Edwin Richfield (11 September 1921 – 2 August 1990) was an English actor.

Career

Richfield starred in the television series ''

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'' (1959). He was '' The Odd Man'' in

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's series of the same name in the early 1960s. Richfield played regular guest roles in the 1960s spy series ''

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'', frequently cast as a villain. He was the only actor – other than

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– to appear in each of the six seasons of the programme. Richfield's other television roles include: '' R3'', ''

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'', '' Gideon's Way'', ''

Danger Man ''Danger Man'' (retitled ''Secret Agent'' in the United States for the revived series, and ''Destination Danger'' and ''John Drake'' in other overseas markets) is a British television series that was broadcast between 1960 and 1962, and again b ...

'', ''

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 ...

'', ''

Z-Cars ''Z-Cars'' or ''Z Cars'' (pronounced "zed cars") is a British television police procedural series centred on the work of mobile uniformed police in the fictional town of Newtown, based on Kirkby, near Liverpool. Produced by the BBC, it debut ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', ''

Champion House ''Champion House'' is a BBC television drama series. The series dealt with the Yorkshire-based Champion family and the dramas surrounding the family textiles firm, Champion Mills. Two series were made between 1967 and 1968. The cast included ...

'', ''

Out of the Unknown ''Out of the Unknown'' is a British television science fiction anthology drama series, produced by the BBC and broadcast on BBC2 in four series between 1965 and 1971. Most episodes of the first three series were a dramatisation of a science ...

'', ''

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'', ''

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'', '' Bergerac'', ''

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'', ''

Harriet's Back in Town ''Harriet's Back in Town'' is a 1972 British television series produced by Thames Television. The cast included Pauline Yates, William Russell, Edwin Richfield and Sally Bazely. The show featured a newly divorced woman (Harriet Preston, play ...

'', '' Doctor Who'' (''

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'' and ''

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''), and '' All Creatures Great and Small''. His film credits include: ''

X the Unknown ''X the Unknown'' is a 1956 British science fiction horror film directed by Leslie Norman and starring Dean Jagger and Edward Chapman. It was made by the Hammer Film Productions company and written by Jimmy Sangster. The film is significant i ...

'', ''

Quatermass 2 ''Quatermass 2'' (retitled ''Enemy From Space'' in the United States and Canada) is a 1957 black-and-white British science fiction horror film drama from Hammer Film Productions. It was originally released in the UK as ''Quatermass II'' and was ...

'', ''

The Camp on Blood Island ''The Camp on Blood Island'' is a 1958 British World War II film, directed by Val Guest for Hammer Film Productions and starring André Morell, Carl Möhner, Edward Underdown and Walter Fitzgerald. The film is set in a Japanese prisoner o ...

'', ''

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'' and ''

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''. He appeared in the ''

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'', ''

The Dark Stairway (1953 film) ''The Dark Stairway'' is a 1953 British short film. It was one of a series of shorts made for British cinemas as second features in the 1950s made by Anglo-Amalgamated at the Merton Park Studios as part of the '' Scotland Yard'' film series. ...

'' playing Joe Lloyd.

Personal life

While they were both playing in repertory Richfield met the

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Valerie Jeanne Wilkinson (1931–2005), known by her stage name of

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. They married in 1952, while they were both appearing in a stage version of ''

The Blue Lamp ''The Blue Lamp'' is a 1950 British police procedural film directed by Basil Dearden and starring Jack Warner as PC Dixon, Jimmy Hanley as newcomer PC Mitchell, and Dirk Bogarde as criminal Tom Riley. The title refers to the blue lamps that ...

''. The couple had three children together: twin girls, one of whom died from a brain tumour, and a boy, Simon. The marriage broke down in 1973.

Selected filmography

* ''

The Jack of Diamonds ''The Jack of Diamonds'' is a 1949 British adventure film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Nigel Patrick, Cyril Raymond and Joan Carroll. Its plot follows an ex-soldier who persuades some yacht owners to help recover a treasure chest of j ...

'' (1949) – George Paxton * ''

Ha'penny Breeze ''Ha'penny Breeze'' is a 1950 black and white British film. It was the first writing credit for Don Sharp who also appears as an actor. Plot David King and his Australian friend Johnny return to a Suffolk coastal village after the Second World ...

