Derek Bond
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Derek William Douglas Bond MC (January 26, 1920–October 15, 2006) was a popular British actor.
Derek Bond was born January 26, 1920 in Glasgow, Scotland. He attended Haberdashers' Aske's Boys' School in Hampstead, London.[1]
He enjoyed a varied film, stage and television career, which began in 1938 with experience with the Finchley Amateur Dramatic Society. His conventional good looks secured him a number of dramatic and light comedy roles. He made a lasting impression in the title role of the 1947 Ealing Studios production of Nicholas Nickleby.
He saw active service with the Grenadier Guards in North Africa during the Second World War, for which he was awarded the Military Cross. He spent the last few months of the war in a Bavarian POW camp.
He was President of the Actors' Union Equity for a tempestuous period during the 1980s.
He was married three times. He died October 15, 2006, in London, and is survived by his third wife Annie, a son, a daughter and a stepson.
[edit] Selected filmography
- The Captive Heart (1946)
- Nicholas Nickleby (1947) (title role)
- Bond Street (1948)
- Scott of the Antarctic (1948) (as Oates)
- Christopher Columbus (1949)
- Wonderful Life (1964)
- Press For Time (1966)
[edit] Selected television appearances
- Picture Parade (co-presenter)
- Cooperama (with Tommy Cooper)
- Callan
