Richard Haydn
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| Richard Haydn | |
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| Born | George Richard Haydon March 10, 1905 Camberwell, London, England UK |
| Died | April 25, 1985 (aged 80) (heart attack) Los Angeles, California, USA |
| Occupation | Actor, Writer |
Richard Haydn (March 10, 1905 – April 25, 1985) was an English comic actor in radio, movies, and television.
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[edit] Early life and career
Born in London, he was known for playing eccentric characters, among whom were Edwin Carp, Claud Curdle, Richard Rancyd and Stanley Stayle. Much of his stage delivery was done in a deliberate over-nasalized and over-enunciated speech pattern, possibly best noted in his performance as the voice of the Caterpillar in the Disney animated film adaptation of Alice's Adventures in Wonderland.
[edit] Television appearances
In The Twilight Zone episode "A Thing About Machines", he portrayed a quirky, self-absorbed, technophobe who is confronted by every machine in his home.
On April 1, 1964, he reprised the Edwin Carp character, a poet and an expert on fish, in an episode of The Dick Van Dyke Show which saluted several old-time radio performers.
[edit] Movie roles
He played Professor Oddley in Ball of Fire (1941).
He played the role of Jason Reid, the schoolmaster, in The Green Years (1946).
He played the role of Maximilian Detweiler in The Sound Of Music (1965), a generally straight character albeit with comic overtones. Another relatively straight comedic part was as Alfred in Please Don't Eat the Daisies.
He played the role of Thomas Rogers in And Then There Were None.
He had made an appearance as solicitor Herr Falkstein in Mel Brooks's comedy Young Frankenstein in 1974.
Richard Haydn's last movie appearance was in The Hugga Bunch (1985).
[edit] Other Works
He was a regular on the Burns and Allen radio show.
He directed ""Miss Tatlock's Millions" in 1948
Haydn authored one book The Journal of Edwin Carp in 1954.
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