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George Claydon (4 September 1933 – 4 October 2001) was a British actor notable for his
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. His television roles included that of Photographer George in The Beatles' ''
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'', a television film that initially aired on BBC1 on Boxing Day 1967, Ginaarbrik in the 1967
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adaptation of ''
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe ''The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe'' is a fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1950. It is the first published and best known of seven novels in ''The Chronicles of Narnia'' (1950–1956). Among all the ...
'' (1967) (which he followed by playing
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many years later in the 1989
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adaptation of ''
Prince Caspian ''Prince Caspian'' (originally published as ''Prince Caspian: The Return to Narnia'') is a high fantasy novel for children by C. S. Lewis, published by Geoffrey Bles in 1951. It was the second published of seven novels in ''The Chronicles of N ...
''), and the miniseries ''
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'' (1984). His film appearances included the
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horror film ''
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'' (1967), as one of the
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in ''
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'' (1971), and as Hercules in ''
I Don't Want to Be Born ''I Don't Want to Be Born'' is a 1975 British horror film directed by Peter Sasdy and starring Joan Collins, Ralph Bates, Eileen Atkins, and Donald Pleasence. Its plot follows a woman who gives birth to a child that appears to be demonically p ...
'' (1975). He was "World Cup Willie", the official mascot of the England Football Team in
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Death

Claydon died on 4 October 2001 at the age of 68, at
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* 1933 births 2001 deaths 20th-century English male actors Actors with dwarfism English male film actors English male television actors Male actors from Bristol Mascots introduced in 1966 {{UK-tv-actor-1930s-stub