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Sam Kydd (1915–1982)

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Irish-born, he lived in England from early childhood. During his acting career, he specialised in playing irrepressible cockney characters. See more trivia »

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(age 67) in London, England, UK

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1980-1982 Coronation Street (TV series)
Frankie Baldwin
 
1981 Terry and June (TV series)
Louis
The Lawnmower (1981) … Louis
 
1981 Eye of the Needle
Lock Keeper
 
1980 The Mirror Crack'd
Film Technician (uncredited)
 
1980 Minder (TV series)
Sid
 
1980 How's Your Father? (TV series)
Old man
Fantasy Time (1980) … Old man
 
1980 The Ravelled Thread (TV series)
Jailer
The Ship (1980) … Jailer
Kidnapped (1980) … Jailer
 
1980 ...And the Band Played On
Reggie
 
1979 Yesterday's Hero
Sam Turner
 
1972-1979 Sykes (TV series)
Fire Chief / Harold Wilson
Decorating (1978)
The Pub (1974) … Harold Wilson
Golf (1973)
Mouse (1972) … Fire Chief
 
1979 Sally Ann (TV series)
Pike
Put Out to Grass (1979) … Pike
Decisions (1979) … Pike
 
1978-1979 Everyday Maths (TV series)
Sid
Ten Per Cent Per Ted (1979) … Sid
 
1978 Return of the Saint (TV series)
Charlie Stewart
Tower Bridge Is Falling Down (1978) … Charlie Stewart
 
1978 The Bass Player and the Blonde (TV series)
Chauffeur
Rondo (1978) … Chauffeur
 
1977 Love for Lydia (TV series)
Old Johnson
Episode #1.7 (1977) … Old Johnson
Episode #1.4 (1977) … Old Johnson
 
1977 Dad's Army (TV series)
the Yokel
Wake-Up Walmington (1977) … the Yokel
 
1976-1977 Crossroads (TV series)
Mr Walton
Episode #1.2689 (1977) … Mr Walton
Episode #1.2688 (1977) … Mr Walton
Episode #1.2687 (1977) … Mr Walton
Episode #1.2680 (1977) … Mr Walton
Episode #1.2622 (1976) … Mr Walton
 
1977 Centre Play (TV series)
Kipper
Kipper (1977) … Kipper
 
1977 Mr. Big (TV series)
Mr. Waller
The Ashes (1977) … Mr. Waller
 
1976 Big Boy Now! (TV series)
Stable hand
Home Stretch (1976) … Stable hand
 
1976 The Chiffy Kids (TV series)
Grumpy gardener
The Great Snail Race (1976) … Grumpy gardener
 
1975 Churchill's People (TV series)
George Campsie
The Derry Boys (1975) … George Campsie
 
1957-1975 Dixon of Dock Green (TV series)
Harry Pegg / Arthur Simpson / Charlie Barnet / …
Looters Ltd (1975) … Charlie Barnet
The Lag's Brigade (1970) … Arthur Simpson
The Set-Up (1969) … Cully
The Trojan Horse (1968) … Price
 
1975 A Little Bit of Wisdom (TV series)
Gentleman Jim
Episode #2.1 (1975) … Gentleman Jim
 
1975 The Firefighters (uncredited)
 
1975 The Amorous Milkman
Wilf
 
1974 Great Expectations (TV movie)
Arthur Compeyson (scarred convict)
 
1972-1974 The Dick Emery Show (TV series)
Episode #12.1 (1974)
Episode #10.11 (1972)
 
1974 Confessions of a Window Cleaner
1st Removal Man
 
1974 Funny Ha-Ha (TV series)
Dickie
Football Crazy (1974) … Dickie
 
1973 Freewheelers (TV series)
Phil
The Hoist (1973) … Phil
The Think Bank (1973) … Phil
Break-Up (1973) … Phil
Darkness at Noon (1973) … Phil
The Third Man (1973) … Phil
 
1973 Marked Personal (TV series)
Tom Barrow
 
1973 New Scotland Yard (TV series)
Sammy Cutler
Bullet in a Haystack (1973) … Sammy Cutler
 
1973 Ooh La La! (TV series)
Bridoir
A-Hunting We Will Go (1973) … Bridoir
 
1972 Thirty Minutes Worth (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (1972)
 
1962-1972 Z Cars (TV series)
Jimmy Dugdale / Charlie Steele / Taffy Evans
Public Relations (1972) … Charlie Steele
Give a Dog a Bad Name: Part 2 (1969) … Jimmy Dugdale
Give a Dog a Bad Name: Part 1 (1969) … Jimmy Dugdale
Winner Take All (1962) … Taffy Evans
 
