Guy Middleton Powell (14 December 1906 – 30 July 1973), better known as Guy Middleton, was an English
film character actor.
Biography
Guy Middleton was born in
Hove
Hove is a seaside resort and one of the two main parts of the city of Brighton and Hove, along with Brighton in East Sussex, England. Originally a "small but ancient fishing village" surrounded by open farmland, it grew rapidly in the 19th c ...
,
Sussex, and originally worked in the
London Stock Exchange
London Stock Exchange (LSE) is a stock exchange in the City of London, England, United Kingdom. , the total market value of all companies trading on LSE was £3.9 trillion. Its current premises are situated in Paternoster Square close to St P ...
, before turning to acting in the 1930s. In his earlier films he often portrayed amiable idiots, scoundrels and rakish bon vivants, but many of his later roles were military officers in the British Army, RAF or Royal Navy. He died in 1973, following a heart attack, aged 66.
Selected filmography
Film
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Jimmy Boy
''Jimmy Boy'' is a 1935 British comedy film directed by John Baxter and starring Jimmy O'Dea, Guy Middleton and Enid Stamp-Taylor. It was made at Cricklewood Studios
Cricklewood Studios, also known as the Stoll Film Studios, were British ...
'' (1935) .... The Count
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Two Hearts in Harmony'' (1935) .... Mario
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Trust the Navy'' (1935) .... Lieutenant Richmond
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Under Proof'' (1936) .... Bruce
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Fame'' (1936) .... Lester Cordwell
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A Woman Alone'' (1936) .... Alioshka
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The Gay Adventure'' (1936) .... Aram
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Take a Chance'' (1937) .... Richard Carfax
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Keep Fit'' (1937) .... Hector Kent
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Break the News'' (1938) .... Englishman
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The Mysterious Mr. Davis'' (1939) .... Milton
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Goodbye Mr Chips
''Goodbye, Mr. Chips'' is a novella about the life of a school teacher, Mr. Chipping, written by English writer James Hilton and first published by Hodder & Stoughton in October 1934. It has been adapted into two feature films and two televi ...
'' (1939) .... McCulloch (uncredited)
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French Without Tears
''French Without Tears'' is a comic play written by a 25-year-old Terence Rattigan in 1936.
Setting
It takes place in a cram school for adults needing to acquire French for business reasons. Scattered throughout are Franglais phrases and sch ...
'' (1940) .... Brian Curtis
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For Freedom'' (1940) .... Pierre
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Dangerous Moonlight'' (1941, also known as ''Suicide Squadron'') .... Shorty
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Talk About Jacqueline'' (1942) .... Captain Tony Brook
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The Demi-Paradise'' (1943) .... Dick Christian
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The Halfway House
''The Halfway House'' is a 1944 British drama film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Mervyn Johns, his daughter Glynis Johns, Tom Walls and Françoise Rosay. The film tells the story of ten people who are drawn to stay in an old Welsh count ...
'' (1944) .... Fortescue
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English Without Tears
''English Without Tears'' is a 1944 British romantic comedy film directed by Harold French and starring Michael Wilding, Penelope Dudley-Ward and Lilli Palmer. It was released in the U.S. under the title ''Her Man Gilbey'', as a reference t ...
'' (1944) .... Captain Standish
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Champagne Charlie'' (1944) .... Tipsy Swell
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29 Acacia Avenue'' (1945) .... Gerald Jones
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The Rake's Progress
''The Rake's Progress'' is an English-language opera from 1951 in three acts and an epilogue by Igor Stravinsky. The libretto, written by W. H. Auden and Chester Kallman, is based loosely on the eight paintings and engravings '' A Rake's Prog ...
'' (1945, also known as ''Notorious Gentleman'') .... Fogroy
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The Captive Heart'' (1946) .... Capt. Jim Grayson
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Night Boat to Dublin
''Night Boat to Dublin'' is a 1946 British thriller film directed and co-written by Lawrence Huntington. It stars Robert Newton, Raymond Lovell, Guy Middleton, Muriel Pavlow and Herbert Lom.
Plot
During the Second World War, a captured German ...
'' (1946) .... Capt. Tony Hunter
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A Man About the House'' (1947) .... Sir Benjamin "Ben" Dench
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The White Unicorn
''The White Unicorn'' is a 1947 British drama film directed by Bernard Knowles and starring Margaret Lockwood, Joan Greenwood, Ian Hunter and Dennis Price. Kyra Vayne appeared as the singer. It was made at Walton Studios by the independent p ...
'' (1947) .... Fobey
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Snowbound'' (1948) .... Gilbert Mayne
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One Night with You'' (1948) .... Matty
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Once Upon a Dream'' (1949) .... Major Gilbert
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Marry Me!'' (1949) .... Sir Gordon Blake
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No Place for Jennifer
''No Place for Jennifer'' is a 1950 British film directed by Henry Cass and starring Leo Genn, Rosamund John, Guy Middleton and Janette Scott.
It was based on the novel ''No Difference to Me'' by Phyllis Hambleton.
Plot
In the film, a young g ...
