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 ce ...
,
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 Pa ...
, 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
* ''
Jimmy Boy'' (1935) .... The Count
* ''
Two Hearts in Harmony'' (1935) .... Mario
* ''
Trust the Navy'' (1935) .... Lieutenant Richmond
* ''
Under Proof'' (1936) .... Bruce
* ''
Fame'' (1936) .... Lester Cordwell
* ''
A Woman Alone'' (1936) .... Alioshka
* ''
The Gay Adventure'' (1936) .... Aram
* ''
Take a Chance'' (1937) .... Richard Carfax
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Keep Fit'' (1937) .... Hector Kent
* ''
Break the News'' (1938) .... Englishman
* ''
The Mysterious Mr. Davis
''The Mysterious Mr. Davis'' is a 1939 British comedy film, comedy drama film directed by Claude Autant-Lara and starring Henry Kendall (actor), Henry Kendall, Kathleen Kelly (actress), Kathleen Kelly and Alastair Sim. It was made as a quota quic ...
'' (1939) .... Milton
* ''
Goodbye Mr Chips'' (1939) .... McCulloch (uncredited)
* ''
French Without Tears'' (1940) .... Brian Curtis
* ''
For Freedom For Freedom may refer to:
* ''For Freedom'' (1918 film), silent film
* ''For Freedom'' (1940 film), British film
* ''For Freedom'', EP by Avalon
* '' For Frihed'' ("For Freedom"), Danish organisation
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'' (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'' (1944) .... Fortescue
* ''
English Without Tears'' (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'' (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'' (1946) .... Capt. Tony Hunter
* ''
A Man About the House
''A Man About the House'' is a British drama film directed by Leslie Arliss and released in 1947. The film is a melodrama, adapted for the screen by J. B. Williams from the 1942 novel of the same name by Francis Brett Young. A theatrical adap ...
'' (1947) .... Sir Benjamin "Ben" Dench
* ''
The White Unicorn'' (1947) .... Fobey
* ''
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'' (1950) .... Brian Stewart
* ''
The Happiest Days of Your Life'' (1950) .... Victor Hyde-Brown
* ''
The Third Visitor
''The Third Visitor'' is a 1951 British crime film directed by Maurice Elvey and starring Sonia Dresdel, Guy Middleton and Karel Stepanek. It was based on a play by Gerald Anstruther, and filmed at Merton Park Studios.
Cast
* Sonia Dresdel as ...
'' (1951) .... Inspector Mallory
* ''
Laughter in Paradise
''Laughter in Paradise'' is a 1951 British comedy film, starring Alastair Sim, Fay Compton, George Cole, and Guy Middleton. The film was remade as '' Some Will, Some Won't'' (1970).
Plot
In his will, notorious practical joker Henry Russell l ...
'' (1951) .... Simon Russell
* ''
Young Wives' Tale'' (1951) .... Victor Manifold
* ''
Never Look Back'' (1952) .... Guy Ransome
* ''
The Fake'' (1953) .... Smith
* ''
Albert R.N.
''Albert R.N.'' is a 1953 British war film directed by Lewis Gilbert and starring Jack Warner, Anthony Steel and Robert Beatty.
Plot
An escape tunnel for the naval officer prisoners during the Second World War at a German prisoner-of-war cam ...
'' (1953, also known as ''Break to Freedom'') .... Bongo
* ''
Front Page Story'' (1954) .... Gentle
* ''
Conflict of Wings'' (1954) .... Adjutant
* ''
Malaga'' (1954) .... Soames Howard
* ''
The Belles of St. Trinian's
''The Belles of St Trinian's'' is a 1954 British comedy film, directed by Frank Launder, co-written by Launder and Sidney Gilliat, and starring Alastair Sim, Joyce Grenfell, George Cole, Hermione Baddeley. Inspired by British cartoonist Ronald ...
'' (1954) .... Eric Rowbottom-Smith
* ''
The Sea Shall Not Have Them'' (1954) .... Squadron Leader Scott
* ''
The Harassed Hero'' (1954) .... Murray Selwyn
* ''
Break in the Circle'' (1955) .... Maj. Hobart
* ''
Make Me an Offer'' (1955) .... Armstrong
* ''
Gentlemen Marry Brunettes'' (1955) .... Earl of Wickenware
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A Yank in Ermine
''A Yank in Ermine'' is a 1955 British comedy film directed by Gordon Parry and starring Peter Thompson, Noelle Middleton, Harold Lloyd Jr. and Diana Decker, and featuring Jon Pertwee and Sid James. It was adapted by John Paddy Carstairs from h ...
'' (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'' (1957) .... Mr. Fielding
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Passionate Summer'' (1958) .... Duffield
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Escort for Hire'' (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
''The Mini-Affair'' is a 1967 British romantic comedy film directed by Robert Amram, and starring Georgie Fame, Rosemary Nicols and John Clive. Music is provided by the Bee Gees.
Plot summary
A leading pop star is kidnapped in swinging Londo ...
'' (1967) .... Colonel Highwater
* ''
Oh! What a Lovely War'' (1969) .... General
Sir William Robertson
* ''
The Magic Christian'' (1969) .... Duke of Mantisbriar (uncredited)
* ''
The Rise and Rise of Michael Rimmer'' (1970) .... Potter (final film role)
Television appearances
He appeared in a number of television series as a guest character including:
* ''
Hancock's Half Hour
''Hancock's Half Hour'' was a BBC radio comedy, and later television comedy series, broadcast from 1954 to 1961 and written by Ray Galton and Alan Simpson. The series starred Tony Hancock, with Sidney James; the radio version also co-starred, ...
'' (broadcast November 4th., 1957) - 'The Regimental Reunion', episode - Ex-Captain - (series 3, episode 6) - (''
Riverside Studios'', Studio 1, ''
Hammersmith
Hammersmith is a district of West London, England, southwest of Charing Cross. It is the administrative centre of the London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham, and identified in the London Plan as one of 35 major centres in Greater London.
...
)'' - (This is one of twenty-four missing Hancock television episodes, (to date).
* ''
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
* ''
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