1972 Play for Today (TV series)
Tom Brannigan
Carson Country (1972) … Tom Brannigan
 
1972 The Alf Garnett Saga (uncredited)
 
1972 Mike and Bernie (TV series)
Sammy
 
1971 The Persuaders! (TV series)
Dwyer
Someone Waiting (1971) … Dwyer
 
1971 The Moonlighters (TV series)
 
1970-1971 Thirty-Minute Theatre (TV series)
The Moonlighters (1971)
The Tidewatchers (1970)
 
1971 Quest for Love
Taximan
 
1971 Never Mind the Quality, Feel the Width (TV series)
Jacko
No Smoke Without Fire (1971) … Jacko
 
1971 Misleading Cases (TV series)
Mr. Fowler
What Is a Snail? (1971) … Mr. Fowler
 
1956-1971 Armchair Theatre (TV series)
Charles West / Conor Ingram
Ireland, Mother Ireland (1971) … Conor Ingram
Three O'Clock Deadline (1956) … Charles West
 
1971 Follyfoot (TV series)
Bookmaker
Shadow (1971) … Bookmaker
 
1971 Dad's Army
Nazi Orderly
 
1971 10 Rillington Place
Furniture Dealer
 
1971 Up the Creek (short)
 
1971 The Chastity Belt
1st Locksmith
 
1970 Here Come the Double Deckers! (TV series)
Invaders from Space (1970)
 
1970 The Mating Machine (TV series)
Lomax
Ada's Last Chance (1970) … Lomax
 
1970 Mogul (TV series)
George Bartlett
A Truly Exotic Development (1970) … George Bartlett
 
1970 Too Late the Hero
Colour-Sergeant
 
1970 The Last Grenade (uncredited)
 
1969 Curry & Chips (TV series)
Smellie
Episode #1.6 (1969) … Smellie
Episode #1.5 (1969) … Smellie
Episode #1.3 (1969) … Smellie
Episode #1.2 (1969) … Smellie
 
1969 Moon Zero Two
Len the Barman
 
1969 The Expert (TV series)
Harry Poole
Protection (1969) … Harry Poole
 
1967-1969 Comedy Playhouse (TV series)
Alfred / Rory
The Making of Peregrine (1969) … Rory
Heirs on a Shoestring (1967) … Alfred
 
1969 The Fossett Saga (TV series)
Herbert Quince
Episode #1.1 (1969) … Herbert Quince
 
1969 Till Death Us Do Part
Fred
 
1968 The Killing of Sister George
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
 
1968 Never a Cross Word (TV series)
Alf Hawkins
Mr and Mrs Baldock and Friend (1968) … Alf Hawkins
 
1968 Do Not Adjust Your Set (TV series)
Orlando
Episode #1.13 (1968) … Orlando (uncredited)
 
1968 Man in a Suitcase (TV series)
Nolan
Why They Killed Nolan (1968) … Nolan
 
1968 Gold Is Where You Find It (short)
Pader Murphy
 
1967 Smashing Time
 
1967 Softly Softly (TV series)
Jack Luff
Pieces of Silver (1967) … Jack Luff
 
1966 Take a Pair of Private Eyes (TV series)
Hector Frayne
Episode #1.6 (1966) … Hector Frayne
Episode #1.5 (1966) … Hector Frayne
Episode #1.4 (1966) … Hector Frayne
Episode #1.3 (1966) … Hector Frayne
Episode #1.2 (1966) … Hector Frayne
 
1966 The Projected Man
Harry Slinger
 
1965 Out of the Unknown (TV series)
Fred
The Midas Plague (1965) … Fred
 
1956-1964 ITV Play of the Week (TV series)
Guest / Private Gross
Deep and Crisp and Stolen (1964) … Guest
 
1964 Detective (TV series)
Wills
The Quick One (1964) … Wills
 
1964 Smokescreen
Hotel waiter
 
1963 The Young Detectives (TV series)
Security van driver
 
1963 Espionage (TV series)
Crutchley
The Dragon Slayer (1963) … Crutchley
 
1963 Swallows and Amazons (TV series)
Young Billie
The Serpent (1963) … Young Billie
 
1963 The Swinging Maiden
Fred Trotter
 
1963 The Doctors (TV series)
 
1962 Brothers in Law (TV series)
Albert
Reasonable Doubt (1962) … Albert
 
1960-1962 Mess Mates (TV series)
'Croaker' Jones
Bomb Happy (1962) … 'Croaker' Jones
 
