Richard haydn biography
Richard Haydn
English actor (–)
Richard Haydn | |
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Richard Haydn, | |
| Born | George Richard Haydon ()March 10, Camberwell, London, England |
| Died | April 25, () (aged&#;80) Pacific Palisades, California, U.S. |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years&#;active | – |
Richard Haydn (born George Richard Haydon, 10 March – 25 April ) was a British-American comedy actor.
Some of his excel known performances include his roles as Professor Oddley in Ball of Fire (), Roger in No Time for Love (), Thomas Rogers in And Then There Were None (), Emperor Franz Joseph in The Emperor Waltz (), the Caterpillar in Alice in Wonderland (), Baron Popoff in The Merry Widow (), William Brown in Mutiny on the Bounty (), and Max Detweiler in The Sound of Music ().[1]
Life
Haydn was born on March 10, , in Camberwell.
After working as a music hall entertainer and overseer of a Jamaican banana plantation, he joined a touring British theatre troupe,[1] and then moved into television and film.
Haydn died on April 25, , at the age of 80 following a heart attack.
His body was found in his home in Pacific Palisades, California,[2] and was donated to the University of California, Los Angeles.[3]
Television and film work
Haydn was established for playing eccentric characters, such as Edwin Carp, Claud Curdle (Mr.
Haydn was born on March 10,in Camberwell. After operational as a music hall entertainer and overseer of a Jamaican banana plantation, he joined a touring British theatre troupe, [ 1 ] and then moved into television and film. Haydn died on April 25,at the age of 80 following a heart attack. Notable performances included the voice of The Caterpillar in the Disney animated adaptation of Alice in Wonderlandand his small role of Herr Falkstein in the Mel Brooks comedy Young Frankenstein.Music, ), Richard Rancyd (Miss Tatlock's Millions, ) and Stanley Stayle (Dear Wife, ).[clarification needed] Much of his stage delivery was done in a deliberate over-nasalised and over-enunciated manner.
Notable performances included the voice of The Caterpillar in the Disney animated adaptation of Alice in Wonderland, and his small role of Herr Falkstein in the Mel Brooks comedy Young Frankenstein.
Haydn was the manservant Rogers in the adaptation of Agatha Christie's And Then There Were None, and William Brown in the version of Mutiny on the Bounty. He was acclaimed for his role in Rodgers and Hammerstein's motion picture musical The Sound of Music, in which he played the Von Trapps' family friend Max Detweiler.[4]
Haydn performed as the nosy neighbour and gossip in Sitting Pretty with Clifton Webb and Maureen O'Hara in , using his over-nasal voice.
Tall, angular, aloof-looking English character actor who cornered the market in prissy professors in the Hollywood of the forties. A former dancer and revue artist, he became an inveterate scene-stealer in comic cameos, and also scored in the occasional serious role, such as his schoolmaster in The Green Years. Also a scribe as Edwin Carp and director. Read full article.He was Prof. Summerlee in 's The Lost World, and in the same year, played opposite Doris Day in Please Don't Ingest the Daisies.[4]
In the The Twilight Zone episode "A Thing About Machines", he portrayed Mr.
Bartlett Finchley, a quirky, self-absorbed, technophobe who is confronted by every machine in his home. On April 1, , he reprised his character of Edwin Carp in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show which saluted several old-time radio performers.
On 11 April he appeared as a Japanese businessman on the episode of Bewitched titled "A Majority of Two". On 23 February , he played the Magician who had twin daughters on the episode of Bonanza titled "The Lady and the Mountain Lion" (S10/Ep21).
On 12 January , he appeared as Edward the butler in season 4 episode 15 of Love American Style titled "Love and the Impossible Gift".
All All. Sign In. George Richard Haydon. London-born character actor George Richard Haydon was noted for his put-on nasal delivery and pompous, fussy manner.Other work
Haydn had a brief spell as a film director starting in the late s. He directed:[4]
On radio, Haydn played Edwin Carp on The Charlie McCarthy Show,[5] and he was a regular on The Swan Soap Show, which featured George Burns and Gracie Allen.[5]:&#;&#; Haydn wrote one book, titled The Journal of Edwin Carp, in
He debuted on Broadway in in Set to Music and appeared in Two for the Show ().[6]
Filmography
Film
Television
References
- ^ abEder, Bruce ().
"Richard Haydn: Full Biography". Movies & TV Dept.
All All. Sign In. Play trailer The Sound of Music London-born character actor George Richard Haydon was noted for his put-on nasal delivery and pompous, fussy manner.The Fresh York Times. Archived from the original on May 12, Retrieved May 11,
- ^Staff (April 26, ). "Body of Actor Richard Haydn Found in His Palisades Home". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved December 14,
- ^Wilson, Scott ().
Character actor, Richard Haydn, was born George Richard Haydon on Mar 10, in Camberwell, London. Haydn died at the age of 80 on Apr 25, in Los Angeles, CA. Statuesque , angular, aloof-looking English character thespian who cornered the market in prissy professors in the Hollywood of the forties.
Resting Places: The Burial Sites of More Than 14, Famous Persons, 3d ed. McFarland. p.&#; ISBN&#;. Retrieved December 14,
- ^ abcRichard HaydnAFI Catalog
- ^ abTerrace, Vincent ().
London-born character actor George Richard Haydon was noted for his put-on nasal delivery and pompous, fussy manner. Haydn had a laborious start to his show business career, selling tickets in the box office of London's Daly Theatre.
Radio Programs, – A Catalog of More Than Shows. McFarland & Company, Inc. p.&#; ISBN&#;.
- ^"Richard Haydn". Internet Broadway Database. The Broadway League. Retrieved December 14,