Michael Medwin was born on July 18, 1923 in London, England as Michael Hugh Medwin. He is an actor and producer, known for The Duchess (2008), Scrooge (1970) and Three Live Wires (1961). He was previously married to Sunny Sheila Back.
[on working with Charlie Chaplin on "A Countess From Hong Kong", 1967]: The film was the most unrewarding experience - not the fantastic experience of working with a genius that you'd expect. I disliked him enormously. You did exactly what he told you, it was almost done by numbers. He was awful, the atmosphere was terrible, Brando never came out of his caravan, no-one was speaking.
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Acting has always been in my bones.
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Fact
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Made his stage debut in Where the Rainbow Ends.
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Trained at Italia Conti Stage School.
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Played Albert Finney's nephew in Scrooge (1970) even though he is actually more than twelve years older than him.
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He was awarded the O.B.E.(Officer of the Order of the British Empire) in the 2005 Queen's Birthday Honours List for his services to drama.
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Later turned producer and writer in the 60s.
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Produced many efforts in association with Albert Finney.
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Popular in later years on TV in The Army Game (1957) (in which he sang the theme tune) and Shoestring (1979).
British actor in post WWII films who started off as brash, lively Cockneys in both war drama and light farce, later developed into intriguing character player, often eccentric.
Actor
Title
Year
Status
Character
Framed
2008/I
Dr. Louie Farraday
Heartbeat
2008
TV Series
Carruthers
The Duchess
2008
Speechmaker
Invasion
2005
Short
Shepherd
Twenty Thousand Streets Under the Sky
2005
TV Mini-Series
Dr. Chingford
Doctors
2005
TV Series
Bill Spooner
The Bill
2004
TV Series
Harry Woodruff
Holby City
2002
TV Series
Will Sanderson
Murder in Mind
2001
TV Series
Dr. Patrick Whitfield
Cinderella
2000/I
TV Movie
General
Fanny and Elvis
1999
Registrar
Alice Through the Looking Glass
1998
TV Movie
Red King
Staggered
1994
Sarah's Father
Lovejoy
1991
TV Series
Bill Fredericks
The Fool
1990
Mr. Wells
The Endless Game
1989
TV Mini-Series
Bayldon
Colin's Sandwich
1988
TV Series
John Langley
Diamond's Edge
1988
The Professor
Super Gran
1987
TV Series
Cecil Smarm
Boon
1987
TV Series
Sir Freddie Blackton, MP
Hôtel du Paradis
1986
English Producer
Call Me Mister
1986
TV Series
Sir Basil Kinthly
Sleepwalker
1984
Waiter
Never Say Never Again
1983
Doctor at Shrublands
The Jigsaw Man
1983
Milroy
Britannia Hospital
1982
Theatre Surgeon
Minder
1982
TV Series
Barry
Shoestring
1979-1980
TV Series
Don Satchley
The Sea Wolves
1980
Radcliffe
Return of the Saint
1978
TV Series
Guy Northcott
Pogled iz potkrovlija
1976
Ian Faulkner
Law and Disorder
1974
Man in Cab
O Lucky Man!
1973
Army Captain / Power station Technician / Duke of Belminster