William Harold Henry Siddons (17 September 1922 – 4 November 1963)[1][2] was a British film and television actor, appearing in Genevieve, The Dam Busters, Appointment in London, They Who Dare, The Purple Plain, Quatermass and the Pit, A Night To Remember and The Wrong Arm of the Law.[3] He served in Bomber Command during the Second World War as a flight engineer, latterly with 582 Squadron as the Flight Engineer Leader on its formation in April 1944 and is a descendant of Sarah Siddons.[3]
Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland, on 17 September 1922, he was found dead in his car on 4 November 1963 aged 41, apparently by suicide.[4] He was buried in the parish churchyard of Little Gaddesden, Hertfordshire, with the motto Per ardua ad astra on his gravestone.[5]
Selected filmography[edit]
- Angels One Five (1952) - Pimpernel Pilot
- Gift Horse (1952) - Ship's Doctor
- Appointment in London (1953) - Saunders
- Genevieve (1953) - Policeman (uncredited)
- Malta Story (1953) - Matthews, Bomber Pilot (uncredited)
- The Clue of the Missing Ape (1953) - Naval Intelligence Officer (uncredited)
- They Who Dare (1954) - Lieut. Stevens R.N.
- The Good Die Young (1954) - Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
- Conflict of Wings (1954) - Flight Lt. Edwards
- The Purple Plain (1954) - Navigator Williams (uncredited)
- The Dam Busters (1955) - Group Signals Officer
- I Am a Camera (1955) - Editor at Party
- The Blue Peter (1955) - Hughes
- The Baby and the Battleship (1956) - Whiskers
- The Last Man to Hang? (1956) - Cheed's Doctor
- Man in the Shadow (1957) - Colin Wells
- The Mark of the Hawk (1957) - 1st Officer
- The Silent Enemy (1958) - Army Interrogation Officer
- Dunkirk (1958) - Doctor (uncredited)
- A Night to Remember (1958) - Second Officer Herbert Stone - Californian
- Battle of the V-1 (1958) - Master Bomber
- Harry Black (1958) - British Officer
- Danger Within (1959) - Capt. 'Tag' Burchnall
- The White Trap (1959) - Harry (uncredited)
- The Guns of Navarone (1961) - British Officer (uncredited)
- The Man in the Back Seat (1961) - Angry Resident (uncredited)
- Out of the Shadow (1961) - Newspaper Editor
- The Piper's Tune (1962) - Sergeant
- The Wrong Arm of the Law (1963) - PC in Basement Garage (uncredited)
References[edit]
- ^ bfi Film and TV Database Siddons, Harold
- ^ Internet Movie Database
- ^ a b "ulsteractors.com". Archived from the original on 20 July 2010. Retrieved 3 May 2010.
- ^ Daily Mirror, 5 November 1963 "TV Actor Found Dead"
- ^ William Harold Henry Siddons, findagrave.com
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