Peter Haddon (31 March 1898 – 7 September 1962) was an England actor.
Personal life
Haddon was born Peter Haddon Tildsley in
Rawtenstall,
Lancashire.
He was the son of Alfred and Mary Tildsley; he had a brother, Vincent Harvey (born 1894), and two sisters, Edna and Mary. His father was a clergyman.
In 1925, he married Rosaline Jane Courtneidge (1903–1926), a daughter of Robert Courtneidge; her eldest sister was Cicely Courtneidge.
Career
He first became associated with the theatre as a member of the Footlights Dramatic Society while reading medicine at
Caius College, Cambridge.
His first professional appearance was at the
Adelphi Theatre, London in 1920, and he went on to appear at almost every London theatre. Among his stage credits in the 1920s were
Charlot's Revue (1925 and 1927, with
Beatrice Lillie and Gertrude Lawrence) and
Good Morning, Bill (1928), in which his understudy was
William Hartnell. His 1930s credits included
Paulette,
Tell Her the Truth (with
Bobby Howes and
Alfred Drayton),
That's a Pretty Thing,
Who's Who,
Anything Goes (Palace Theatre, London, 1935),
Love and Let Love (with
Claire Luce),
No Sleep for the Wicked and
Under Your Hat (with
Jack Hulbert and Cicely Courtneidge).
He entered films in the mid-1920s, wrote several plays,[ and in 1935 became the first actor to portray Dorothy L. Sayers' fictional detective Lord Peter Wimsey on screen. In 1947, after war service, he co-starred with Robertson Hare in the West End comedy She Wanted a Cream Front Door. In the 1940s and 1950s, he made numerous theatrical tours in the provinces. In 1952 he appeared in Lord Arthur Savile's Crime at the Court Theatre, and the following year he formed his own company, assuming the management of the Hippodrome in Aldershot and presenting weekly repertory. In 1955, he transferred his company to Wimbledon and continued as actor-manager of the Wimbledon Theatre until his death in 1962.]
Filmography
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The Second Mrs. Tanqueray (1952) – Sir George Orreyed
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Moulin Rouge (1952) (uncredited)
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Helter Skelter (1949) – Major Basil Beagle
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Over the Moon (1939) – Lord Petcliffe
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Good Morning, Bill (1939) (TV) – Bill
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Kate Plus Ten (1938) – Boltover
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The House of the Spaniard (1936) – David Grey
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The Beloved Vagabond (1936) – Major Walters
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Mother, Don't Rush Me (1936) – Adolphe
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Public Nuisance No. 1 (1936/I) – Richard Trelawny
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The Secret of Stamboul (1936) – Peter
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No Monkey Business (1935) – Arthur
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The Silent Passenger (1935) – Lord Peter Wimsey
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Who's Your Father (1935) – Frank Steadley
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Death at Broadcasting House (1934) – Guy Bannister
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Alf's Button (1930) – Lieutenant Allen
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Greek Street (1930) – Businessman
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Oxford Bags (1926) – The Golfer
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The Clicking of Cuthbert (1924) – Cuthbert
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Lizzie's Last Lap (1924) – Fibs-Gerald
Early TV
Good Morning, Bill!(4 jun 1939) | colspan=2 style="text-align:center;font-style:italic;" A comedy by P. G. Wodehouse
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| Author | P. G. Wodehouse |
| Royston Morley |
| Peter Haddon |
| Michael Shipley |
| Brefni O'Rorke |
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