Walter Hudd
Biography
Walter Hudd was a British actor and director. Born in London, he first took to the stage in 1919 with a role in The Manxman, then toured with the Fred Terry Company. His performance as Guildenstern in a modern dress Hamlet in 1925 brought him serious notice. In 1947 he directed three plays at Stratford-on-Avon: Richard II, Doctor Faustus, and Twelfth Night, in which he also acted as Malvolio. He appeared on Broadway once, in a Theatre Guild revival of You Never Can Tell in 1948, and worked with the Malvern Festival, Stratford Memorial, and Old Vic companies. Later he served as Head of Drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama. His screen career started in 1935 with Anthony Asquith's Moscow Nights. He was cast as T. E. Lawrence in an Alexander Korda biopic that was never made, and he had earlier played a Lawrence-inspired character in Bernard Shaw's Too True to be Good. He died in 1963.
65years old at death
- Born London
- Died
- Star sign: PiscesThe sign runs February 19 to March 20
Movie Career
- Films
- 10
- Career span
- 24 years1936 to 1960
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A role that slipped away
Hudd was cast as T. E. Lawrence in Alexander Korda's proposed biopic of the soldier and author, but the production was abandoned. Earlier, in Bernard Shaw's play Too True to be Good, he played a character based on Lawrence, and Lawrence himself praised the performance.
First role
Hudd's stage debut came in The Manxman in 1919. He first attracted serious attention as Guildenstern in a 1925 modern dress Hamlet.
Behind the camera
Hudd directed plays at Stratford-on-Avon in 1947, including Richard II, Twelfth Night, in which he also appeared as Malvolio, and Doctor Faustus.
A first
Hudd's only Broadway appearance was in the Theatre Guild revival of You Never Can Tell at the Martin Beck Theatre in 1948.
A change of course
Hudd belonged to the Malvern Festival, Stratford Memorial and Old Vic theater companies, and later in life he took the role of Head of Drama at the Central School of Speech and Drama.
Walter Hudd movies on Netflix
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The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
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Lewis Gilbert directed three of these films. Nine actors appear in two of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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All films by Lewis Gilbert
Also two films together3 more actors
- Ernest ClarkSink the Bismarck! (1960) and Reach for the Sky (1956)
- Jack WatlingSink the Bismarck! (1960) and Reach for the Sky (1956)
- Roger LiveseyI Know Where I'm Going! (1945) and Rembrandt (1936)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
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