Wilfrid Hyde-White
Biography
Wilfrid Hyde-White was an English actor whose stage and screen work spanned Britain and the United States. He often played droll, urbane upper-class characters. He made his stage debut in 1922 in the farce Tons of Money, first reached the West End three years later in Beggar on Horseback, and worked steadily in Aldwych Theatre comedies. After touring South Africa in 1932, he entered films with Josser on the Farm in 1934. A supporting role in The Third Man (1949) helped make him a familiar face in British cinema of the 1950s, including Carry On Nurse (1959) and Two-Way Stretch (1960). He acted with Laurence Olivier and Vivien Leigh in 1951, appeared alongside Marilyn Monroe in Let's Make Love (1960), and was best known on screen as Colonel Hugh Pickering in My Fair Lady (1964). He also starred in the BBC radio series The Men from the Ministry and earned two Tony Award nominations.
87years old at death
- Born Bourton-on-the-Water
- Died Woodland Hills
- Star sign: TaurusThe sign runs April 20 to May 20
- Wilfrid Hyde White (birth name)Also credited as Wilfred Hyde White, Hyde White and Wilfred White
Movie Career
- Films
- 39
- Career span
- 36 years1946 to 1982
Genres
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Early training
Hyde-White trained at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, where he later joked that he learned two things: that he could not act and that it did not matter.
Wilfrid Hyde-White movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Anthony Asquith directed three of these films, Carol Reed two and George Cukor two. Four actors appear in four 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 Anthony Asquith
All films by Carol Reed
All films by George Cukor
Also three films together6 more actors
- George CoulourisTarzan and the Lost Safari (1957), Duel in the Jungle (1954) and Outcast of the Islands (1951)
- John Le MesurierThe Magic Christian (1969), Our Man in Marrakesh (1966) and The Liquidator (1965)
- Maurice DenhamTwo-Way Stretch (1960), Man with a Million (1954) and No Highway in the Sky (1951)
- Ernest ThesigerThe Truth About Women (1957), Man with a Million (1954) and Last Holiday (1950)
- Brian OultonCarry on Nurse (1959), Man with a Million (1954) and Last Holiday (1950)
- Shirley EatonThe Million Eyes of Sumuru (1967), Ten Little Indians (1965) and Carry on Nurse (1959)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Wilfrid Hyde-White's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$158 million
6 of the 39 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 39 films: 6 worldwide figure; 5 us gross only; 28 figure not found.
- 6Worldwide figure
- 5US gross only
- 28Figure not found
Highest grossing
The six biggest films earned 100% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$73M46.0% of the total
- 2$47M29.8% of the total
- 3$37M23.1% of the total
- 4$1.2M0.8% of the total
- 5$250K0.2% of the total
- 6$225K0.1% of the total
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