the Family (1938) as Purvitt – Estate Agent (uncredited) The Claydon Treasure Mystery (1938) as Holmes (uncredited) Meet Mr. Penny (1938) as Mr. Wilson I've Got a Horse (1938) as Police Constable Keep Smiling (1938) as Assistant Hotel Clerk (uncredited) The Outsider (1939) as Patient (uncredited) The Lion Has Wings (1939) as Waiter (uncredited) Over the Moon (1939) as Dwight – Sanitarium Spokesman (uncredited) The Lambeth Walk (1939) as Lord Battersby Poison Pen (1939) as Postman The Briggs Family (1940) as Man with Moustache at Party (uncredited) Turned Out Nice Again (1941) as Removal Man (uncredited) Lady from Lisbon (1942) as Ganier Asking for Trouble (1942) as Pettifer The Demi-Paradise (1943) as Nightclub Waiter (uncredited) Night Boat to Dublin (1946) as Taxi Driver Wanted for Murder (1946) as Guide in Madame Tussaud's Appointment with Crime (1946) as Cleaner While the Sun Shines (1947) as Male Receptionist Meet Me at Dawn (1947) as Garin – News Editor The Ghosts of Berkeley Square (1947) as Staff Captain My Brother Jonathan (1948) as Mr. Gaige The Winslow Boy (1948) as Wilkinson (uncredited) Bond Street (1948) as Jeweller My Brother's Keeper (1948) as Harding Quartet (1948) as 2nd Clubman (segment "The Colonel's Lady") The Passionate Friends (1949) as Lawyer The Forbidden Street (1949) as Mr. Culver That Dangerous Age (1949) as Mr. Potts The Bad Lord Byron (1949) as Mr. Hopton Adam and Evelyne (1949) as Col. Bradley Helter Skelter (1949) as Dr. B. Jekyll / Mr. Hyde Conspirator (1949) as Lord Pennistone The Third Man (1949) as Crabbin The Man on the Eiffel Tower (1949) as Professor Grollet Golden Salamander (1950) as Agno The Angel with the Trumpet (1950) as Simmerl Last Holiday (1950) as Chalfont Trio (1950) as Mr. Gray (segment "Mr. Know-All") The Mudlark (1950) as Tucker (uncredited) Highly Dangerous (1950) as Mr. Luke – British consul Midnight Episode (1950) as Mr. Knight Blackmailed (1951) as Lord Dearsley Mr Drake's Duck (1951) as Mr. May The Browning Version (1951) as Dr. Frobisher No Highway in the Sky (1951) as Fisher, Inspector of Accidents (uncredited) Outcast of the Islands (1951) as Vinck Mr. Denning Drives North (1952) as Woods The Card (1952) as Lord at Liverpool Boat Harbour (uncredited) Top Secret (1952) as Sir Hubert Wells The Story of Gilbert and Sullivan (1953) as Mr. Marston Four Sided Triangle (1953) as Government Minister (segment "Priceless Pocket") The Million Pound Note (1954) as Roderick Montpelier The Rainbow Jacket (1954) as Lord Stoneleigh Duel in the Jungle (1954) as Pitt Betrayed (1954) as Gen. Charles Larraby To Dorothy a Son (1954) as Mr. Starke See How They Run (1955) as Brig. Buskin John and Julie (1955) as Sir James The Adventures of Quentin Durward (1955) as Master Oliver The March Hare (1956) as Col. Keene My Teenage Daughter (1956) as Sir Joseph The Silken Affair (1956) as Sir Horace Hogg Tarzan and the Lost Safari (1957) as 'Doodles' Fletcher That Woman Opposite (1957) as Sir Maurice Lawes The Vicious Circle (1957) as Maj. Harrington, aka Robert Brady The Truth About Women (1957) as Sir George Tavistock Up the Creek (1958) as Adm. Foley Wonderful Things! (1958) as Sir Bertram The Lady Is a Square (1959) as Charles Carry On Nurse (1959) as The Colonel Life in Emergency Ward 10 (1959) as Professor Bourne-Evans North West Frontier (1959) as Bridie Libel (1959) as Hubert Foxley Two-Way Stretch (1960) as Soapy Stevens Let's Make Love (1960) as George Welch His and Hers (1961) as Charles Dunton On the Double (1961) as Colonel Somerset Ada (1961) as Sylvester Marin On the Fiddle (1961) as Trowbridge Crooks Anonymous (1962) as Laurence Montague In Search of the Castaways (1962) as Lord Glenarvan Aliki My Love (1963) as Richard Caraway My Fair Lady (1964) as Colonel Hugh Pickering John Goldfarb, Please Come Home! (1965) as Mustafa Guz You Must Be Joking! (1965) as Gen. Lockwood Ten Little Indians (1965) as Judge Cannon The Liquidator (1965) as Chief Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) as Arthur Fairbrother The Sandwich Man (1966) as Lord Uffingham Chamber of Horrors (1966) as Harold Blount The Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967) as Colonel Baisbrook P.J. (1968) as Billings-Browne The Magic Christian (1969) as Captain Reginald K. Klaus Gaily, Gaily (1969) as The Governor Skullduggery (1970) as Eaton Fragment of Fear (1970) as Mr. Copsey The Cherry Picker (1974) as Dobson No Longer Alone (1976) as Lord Home The Cat and the Canary (1979) as Cyrus West King Solomon's Treasure (1979) as Oldest Club Member A Touch of the Sun (1979) as M-1 Xanadu (1980) as Male Heavenly Voice (voice) In God We Tru$t (1980) as Abbot Thelonious Oh, God! Book II (1980) as Judge Thomas Miller Tarzan, the Ape Man (1981) as Club Member (voice) The Toy (1982) as Barkley Fanny Hill (1983) as Mr. John Barville

