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Huw Wheldon (1916–1986)

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Huw Wheldon was born in Prestatyn in North Wales in May 1916. After attending Friar's School, Bangor, he studied at the London School of Economics. In 1939, at the outbreak of war, he volunteered, eventually joining the Royal Ulster Rifles. He landed in Normandy by glider on D-Day and won the Military Cross on D Day + 1... See full bio »

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in Prestatyn, Denbighshire, Wales, UK

Died:

(age 69) in Richmond, Surrey, England, UK
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1962 Monitor (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– Pop Goes the Easel (1962) (producer)
 
1959 Men of Action (TV series documentary) (producer - 1 episode)
– Major-General Orde Charles Wingate, D.S.O. (1959) (producer)
 
1958 Epic Battles (TV series documentary) (producer - 2 episodes)
– Kohima (1958) (producer)
– The Battle of Cassino (1958) (producer)
 
1956 Men in Battle (TV series documentary) (producer)
 
1955 Orson Welles' Sketch Book (TV series) (producer - 6 episodes)
– Bullfighting (1955) (producer)
– The War of the Worlds (1955) (producer)
– Houdini/John Barrymore/Voodoo Story/The People I Missed (1955) (producer)
– The Police (1955) (producer)
– Critics (1955) (producer)
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Show ShowEditor (3 titles)
1959-1961 Monitor (TV series documentary)
– Portrait of a Soviet Composer (1961) (series editor)
– Lotte Lenya Sings Kurt Weill (1961)
– Henry Moore at Home (1960)
– Episode dated 24 May 1959 (1959)
– Gordon Jacob (1959)
 
1960 Shelagh Delaney's Salford (TV documentary short)
 
1960 Architecture of Entertainment (TV documentary short)
 
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Show ShowWriter (3 titles)
1977 Royal Heritage (TV series documentary)
 
1962 Monitor (TV series documentary)
– Elgar (1962) (commentary written by)
 
1959 Paxinou in Athens (TV documentary)
 
Show ShowMiscellaneous Crew (2 titles)
1960-1961 Monitor (TV series documentary) (series editor - 2 episodes)
– Old Battersea House (1961) (series editor)
– Journey Into a Lost World (1960) (series editor)
 
1959 Poet's London (TV documentary short) (series editor)
 
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Show ShowSelf (13 titles)
1997 Auntie: The Inside Story of the BBC (TV mini-series documentary)
Himself
– Growing Pains: 1945-1960 (1997) … Himself
 
1984 Call My Bluff (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 November 1984 (1984) … Himself
– Episode dated 16 November 1984 (1984) … Himself
 
1980 Look Here (TV series)
Himself
– Episode #2.6 (1980) … Himself
 
1977 Royal Heritage (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter (1977)
 
1976 The Richard Dimbleby Lecture (TV series documentary)
Himself
– The British Experience in Television (1976) … Himself (as Sir Huw Wheldon)
 
1973 Russell Harty Plus One (TV series)
Himself
– Episode dated 23 September 1973 (1973) … Himself
 
1958-1965 Monitor (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter / Himself - Commentator / Himself - Interviewer / …
– JB: A Portrait of Sir John Barbirolli (1965) … Himself - Commentator (voice)
– Bartok (1964) … Himself - Narrator
– Huw Wheldon Meets Alfred Hitchcock (1964) … Himself - Presenter
– Elgar (1962) … Himself - Commentator (voice)
– Orson Welles (1962) … Himself - Presenter
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1961 Antonio Gaudi (TV documentary short)
Himself/Narrator
 
1960 Cranko at Work (TV documentary short)
Himself - Presenter
 
1954-1960 All Your Own (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Episode dated 6 April 1958 (1958) … Himself - Presenter
 
1956 Men in Battle (TV series documentary)
Himself - Presenter
 
1955 Press Conference (TV series)
Himself - Presenter
– Orson Welles (1955) … Himself - Presenter
 
1953 Panorama (TV series documentary)
Himself
– Episode #1.3 (1953) … Himself
 
Show ShowArchive Footage (3 titles)
2012 The Golden Age of Steam Railways (TV series documentary)
 
2007 Time Shift (TV series documentary)
 
1993 Jean Renoir: Part One - From La Belle Époque to World War II (TV documentary)
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Alternate Names:

Sir Huw Wheldon
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The crime is not to avoid failure. The crime is not to give triumph a chance. See more »

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There is an RTS (Royal Television Society) Huw Wheldon Lecture held in his honour annually. See more »

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Huge Welshman See more »

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