1961 The Edgar Wallace Mystery Theatre (TV series)
Tickler
The Clue of the Silver Key (1961) … Tickler
 
1961 Here's Harry (TV series)
Postman
The Bicycle (1961) … Postman
 
1961 They Met in a City (TV series)
Eddie
The Spanish Waiter (1961) … Eddie
 
1961 Jango (TV series)
Alf
Great Day for Jango (1961) … Alf
 
1961 The Clue of the Silver Key
Tickler
 
1961 The Pursuers (TV series)
Frank
Inside Job (1961) … Frank
 
1960 The House in Marsh Road
Morris Lumley
 
1960 The Risk
Slater
 
1960 There Was a Crooked Man
Foreman
 
1960 Follow That Horse!
Farrell
 
1960 Dead Lucky
Harry Winston
 
1960 Arthur's Treasured Volumes (TV series)
Captain Murphy / Corporal Fisher / Fred / …
The Curse of the Bellfoots (1960) … Snagsby
A Slight Case of Deception (1960) … Corporal Fisher
Pillbeam of Twickenham (1960) … Winchester
The Command Performer (1960) … Jem
The History of Mr Lacey (1960) … Captain Murphy
 
1960 Knight Errant Limited (TV series)
Jones
The Last of the Saracens (1960) … Jones
 
1960 Life Is a Circus
Removal man
 
1960 Sink the Bismarck!
Civilian Worker on 'Prince of Wales' (uncredited)
 
1959 ITV Television Playhouse (TV series)
Kovacs / Staff Sgt. Watson
The Advocate (1959) … Kovacs
Queen's Corporal (1959) … Staff Sgt. Watson
 
1959 The Men from Room 13 (TV series)
Cracker
The Man Who Made Keys: Part 2 (1959) … Cracker
The Man Who Made Keys: Part 1 (1959) … Cracker
 
1959 Hancock's Half Hour (TV series)
First launderette customer
The Big Night (1959) … First launderette customer
 
1959 Upstairs and Downstairs
Driver (uncredited)
 
1959 Antigone (TV movie)
First guard
 
1959 Libel (uncredited)
 
1959 A Mask for Alexis (TV series)
Cycle dealer
 
1952-1959 BBC Sunday-Night Theatre (TV series)
Dawker / Man / The Tramp
The Millionairess (1959) … Man
The Skin Game (1959) … Dawker
The Wonderful Visit (1952) … The Tramp
 
1959 I'm All Right Jack
Shop Steward
 
1959 Frankly Howerd (TV series)
Episode #1.2 (1959)
Episode #1.1 (1959)
 
1959 Samson and Delilah (TV movie)
The Sergeant
 
1959 The 39 Steps
Train Steward (uncredited)
 
1959 Man in a Cocked Hat
Signaller
 
1959 Too Many Crooks
Tramp (uncredited)
 
1959 Make Mine a Million
Mail Van Robber (uncredited)
 
1959 The Captain's Table
Sailor Opening Water Valve (uncredited)
 
1959 Dial 999 (TV series)
Lionel Wilkis
The Big Fish (1959) … Lionel Wilkis
 
1959 The Price of Silence
Slug
 
1958 Hell, Heaven or Hoboken
Go-Between
 
1958 The Highwayman (TV movie)
Jerry Bridger
 
1958 Orders to Kill (uncredited)
 
1958 Law and Disorder
Shorty
 
1958 Dangerous Exile (uncredited)
 
1958 Dunkirk (uncredited)
 
1958 The Safecracker
McCullers
 
1958 Happy Is the Bride
Foreman
 
1958 A Tale of Two Cities
Joe, Coach Guard (uncredited)
 
1958 Big Guns (TV series)
Raikes
A Family Matter (1958) … Raikes
 
1957 All at Sea
Frogman
 
1957 Just My Luck
Craftsman
 
1957 Strange Affection
Shopkeeper
 
1957 The Gay Cavalier (TV series)
Biggleswaite / Peg-Leg
The Little Cavalier (1957) … Peg-Leg
The Lost Is Found (1957) … Biggleswaite
 
1957 The Long Haul
Taxidriver (uncredited)
 
1957 The Ship Was Loaded
Attendant
 
1957 Battle Hell
AB Walker RN
 
1957 Impulse
Ticket Inspector (uncredited)
 
1957 The Adventures of Robin Hood (TV series)
Pick
The Shell Game (1957) … Pick
 
1956-1957 The Tony Hancock Show (TV series)
Various Characters
Napoleon and Josephine (1957) … Various Characters
Episode #1.5 (1956) … Various Characters
 
