Sam Kydd
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Sam Kydd (born February 15, 1915, in Belfast, Ireland (now Northern Ireland) - March 26, 1982) was a British-born actor.
He was educated at the Dunstable Grammar School in Dunstable, Bedfordshire, England.
Early in the Second World War, he went to France with the British Expeditionary Force but was quickly captured, spending the rest of the war in a German prison camp.
He is best remembered as a character actor in films such as The Cruel Sea, Sink the Bismarck, Too Late the Hero, The Yangste Incident, Reach for the Sky, Eye of the Needle and Steptoe and Son Ride Again.
He made innumerable television appearances in programmes such as The Tony Hancock Show, Orlando, Crane, Crossroads, Coronation Street, The Eric Sykes Show, and Follyfoot.
His son, Jonathan Kydd, has followed him into the acting profession.
[edit] External links
- Sam Kydd at the Internet Movie Database
- Sam Kydd on Jonathan Kydd's website
- Sam Kydd's profile on the Cherished Television website
