Peter Madden (9 August 1904 – 24 February 1976) was a British actor who was born in Ipoh in the Federated Malay States (now Malaysia).[1]
Peter Madden | |
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.jpg) in The Road to Hong Kong (1962) | |
| Born | 9 August 1904 |
| Died | 24 February 1976 (aged 71) |
| Occupation | Actor |
Birth
editThe son of Frederick Charles Linnet Butler-Madden and Margaret Teresa (née McCabe), Peter Madden's name at birth was Dudley Frederick Peter Butler-Madden.[citation needed]
Career
editMadden was a character actor who made several appearances in Hammer films and was a familiar face in British film and television during the 1950s and 1960s.[2]
He appeared as the innkeeper Bruno in The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) and as the stern Police Chief in Frankenstein Created Woman (1967).[1] His last Hammer role was brief, as a coach driver in Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1973).
In the cult television series The Prisoner (1967), Madden, uncredited, plays the sinister undertaker in the opening sequence.[3]
On television he was seen in Danger Man, Z-Cars, The Avengers, The Saint and The Champions, Out of the Unknown, Orson Welles Great Mysteries ("The Ingenious Reporter" episode), and Steptoe and Son ( episode "Live Now P.A.Y.E. Later"). He played Inspector Lestrade opposite Douglas Wilmer’s Sherlock Holmes in the 1965 BBC series.[4]
Personal life
editIn 1940, he married actress Mary Jordan (1913–1973).[5] They subsequently divorced. In 1955, he married Marion Snelling, a singer with The Mike Sammes Singers. They had a daughter, Martine (born 1956).[citation needed]
Death
editMadden died from a ruptured aortic aneurysm at his home in Felpham in 1976.[citation needed]
Filmography
edit- Tom Brown's School Days (1940) - Jacob (uncredited)
- Rhythm Serenade (1943)
- The Wicked Lady (1945) - Hawker
- Counterblast (1948) - William Lucas, Nazi (uncredited)
- A Matter of Murder (1949) - Sgt. Bex
- A Town Like Alice (1956) - Aussie POW (uncredited)
- Fiend Without a Face (1958) - Dr. Bradley
- Battle of the V-1 (1958) - Stanislaw
- Hell Is a City (1960) - Bert Darwin
- Saturday Night and Sunday Morning (1960) - Drunken Man
- Exodus (1960) - Dr. Clement
- A Story of David (1961) - Chief Herder
- A Kind of Loving (1962) - Registrar
- The Road to Hong Kong (1962) - Lama (Slim) (uncredited)
- The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner (1962) - Mr. Smith (uncredited)
- The Very Edge (1963) - Sergeant Williams
- 80,000 Suspects (1963) - Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
- The Kiss of the Vampire (1963) - Bruno
- Stolen Hours (1963) - Reynolds
- From Russia with Love (1963) - McAdams
- Espionage (TV series) ('Do You Remember Leo Winters', episode) (1964) - Martin Davenport
- Nothing but the Best (1964) - Ex-Politician
- Woman of Straw (1964) - Yacht Captain
- Do You Know This Voice? (1964) - Supt. Hume
- Dr. Terror's House of Horrors (1964) - Caleb (segment "Werewolf")
- He Who Rides a Tiger (1965) - Peepers Woodley
- Dr Zhivago (1965) - Political Officer
- Out of the Unknown ('Time in Advance', episode) (1965) - Examiner
- Frankenstein Created Woman (1967) - Chief of Police
- The Violent Enemy (1968) - Hewitt
- The Picasso Summer (1969) - Blind Man
- Vendetta for the Saint (1969) - Lo Zio
- The Private Life of Sherlock Holmes (1970) - Von Tirpitz
- Tales of Unease ('Calculated Nightmare') (1970) - Flint
- On the Buses (1971) - Mr. Brooks
- Henry VIII and His Six Wives (1972) - Fisher
- Nearest and Dearest (1972) - Court Bailiff
- Steptoe and Son (1972, TV Series) - Norman, Retired Policeman
- Frankenstein and the Monster from Hell (1974) - Coach Driver
- Cause for Concern (1974) - Narrator (voice)
- One of Our Dinosaurs Is Missing (1975) - Sanders
- The Message (1976) - Toothless Man (final film role)
References
edit- ^ a b "Peter Madden". BFI. Archived from the original on 14 May 2018. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Peter Madden | Biography, Movie Highlights and Photos". AllMovie.
- ^ "The Prisoner - Patrick McGoohan (1967)". Scifi-Movies.com. Retrieved 4 December 2022.
- ^ "Peter Madden profile". aveleyman.com.
- ^ Maxford, Howard (25 October 2018). Hammer Complete: The Films, the Personnel, the Company. McFarland. ISBN 9781476670072 – via Google Books.