1956 The Hideout
Tim Bowers
 
1956 Tiger in the Smoke
Tom Gripper
 
1956 Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (TV series)
Child's father
Mr. Utterson's Encounter (1956) … Child's father
 
1956 Circus Friends
George
 
1956 David Copperfield (TV series)
Friendly waiter
Part 2 (1956) … Friendly waiter
 
1956 Home and Away
Albert West
 
1956 It's a Wonderful World
Attendant
 
1956 The Baby and the Battleship
Chief Steward (uncredited)
 
1956 Reach for the Sky
Warrant Officer Blake
 
1956 The Third Key
Police Operator (opening shots)
 
1956 Jacqueline
Foreman
 
1956 It's Never Too Late (uncredited)
 
1956 Spin a Dark Web
Sam
 
1956 A Town Like Alice
Australian Driver (uncredited)
 
1956 Before Your Very Eyes (TV series)
Episode #4.2 (1956)
 
1956 Tales from Soho (TV series)
Lefty
The Protectors (1956) … Lefty
 
1955-1956 London Playhouse (TV series)
Charlie / Charlie Freezeman
The Guv'nor (1956) … Charlie
The General's Mess (1955) … Charlie Freezeman
 
1956 Postmark for Danger
Bill, the Telephone Engineer (uncredited)
 
1956 You Can't Escape
Uncredited (uncredited)
 
1955 Storm Over the Nile
Joe (uncredited)
 
1955 The Ladykillers
Second Cab Driver (uncredited)
 
1955 The Cockleshell Heroes
Uncredited (uncredited)
 
1955 Josephine and Men
Desk Sergeant
 
1955 One Way Out
Gang Member (uncredited)
 
1955 The Quatermass Xperiment
Police sergeant questioning Rosie
 
1955 Lilli Palmer Theatre (TV series)
Sam Weller
 
1955 As I Was Saying (TV series)
An Eye for Detail (1955)
 
1955 The Gold Express
Uncredited (uncredited)
 
1954-1955 The Vise (TV series)
Olsen / Simons
The Homing Chinaman (1955) … Simons
The Very Silent Traveler (1954) … Olsen
 
1955 Marriage a la Mode
Adelphi barman
 
1955 A Kid for Two Farthings (uncredited)
 
1955 Passage Home
Sheltia
 
1955 The Dark Avenger
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1955 Where There's a Will
Jeep driver
 
1955 As Long as They're Happy
Milkman (uncredited)
 
1955 Raising a Riot
Messenger (uncredited)
 
1955 The Glass Tomb
George
 
1954 Let's Make Up
Actor in Beaumont Film (uncredited)
 
1954 The Last Appointment
Vickery
 
1954 Radio Cab Murder
Spencer
 
1954 Chance Meeting
Driver, Embassy car JAK711 (uncredited)
 
1954 The Embezzler
Railway Inspector (uncredited)
 
1954 The Detective
Scotland Yard Sergeant
 
1954 The Rainbow Jacket
Bruce
 
1954 Caste (TV movie)
Sam Gerridge
 
1954 Devil on Horseback
Darky
 
1954 Rheingold Theatre (TV series)
Albert
Second Wind (1954) … Albert
 
1954 The Runaway Bus
Chief of Security
 
1954 They Who Dare
Marine Boyd
 
1953 The Saint's Girl Friday
Barkley (Joe Podd)
 
1953 The Master of Ballantrae (uncredited)
 
1953 Malta Story
Soldier (uncredited)
 
1953 Sailor of the King
Naval Rating (uncredited)
 
1953 The Steel Key
Chauffeur
 
1953 Death Goes to School
Sergeant Harvey (uncredited)
 
1953 The Titfield Thunderbolt
Policeman (uncredited)
 
1953 The Cruel Sea
Carslake
 
1953 Raiders in the Sky
Ackroyd - the Brat's Mechanic
 
1953 Time Bomb
Train Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
 
1952-1953 The Pickwick Papers (TV series)
Mr. Sam Weller
 
1953 Love in Pawn (uncredited)
 
1952 Murder Will Out
Sergeant Baker
 
1952 Hot Ice
Adams
 
1952 The Hour of 13
Reporter (uncredited)
 
1952 The Big Frame
Fred, mechanic at Bristow & Brown
 
1952 The Brave Don't Cry
Porter (uncredited)
 
1952 My Wife Jacqueline (TV series)
Johnson
The Agonies of Courtship (1952) … Johnson
 
1952 Goonreel (TV movie)
Various
 
1952 Derby Day
Harry Bunn
 
1952 Brandy for the Parson
Lorry Driver (uncredited)
 
1952 Curtain Up
Ambulanceman (uncredited)
 
1952 Angels One Five
Mess Waiter
 
1952 Billy Bunter of Greyfriars School (TV series)
Nosey Jenkins / Postman
Bunter's Bicycle (1952) … Postman
The Report (1952) … Nosey Jenkins
 