'' (1950) – David King * '' Counterspy'' ('Undercover Agent', in US) (1953) – Safecracker (uncredited) * ''

Park Plaza 605 ''Park Plaza 605'', released as ''Norman Conquest'' in the United States, is a 1953 British crime film. Made as a B movie, it stars Tom Conway, Eva Bartok, and Joy Shelton, and also features Sid James and Richard Wattis. It is based on the '' ...

'' (1953) – Mr. Reynolds * ''

The Blue Parrot ''The Blue Parrot'' is a low budget 1953 British crime film directed by John Harlow and starring Dermot Walsh, Jacqueline Hill, Ballard Berkeley, Richard Pearson, and John Le Mesurier. The film was produced by Stanley Haynes for Act Films L ...

'' (1953) – Taps Campelli * ''

Flannelfoot ''Flannelfoot'' is a 1953 British crime film directed by Maclean Rogers and starring Ronald Howard, Mary Germaine and Jack Watling.Chibnall & MacFarlane p.119 It was made at Walton Studios. The film's sets were designed by John Stoll. The film ...

'' (1953) – Bill Neilson * ''

Stryker of the Yard ''Stryker of the Yard'' (also known as ''Stryker of Scotland Yard'' and ''Scotland Yard Cases'' ) is a 1953 British crime film directed by Arthur Crabtree and starring Clifford Evans, Susan Stephen, Jack Watling and Eliot Makeham. A second ci ...

'' (1953) * ''

Conflict of Wings ''Conflict of Wings'' is a 1954 British comedy drama film directed by John Eldridge and starring John Gregson, Muriel Pavlow and Kieron Moore. The film is based on a novel of the same title by Don Sharp who later became a noted director. It ...

'' (1954) – 'Smother' Brooks * '' What Every Woman Wants'' (1954) – Frank * ''

Radio Cab Murder ''Radio Cab Murder'' is a 1954 British crime film directed by Vernon Sewell and starring Jimmy Hanley, Lana Morris and Sonia Holm. It was made at Walton Studios and on location around Kensington and Notting Hill in London. The film's sets we ...

'' (1954) – Nat * ''

The Black Rider ''The Black Rider: The Casting of the Magic Bullets'' is a self-billed "musical fable" in the avant-garde tradition created through the collaboration of theatre director Robert Wilson, musician Tom Waits, and writer William S. Burroughs. W ...

'' (1954) – Geoff Morgan * '' Devil's Point'' (1954) – Daller * ''

Mask of Dust ''Mask of Dust'' (later named 'Race for Life' ) is a 1954 British motor racing drama film directed by Terence Fisher and starring Richard Conte, Mari Aldon and Peter Illing. The film was based on the 1953 novel ''The Last Race'' by Jon Man ...

'' (1954) – Cynical Reporter in Lounge * '' The Brain Machine'' (1955) – Henry Arthur Ryan, thug * '' The Dam Busters'' (1955) – RAF Officer (uncredited) * '' The Blue Peter'' (1955) – Number One * '' Find the Lady'' (1956) – Max * ''

'' (1956) – Soldier Burned on Back * ''The Hideout'' (1956) – 'Teacher' * ''

'' (1957) – Peterson * '' Account Rendered'' (1957) – Porter * '' The Big Chance'' (1957) – Café Owner * ''Black Ice'' (1957) – White * ''

'' (1958) – Sergeant-Major * '' Up the Creek'' (1958) – Bennett * ''

The Adventures of Hal 5 ''The Adventures of Hal 5'' is a 1958 British adventure film from the Children's Film Foundation (CCF).ADVENTURES OF HAL 5, The Monthly Film Bulletin; London Vol. 25, Iss. 288, (Jan 1, 1958): 152. It was an early directorial effort from Don Sh ...

'' (1958) – Cooper * ''

Further Up the Creek ''Further Up the Creek'' is a 1958 British comedy film written and directed by Val Guest and starring David Tomlinson, Frankie Howerd, Shirley Eaton, Thora Hird, Desmond Llewelyn and Lionel Jeffries. It served as a follow up to '' Up the ...