Partial television credits

Laburnum Grove (BBC, 1947) as Bernard Baxley A Month in the Country (BBC, 1947) as Bolshintsov Affairs of State (BBC, 1952) The Reluctant Debutante (BBC, 1955) as Jimmy Broadbent The Twilight Zone: "Passage on the Lady Anne" (1963) as Tobias "Toby" McKenzie Lucy in London (1966) as Madame Tussauds Guide Mission: Impossible: "Echo of Yesterday" (1967) Daniel Boone: "Who Will They Hang From The Yardarm If Willy Gets Away" (1968) The Sunshine Patriot (TV movie, 1968) as Morris Vanders Fear No Evil (TV movie, 1969) as Harry Snowden Run a Crooked Mile (TV movie, 1969) as Dr. Ralph Sawyer It Takes a Thief: "To Lure a Man" (1969) Ritual of Evil (TV movie, 1970) as Harry Snowden Columbo: "Dagger of the Mind" (1972) A Brand New Life (TV movie, 1973) as Mr. Berger Columbo: "Last Salute to the Commodore" (1976) The Great Houdini (TV Movie, 1976) as Supt. Melville Battlestar Galactica (TV, 1978) as Sire Anton Battlestar Galactica (1978) The Associates (1979) The Rebels (TV movie, 1979) as Gen. Howe Vegas (TV episode, 1979) as Prof. Tolan Laverne and Shirley (TV episode, 1980) as Colonel Kalaback Scout's Honor (TV movie, 1980) as Uncle Toby "Nuncle" Bartlett Dick Turpin (1981) as Governor Sir Basil Appleyard Buck Rogers in the 25th Century (1981) as Dr. Goodfellow Father Damien: The Leper Priest (TV movie, 1980) as Bishop Maigret The Letter (TV movie, 1982) as Judge

Theatre Hyde-White appeared in numerous plays, such as The Jockey Club Stakes, at first in London's West End in 1970, starring alongside Viviane Ventura, then on Broadway in 1973; he received a Tony award for "Best Actor in a Play" for the Broadway run.