1952 The Stranger in Between
Potman
 
1952 Judgment Deferred (uncredited)
 
1952 Secret People
Irish Police Sergeant
 
1952 Mr. Denning Drives North
Minor Role (uncredited)
 
1951 High Treason
Sam - Printer (uncredited)
 
1951 Sherlock Holmes (TV mini-series)
Unimpressed onlooker
The Empty House (1951) … Unimpressed onlooker
 
1951 Cheer the Brave
 
1951 Hell Is Sold Out (uncredited)
 
1951 Penny Points to Paradise
Porter/Taxi Driver
 
1951 The Galloping Major
Newspaper Vendor (uncredited)
 
1951 Assassin for Hire
Bert
 
1951 Captain Horatio Hornblower R.N.
Seaman Garvin (uncredited)
 
1951 Pool of London
2nd Engineer (uncredited)
 
1951 Mister Drake's Duck (uncredited)
 
1951 The Dark Man
Sergeant Major
 
1950 The Clouded Yellow
Police Radio Operator (uncredited)
 
1950 The Magnet
Postman
 
1950 Seven Days to Noon
Soldier in House Search (uncredited)
 
1950 Blackout (uncredited)
 
1950 Cage of Gold
Waiter (uncredited)
 
1950 No Trace
Mechanic
 
1950 Treasure Island
Cady
 
1950 Chance of a Lifetime
Worker
 
1950 The Blue Lamp
Bookmakers Assistant White City (uncredited)
 
1950 The Second Mate
Wheeler (uncredited)
 
1949 The Cure for Love
Charlie Fox
 
1949 The Hasty Heart
Driver (uncredited)
 
1949 Madness of the Heart
Soldier at airport
 
1949 Saints and Sinners
Man in bar
 
1949 The Gay Lady
'Bedford' Stage Manager (uncredited)
 
1949 The Hidden Room
Club steward
 
1949 Vengeance Is Mine
Stacey
 
1949 Poet's Pub
George (uncredited)
 
1949 Stop Press Girl
Railway Ticket Clerk (uncredited)
 
1949 Passport to Pimlico
Sapper
 
1949 Floodtide
Barman (uncredited)
 
1949 Forbidden
Joe
 
1949 Maniacs on Wheels
Johnny Briggs (uncredited)
 
1949 Movie-Go-Round
Repair Man
 
1949 Hour of Glory
Crowhurst, door sentry
 
1949 Badger's Green
Uncredited (uncredited)
 
1948 Lost Daughter
Army Truck Driver
 
1948 A Piece of Cake
Uncredited (uncredited)
 
1948 It's Hard to Be Good
Husband (uncredited)
 
1948 Fly Away Peter
 
1948 Love in Waiting
 
1948 Colonel Bogey
Bit Role (uncredited)
 
1948 To the Public Danger (short)
Police Driver
 
1948 Trouble in the Air (uncredited)
 
1948 A Song for Tomorrow
Sergeant
 
1948 Fortune Lane (uncredited)
 
1947 I Became a Criminal
Eddie (uncredited)
 
1946 The Captive Heart
POW in Top Bunk (uncredited)
 
1946 Mr Jones Takes the Air (short)
 
Show ShowSelf (4 titles)
1974 This Is Your Life (TV series documentary)
Himself
Sam Kydd (1974) … Himself
 
1969-1970 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Himself
Episode dated 21 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 14 September 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 5 March 1970 (1970) … Himself
Episode dated 27 November 1969 (1969) … Himself
Episode dated 20 November 1969 (1969) … Himself
 
1966 Quiz Ball (TV series)
Himself - Guest Supporter
 
1959 Secombe at Large (TV movie)
Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2002 Heroes of Comedy (TV series documentary)
 
1961 Kraft Mystery Theater (TV series)
 

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Made appearances in several episodes of UK TV (Granada Television Co.) programme Coronation Sreet as Mike Baldwin's (actor Johnny Briggs) father. See more »
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Irish-born, he lived in England from early childhood. During his acting career, he specialised in playing irrepressible cockney characters. See more »

Star Sign:

Aquarius