'' (1958) – Bennett * ''

Model for Murder ''Model for Murder'' is a 1959 British crime film directed by Terry Bishop and starring Keith Andes, Hazel Court and Jean Aubrey. Plot American sailor David Martens, on shore leave in England, visits his brother Jack's grave. He meets fashion d ...

'' (1959) – Costard, Chauffeur * ''

Make Mine a Million ''Make Mine a Million'' is a 1959 British comedy film directed by Lance Comfort, starring Arthur Askey, Sid James, and Bernard Cribbins. The film parodies the stuffiness of the 1950s BBC and the effect of television advertising in the era. It w ...

'' (1959) – Plainclothes Policeman (uncredited) * ''

No Trees in the Street ''No Trees in the Street'' is a 1959 British crime thriller directed by J. Lee Thompson and written by Ted Willis, from his 1948 stage play of the same name. The film is set in the slums of London. It depicts the life of impoverished teenage ...

'' (1959) – Jackie * '' Innocent Meeting'' (1959) – Bill * ''

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'' (1959) – Supplier to Leper Colony (uncredited) * ''

Tommy the Toreador ''Tommy the Toreador'' is a 1959 British musical comedy film directed by John Paddy Carstairs and starring Tommy Steele, Janet Munro, Sid James, Bernard Cribbins, Noel Purcell and Kenneth Williams. Premise A British ship docks in Spain and Tomm ...

'' (1959) – Tommy's dresser * ''

Inn for Trouble ''Inn for Trouble'' is a 1960 black and white British comedy film intended as a low budget filler to support a main feature in the days of cinema double features. it was a spin-off of the 1950s sitcom '' The Larkins'' - starring Peggy Mount, ...

'' (1960) – Mr. Turner * ''

Sink the Bismarck! ''Sink the Bismarck!'' is a 1960 black-and-white CinemaScope British war film based on the 1959 book ''The Last Nine Days of the Bismarck'' by C. S. Forester. It stars Kenneth More and Dana Wynter and was directed by Lewis Gilbert.Weiler, A.H"M ...

'' (1960) – Bridge Officer (uncredited) * '' Life Is a Circus'' (1960) – Driver * ''

The Boy Who Stole a Million ''The Boy Who Stole a Million'' is a 1960 British comedy thriller film directed by Charles Crichton. The film was shot on location in the Spanish city of Valencia, with an international cast list. With multiple street locations it acts as an ex ...

'' (1960) – Commissionaire * ''

Sword of Sherwood Forest ''Sword of Sherwood Forest'' is a 1960 British Eastman Color adventure film in MegaScope directed by Terence Fisher for Hammer Film Productions. Richard Greene reprises the role of Robin Hood, which he played in ''The Adventures of Robin Hood'' ...

'' (1960) – The Sheriff's Lieutenant * ''

Locker Sixty-Nine ''Locker Sixty-Nine'' is a 1962 British film based on a story by Edgar Wallace, and an episode of the '' Edgar Wallace Mysteries''. Cast *Eddie Byrne as Simon York * Paul Daneman as Frank Griffiths * Walter Brown as Craig * Penelope Horner as Ju ...

'' (1962) – Peters * ''

Village of Daughters ''Village of Daughters'' is a 1962 British comedy film directed by George Pollock and starring Eric Sykes, Scilla Gabel, John Le Mesurier, Grégoire Aslan, Graham Stark Graham William Stark (20 January 1922 – 29 October 2013) was an E ...

'' (1962) – Balbino (A Father) * '' Just for Fun'' (1963) – Man With Badge * '' The Break'' (1963) – Moses * ''

The Comedy Man ''The Comedy Man'' is a 1964 British kitchen sink realism drama film directed by Alvin Rakoff and starring Kenneth More, Cecil Parker, Dennis Price and Billie Whitelaw. It depicts the life of a struggling actor in Swinging London. More later s ...

'' (1964) – Commercial Director * ''

The Secret of Blood Island ''The Secret of Blood Island'' is a 1964 British war film directed by Quentin Lawrence and starring Jack Hedley, Barbara Shelley and Patrick Wymark. The film is a prequel to the 1958 film '' The Camp on Blood Island''. Premise British Pris ...

'' (1964) – O'Reilly * ''

'' (1965) – Chief Magistrate * ''

'' (1967) – Minister * ''

'' (1970) – Admiral Sheringham, "

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References

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