'' (1950) .... Brian Stewart
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The Happiest Days of Your Life'' (1950) .... Victor Hyde-Brown
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The Third Visitor'' (1951) .... Inspector Mallory
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Laughter in Paradise'' (1951) .... Simon Russell
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Young Wives' Tale
''Young Wives' Tale'', also known as ''Fun for Four'', is a 1951 British comedy film directed by Henry Cass and starring Joan Greenwood, Nigel Patrick, Derek Farr, and Guy Middleton. The film is based on the 1949 play '' Young Wives' Tale'' ...
'' (1951) .... Victor Manifold
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Never Look Back'' (1952) .... Guy Ransome
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The Fake'' (1953) .... Smith
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Albert R.N.'' (1953, also known as ''Break to Freedom'') .... Bongo
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Front Page Story
''Front Page Story'' is a 1954 British drama film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Jack Hawkins, Elizabeth Allan and Eva Bartok. It was shot in black-and-white at Shepperton Studios with some location shooting in London. The film's sets we ...
'' (1954) .... Gentle
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Conflict of Wings'' (1954) .... Adjutant
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Malaga'' (1954) .... Soames Howard
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The Belles of St. Trinian's'' (1954) .... Eric Rowbottom-Smith
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The Sea Shall Not Have Them
''The Sea Shall Not Have Them'' is a 1954 British war film starring Michael Redgrave, Dirk Bogarde and Anthony Steel. It was directed by Lewis Gilbert and is based on the 1953 novel by John Harris, about a North Sea rescue during the Second W ...
'' (1954) .... Squadron Leader Scott
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The Harassed Hero'' (1954) .... Murray Selwyn
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Break in the Circle'' (1955) .... Maj. Hobart
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Make Me an Offer
''Make Me an Offer'' is a 1954 Eastmancolor British comedy film directed by Cyril Frankel and starring Peter Finch, Adrienne Corri, Rosalie Crutchley and Finlay Currie. It is based on the 1952 novel of the same title by Wolf Mankowitz. It was d ...
'' (1955) .... Armstrong
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Gentlemen Marry Brunettes
''Gentlemen Marry Brunettes'' is a 1955 American Technicolor musical romantic comedy film directed by Richard Sale, who co-wrote the screenplay with Mary Loos, based on the 1927 novel ''But Gentlemen Marry Brunettes'' by Anita Loos, aunt of Mary ...
'' (1955) .... Earl of Wickenware
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A Yank in Ermine'' (1955) .... Bertram Maltravers
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Now and Forever'' (1956) .... Hector
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Doctor at Large'' (1957) .... Major Porter
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Let's Be Happy
''Let's Be Happy'' is a Technicolor 1957 British musical film starring Tony Martin, Vera-Ellen and Robert Flemyng and directed by Henry Levin. It was written by Dorothy Cooper and Diana Morgan in CinemaScope. This film was an updated remak ...
'' (1957) .... Mr. Fielding
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Passionate Summer'' (1958) .... Duffield
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Escort for Hire
''Escort for Hire'' is a low budget 1960 British thriller film. It starred June Thorburn, Pete Murray, Noel Trevarthen, Jan Holden and Peter Butterworth.
Plot
Unemployed actor Steve gets a job with Miss Kennedy's agency as an escort-bodyguard, b ...
'' (1960) .... Arthur Vickers
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Waltz of the Toreadors'' (1962) .... Drunken Fox Hunter (uncredited)
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The Fur Collar'' (1962) .... Resident
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What Every Woman Wants'' (1962) .... George Barker
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The Mini-Affair'' (1967) .... Colonel Highwater
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Oh! What a Lovely War'' (1969) .... General
Sir William Robertson
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The Magic Christian'' (1969) .... Duke of Mantisbriar (uncredited)
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The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer
''The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer'' is a 1970 British satirical film starring Peter Cook, and co-written by Cook, John Cleese, Graham Chapman, and Kevin Billington, who directed the film. The film was devised and produced by David Frost u ...
'' (1970) .... Potter (final film role)
Television appearances
He appeared in a number of television series as a guest character including:
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Hancock's Half Hour'' (broadcast November 4th., 1957) - 'The Regimental Reunion', episode - Ex-Captain - (series 3, episode 6) - (''
Riverside Studios'', Studio 1, ''
Hammersmith)'' - (This is one of twenty-four missing Hancock television episodes, (to date).
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Dixon of Dock Green
''Dixon of Dock Green'' was a BBC police procedural television series about daily life at a fictional London police station, with the emphasis on petty crime, successfully controlled through common sense and human understanding. It ran from 19 ...
'' (1959) - Fred Harper
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Doctor Who'' (1967, Episode: "
The Highlanders") - Colonel Attwood
References
* ''Halliwell's Who's Who in the Movies; 14th ed'' (2001) editor John Walker - published by Harper-Collins;
* ''The Film Encyclopedia'' by Ephraim Katz, Collins;
External links
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1906 births
1973 deaths
English male film actors
English male television actors
People from Hove
20th-century English male actors
People from Moreton-in-Marsh