Michael Aldridge
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Michael Aldridge (9 September 1920 – 10 January 1994) was an English actor.
Michael Aldridge was born in Glastonbury, Somerset, England in 1920. Educated at Gresham's School, Holt, Norfolk, Aldridge started his acting career in August 1939 at the Palace Theatre, Watford, appearing in Terence Rattigan's play French Without Tears. A few days later, World War II broke out. He joined the RAF and served in Africa, the United States, the Middle East and the Mediterranean. It was not until 1954 that his career started to gain him recognition when he accepted a role in Salad Days at the Vaudeville Theatre, where he remained until 1957. After numerous appearances in different roles, Aldridge again received negative feedback from critics and theatre patrons in the 1975 showing of Jeeves.
Aldridge gave up his stage career after Jeeves and started appearing in television and film roles. Between 1985 and 1989, he starred as Seymour Utterthwaite in Last of the Summer Wine. Prior to this, Aldridge appeared as Pistol in Orson Welles Chimes at Midnight in 1967, Percy Alleline in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy in 1979, Yes, Prime Minister, and several other films and television series.
